FZR1000 racing downunder

[sbutler]

By raising the bike that doesnt mean playing with shock internals, so it should be legal. Dog bone lenth will raise the rear by over 50mm. Your bike comes standard with 165mm, if you get some 155mm that raises the rear of the bike. Did this with mine & it works really well.
Next is sliding your front forks down through the tripple tree. If you set the top of the forks, to the top of the tree that should gain you another few mm. Just rememeber to do this all at the same time. So raising the front & rear together you dont upset the handling to much. A move at one end & not the other can make the bike steer diffrently to what your use to.
This should not make a huge difference to the handling, but should gain you a good bit of ground clearance.

[mossy1200]

I have gone out and messured .i have got 158mm hand made at rear and i have after market clipons below the top tripple clamp.Front end is low already.
the bike was race bike before i got it and had extensive shock work with progressive springs and rear end rebuild.previous owner declared over $1300 spent on the set up for 85kg rider and i am 87kg.I dont have any reason to doubt this.It also has cast race discs(very expensive)and $300 race battery etc about 400-500grams.Its had alot of money spent on it but the previous owner shattered his ankle on his 400 then lost his nerve to race the 1000.
Its got 152bhp and 137hp on the lineer dyno so power is also up on factory specs.
I dont have handling issues etc i just cant get my feet in the correct possition because of my calf length which is 62cm or 24inches from kneecap(bottom) to floor standing up.I thought rearsets would be easier than leg length reduction.
This combined with the seat restrictions means its hard to shift body to the inside without tendency to sit up further than i would prefer.
i am tring to get pegs back further and up slightly then adjust clippons forward and down to change the angle that i am on when riding the bike.
Its hard to describe whats its like to be to tall in the limb area for the current ride possition of the bike.
Will photo bike when the rear sets arrive to indicate the adjustments i intend to make.
Rember guys im wearing the pags down yet the fairings have never touched the ground even when i tried a 170/60/17 rear tyre.
now running 180/55/17 superbike pirelli sc2 rear and sc1 front.(its cold here and softer tyres cold shear).Racing winter series 15dgr celcious.
Cheers Steve

[sbutler]

You really need some 155mm bones. That should lift it another 25mm.
Progressive springs can cause issues too. I just removed all mine. I have racetech springs in the front, & a YZF 750 mono rate spring in the rear.
Have yo done a sag test on the bike?
You may be a little heavy for the springs in it & sagging the bike down a bit to far?? [Losing ground clearance]
6ft 5 & only 87kgs I can see that could cause some problems. But nothing that cant be fixed.

We'll have you winning that championship this year!!

[mossy1200]

You really need some 155mm bones. That should lift it another 25mm.
Progressive springs can cause issues too. I just removed all mine. I have racetech springs in the front, & a YZF 750 mono rate spring in the rear.
Have yo done a sag test on the bike?
You may be a little heavy for the springs in it & sagging the bike down a bit to far?? [Losing ground clearance]
6ft 5 & only 87kgs I can see that could cause some problems. But nothing that cant be fixed.

We'll have you winning that championship this year!!

Im getting shorter every year.LOL
Sag test was done by the ohlins rep while he was doing the ex Bernard racing team r1 that had stock suspension put in it before he bought it then he bought new ohlins set up.
It turned out to be to hard and he adjusted it down on spring.
It moves arround 40mm when sitting.He measure it with a instrument like a steering damper from axel to subframe.
It was attached equal distance from swingarm pivot point on both then sit test.
I think the instrument can be left on the bike when you ride to get sag etc.
he seemed to know what he was about.
Garage buddy spent $6k on his ohlins suspension which includes track adjustments for 3years etc.Thats more than my bike cost.LOL

[mossy1200]

new rearsets on.55mm back and 35mm up.

[sbutler]

Nice looking setup mossy. I wonder if your heal is gonna be a bit close to the muffler but ???

[mossy1200]

Nice looking setup mossy. I wonder if your heal is gonna be a bit close to the muffler but ???

I looked and thought same thing before sitting but angle of foot when on bike is steep and my steel caps which have 1/2 inch heel have almost 2inch gap.
I think if you tried this with standard pipe would be issues.My pipe was custom made and is quite thin and travels up steeper than the other race pipe i had as that used to touch the tar as well.
i have a motorcross background and have been married for 7years so sliding bike and death not an issue(The will to live is gone)LOL.