here is a conversation regarding the fork set up for a 70 series tire... just some food for thought before you blindly change the geometry on your bike because it seems to make sense... make sure you read it all!!
"with adjusting your ride height... on the 99-02 i have found that it is NOT necessary, the 6 rides better up high. In fact if you go to an aftermarket rear shock that has adj ride height, raise the rear AND the front. It comes from the factory set a little high to begin with so the 70 will put it pretty much where it needs to be (without an adj rear). Myself and a handful of racers have noticed that lowering the font to comp for a 70 series tire causes front end push (ie not good )
Not sure how the 03 differs
just a couple cents of advice from mine and others experiece"
tim
reply... "I dont agree (sorry) I tried to run the 70 series with out adjusting the ride height and the bike was very lazy. As soon as I restored the geometry the bike was itself again. Before I had a/m shocks I would drop the tripples but now that I have adjustable ride hight with my shocks i leave the frt at the stock height and adjust the rear.
I have an 02 and an 03 and they are both set up almost identical.
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If you use tire warmers, I would almost say it is mandatory you raise your front fender,
I use the tire bakers and with supercorsa's you can snake them in there pretty easy but with the Bt-002 (which is about 3mm taller) it gets really tough. They get hung up alot and it takes quite a bit of work to get them in there. Raising the fender would be a good idea if your warmers wont slip on easy"
response... "thats why bike set suggestions are just that...suggestions. Everyone has different riding styles and height, weight, body positioning that all effect the geometry of the bike once turn in begins. These 2 guys have both won ccs points championships so it works for them. But again this is exactly why there is no "chart" for bike set up. No height+weight=X set up for optimal handling that really works for everyone. Try lowering, if you get front end push...try raising back to where it was. That was all it took for me. (edit... I think this is similiar to what Och experienced)
again just my 2 cents"
that was a brief blurb from Big Deezul and I a day or so ago. The important thing to remember is that everyone has a different style of riding that requires different geometry of the bike for maximum performance. Personally, I have my preload cranked WAY up on the rear (cause stock shocks suck A$$) and I found that leaving the forks alone when going to a 70 series tire is fine, dropping the triples gave me front end push. Make sure your have a solid base line for suspension set up before you go adjusting your triples. (ie sag, comp, reb, damp) Once you know how the bike is handling when it is set up properly, then you can dial her in. If you do this backward you will be chasing the demons FOREVER!!!
tim
ps.. the TYPE of riding that you do may influence how you like the set up to feel as well. For instance, a drag racer, a cruiser, and a racer would all have COMPLETELY different set up.
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