change ride hight

[thomas111]

Can anyone tell me or have pics How to change ride height on the storm thanks

[Wicky]

Get the front forks sorted first (ideally Rogered) and then stick a spacer in for the rear shock.

[countrymick]

+1 for that

[sirch345]

Higher or lower

Chris.

[Watty]

Higher or lower

Chris.

+1 are you wanting to lower it because of short leg syndrome or raise it for sharper turn in?

[thomas111]

Thanks guys Wanting to raise it am 6"4 so want a wee bit higher if possible

[Watty]

You'll end up with something that handles like a fat pig on a roller skate mate

[thomas111]

OK thanks I will wait till next year till am using it on the road then will look at this again over the winter I will just get my mods fitted

[countrymick]

rogered forks droped 5 mm,and 6mm spacer above rear shock transformes the turn in and puts an extra inch on seat hight

[Watty]

rogered forks droped 5 mm,and 6mm spacer above rear shock transformes the turn in and puts an extra inch on seat hight

I've got rogered forks also with 5mm pull through and height adjustable penske shock set equal to 6 mm spacer. Well recommended Was going to post what you already said mate that it gains a little height! But my poxy Internet crashed

[bigtwinthing]

Rogered Forks First, then better shock with ride height if you can

[8541Hawk]

Well I will add my experiences on this as I am also 6'3".

I ran the forks pulled up for a long time but changed things a few years back.
IMHO the bike already has limited ground clearance and it is quite easy to drag the header in right hand corners. This is bad for a couple of reasons.

With that in mind, I went back to the stock ride height in the front.
This will give you added clearance and the bike will turn just as quickly.

The reason for this, before you all say I'm mad, is that the higher CG with the forks at the stock height makes the bike transition from side to side faster than a bike with a lower CG.
This makes up for the milder rake and trail numbers you get from leaving the forks in the stock location. Another benefit is the bike is more stable because of those milder rake and trail numbers..

I will say that each person will "like" there own set up as we each ride differently but don't be afraid to make small changes to see what happens and don't just run a suspension set up because "everyone else" else is running it.

[VTRDark]

I ended up taking the 6mm spacer out and putting a 3mm in. I also have the forks dropped 5mm. Standard rear shock and 90% Rogered forks

Some more info:
http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=26883



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[sirch345]

Thanks guys Wanting to raise it am 6"4 so want a wee bit higher if possible

In which case getting your front forks upgraded first, before putting more load on the already under sprung front end by fitting a rear shock spacer would be a very good move (Roger Ditchfield at http://www.revolutionuk.co.uk did mine, I posted them to him. What a difference that made).

Chris.

[Jamoi]

+1 On sorting the forks before altering geometry

Jamie