05-12-2015, 09:38 PM
Most bikes of this ilk may be lowered with little trouble. Installing inexpensive lowering links on Pamela's V-strom and moving the forks up in the triple clamps lowered the bike 20mm making stops less intimidating. I rode my Triumph Tiger 1050 for a year before finally doing the same. An incident on the Blue Ridge Parkway spurred the change. We parked at an overlook and when I mounted the Tiger I was unable to push the bike upright to raise the side stand, a result of parking on a slight incline. Much to the amusement of my wife and some bystanders, a riding buddy, having noted my struggles, dismounted and held my bike upright so the side stand could be lifted. Red-faced I was.