kalin.nichols Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Just picked up a 2012 WR450F on saturday. Everything about the bike is perfect besides the fact i can barley touch the ground im like 5'7". I adjusted the sag enough to where i can side saddle it but thats not going to work very well when im flying through the trails and i come to a sudden stop or im slowly creeping. Is there anyway of lowering it besides a yamalink lowering link? I cant adjust the triple clamp at all. any help would be appreciated thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busyeddie Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Kouba link may do a cheaper option. Failing that learn to crash gracefully! I ride a dt that is akin to a kids bike in size, also I.ride a ttr250. I cant touch the floor on it. If you fall over on the trails you will inevitably have one leg on the floor. It will seem like second nature once youre used to the change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEV Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Can you not lengthen, (as in get some longer ones made) the "dog bones" on the bottom of the suspension, it's all the rage with lads with DT's to raise up the tail end, by shortening the dog bones, so presumably the opposite applies in your case.and also presuming your bike has the two dog bone plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalin.nichols Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 how do you go about shortening them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEV Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 To raise your back end you'd need to get shortened dog bones, therefore to lower the seat height you need longer ones, whip one off, measure the hole centres, then see about getting some fabricated up, adding about 15mm to the hole centres, I have seen them sold for other bikes on Ebay if you can't get any made up, but its not a big job if you have a fabrication/engineering workshop locally to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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