Late follow up to lowering kit
I am getting another RC390 for street instead of track only. How is the rear shock, and associated geometry working out?
2016 RC390 with a cup bike tail and foam "seat" on the way. On the track bike we dropped the front set and softened the rear shock, as well as replacing the tail with the cup bike one since the race seat is lower. Looking for a little more drop for rideability. With those changes on the track bike, I'm still barely tippy toe, but it doesn't matter because I only have to put my feet down when entering and exiting the track. I need to be able to put my feet down on the road. Any advice would help!
Hi JKBC,Finally got it 2 days ago. Haven't had time to take the shock off until today. I'm not equipped to compress the spring, etc to change the end of the shock so I'm taking the shock to a shop for that. I'll still put the shorter side-stand on, raise the forks and put the shock back on myself. Their side-stand looks the same as the original quality-wise and the shock end better. The bigger foot is a genuine KTM part which I bought from them because they had them. Pretty cool that it came from the Isle of Mann too motorcycle racing history fans.
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I am getting another RC390 for street instead of track only. How is the rear shock, and associated geometry working out?
2016 RC390 with a cup bike tail and foam "seat" on the way. On the track bike we dropped the front set and softened the rear shock, as well as replacing the tail with the cup bike one since the race seat is lower. Looking for a little more drop for rideability. With those changes on the track bike, I'm still barely tippy toe, but it doesn't matter because I only have to put my feet down when entering and exiting the track. I need to be able to put my feet down on the road. Any advice would help!