Jacking up of bike

[binkaz]

Can it pass inspection?

[pyro13]

can larh but will u be able to make it.. with a higher back.. it tends to shake more and the centrifugal force in cornering might cause you to fall.. when u jack ur bike.. u disrupt the centre of gravity of ur bike..better not.. its no use to make it look sporty but when time comes, u cant even live it.. my fren jus had an accident abt this so i tell u not worth it.

[d0n]

i think it's alright as long as u dont over do it

if jack too high will arouse attention of the TP/ROV etc, which at the end of day, is not beneficial to u yrself

 

there's this rule about how much of the rear wheel yr rear mudguard must cover

after jacking up the rear, i'm not sure if u will offend this rule though.

 

[rhema83]

Raising the ride height due to longer suspension travel - NOT GOOD

Raising the ride height just to look sporty - BAD

[ulysses_sc]

Originally posted by rhema83@Dec 7 2006, 02:21 PM

Raising the ride height due to longer suspension travel - NOT GOOD

Raising the ride height just to look sporty - BAD

I changed my fork to a longer one, and used a different linkage to raise ride height. Improvement was tremendous.

 

BUT, I did that on an XR250!!! kekeke

 

 

Threadstarter>>>

 

Seriously, jacking up the rear to look cool is a really bad idea. It only serves to radically change the geometry and handling (for the worse) of the bike. Not to mention the dubious quality of the brackets used. Besides, I think it looks like sheet.

 

Do it at your own risk.

[binkaz]

Thanks for all your advices!

 

I have given up the idea of jacking up my bike...

 

Safety number one!

[rhema83]

Originally posted by ulysses_sc@Dec 7 2006, 11:00 PM

I changed my fork to a longer one, and used a different linkage to raise ride height. Improvement was tremendous.

 

BUT, I did that on an XR250!!! kekeke

 

 

Threadstarter>>>

 

Seriously, jacking up the rear to look cool is a really bad idea. It only serves to radically change the geometry and handling (for the worse) of the bike. Not to mention the dubious quality of the brackets used. Besides, I think it looks like sheet.

 

Do it at your own risk.

I was referring to road / sport bikes. Dirt bikes are totally different.