Extending front forks?

[Blubber]

That's photoshopped 

[mlivkovich]

  @Blubber I know your pain 

[seth]

And for info emma's now short she and has her own gsx1400 .
She says it's much more comfy than her old mk2 1200 bandit .

[Blubber]

 

On a more serious note:

I have added about 3cm of foam on the front to prevent me from sliding to the tank.
I run the 190/55 but I have a extended b-king front end in my 14.

I am 203cm btw, think I am lucky that my length is evenly spread. (Jeans 38" length is fine.)  no issues riding my 14.

[Tony Nitrous]

I did some adjustment to my 14's front end, also played with 3 different rear tyre sizes and. 30mm jack up blocks. When I got the handling and feel I wanted I also found the bike felt "tipped forward". Stock bikes don't, but they aren't as nimble.

My answer was to ride, ride, ride and ride some more.
I never got around to changing the seat and now it feels fine.

Some folk do need to change the bike to suit them.

Other folk want to fix the bars, seats, pegs, grips etc etc when they are fine and they just haven't put enough miles in to be familiar and find their form normal.

I personally avoid doing mods until I've put plenty of K's in as you don't have a good view or opinion of a bike your arse hasn't spent enough time on.

[Chop1961]

Hi all, thanks to all the replys, much appreciated. I did answer yesterday to all but for some reason it didnt load 😳 put a fair bit of writing into it as well, anyway, thats life. At the end of day it will pan out, il check if maybe the bike already has rear shockie jack-ups fitted, will also check rear tyre dia. But , the main thing is that theres blokes out there around my size that ride there Gsx,s in comfort which is a major plus 😎 I plan on doin a trip from central Western Australia back home to Cairns just after Christmas so ive gotta get it right, i feel comfortable that the sliding forward issue can be resolved, thats for sure. Now for my last question.. the best windscreen?? I will post this one on the appropriate page, i have played with windscreens on many bikes, mainly Harleys but for sure it will open a can of worms, those in the know who have played with heights and spacing out to reduce buffering will know what a headache it can be, really appreciate the feed back I received, many thanks

[Andre]

@Chop1961 Sorry you lost your writing. Most likely you didn't chose to stay logged in "forever" when logging in.

[Chop1961]

Hi all, just an update on my "sliding forward into tank" problem, it was an easy fix. Seen my local upholstery bloke and he cut where i sit down heaps and packed the front up where it meets the tank so it sorta blends up into the tank. Beautiful to ride now, hard to believe such a simple fix can change a bike so much, thanks.

[grog]

Well done Chop. A new seat certainly improves 14.