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It has made me think more about lowering my bike a little. Not sure it would have stopped me slipping but I might have been able to whip my right leg back over faster. I've got adjustable Tec rear shocks which seem simple enough.
Going to do some reading, but I assume if I lower the rear, that will have 2 other consequences;
1) the bike will only drop in height a little because the forks are the same;
2) the handling will change because the front is now effectively higher with more weight on the rear/less on back.
Is that about right?
My real question is will say, 10mm drop on the rear, change the handling that much - like a shorter stem that you soon compensate for?
I've seen videos on lowering the front shocks on a Triumph, but if I'm just checking out whether there's any benefit to me, it seems easier to adjust the adjustable shocks, rather than messing about taking the whole front off.