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Texas Newbie |
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By: petek Date: March 5, 2017, 3:46 pm |
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Great to find this forum, i'm a 2016 690E newbie and need all |
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the help i can get. Once i figure out what all i need i"ll be |
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looking for advice. But to start off and suggestions on lowering |
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kits or how to lower this beast? I'm 5'8" and would like to put |
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both feet on the ground lol. |
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Re: Texas Newbie |
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By: mcrider Date: March 6, 2017, 11:21 am |
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I have a KTM8-1 KoubLink on my 2013 & it works great. |
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http://www.koubalink.com/KTM%20690.html |
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http://www.koubalink.com/KTM%20690.html |
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Re: Texas Newbie |
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By: rider_marc Date: March 8, 2017, 2:32 pm |
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Hey there petek! |
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I too am at 5'8" and wanted a lower seat height. I settled for |
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removing the nylon fork spring spacer, and taking out preload |
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from the shock spring. Oh, and the fork tubes were push up |
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through the top clamp at about 14mm. At 160lbs, I can tip-toe at |
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a stop. |
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Off road, there are enough variables the seat height doesn't |
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bother me. When things get technical, I get up off the seat and |
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ride through. Did the same with the WR400F I had for 15 years. |
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There were some crashes, and the occasional times when I just |
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fell over because the ground wasn't close enough for a foot. ;D |
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No worries, right? |
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I had considered the 1" Kouba link at one time. Regarding seats, |
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there are no seats that produce a lower seat height. There is a |
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seat labeled as "low" but it is low compared to the higher seat |
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that is offered. A custom shaped seat could be available, or a |
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local upholsterer may be able to help. |
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Re: Texas Newbie |
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By: petek Date: March 9, 2017, 8:00 am |
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I went ahead and ordered a 1 5/8" Kouba Link, will drop the fork |
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tubes and then tune suspension sag and preload. Hopefully that |
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will help ! |
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Re: Texas Newbie |
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By: Sonzad Date: January 8, 2019, 3:54 am |
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Is it possible for you to help explain more to these things for |
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us because we are very interested in this information? |
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