Rear ride height

[lee.pb]

Hi all,
Been a while since I've been on here so group hug .
I've changed the rear wheel to a 17" vfr750 with a rvf dog bone. I have now purchased a race shock with an additional 10mm in length and height adjustment, so going to change back to the original dog bone and sell the rvf one.
The question is what height should I set the rear too with the new shock / dog bone and where to measure.
Cheers

[arsey30]

I have not played with ride height on the NC only the RC, but Rick O sells jack up kit that raises the rear by 35mm, so that would seem what to aim for.

You may need a longer side stand.

You may need to run the new longer shock on min length, as 10mm on shock is 35mm extra ride height.
Your present r/h will be around 6mm more than standard [rvf link plus 18mm, 17" wheel minus 12mm]

Measure the existing r/h with 6 to 8mm static sag as follows
Remove seat unit, with bike on rear paddock stand, measure distance between wheel spindle and top rear seat fixing, centre to centre, subtract 6mm and record the reading.

Fit new shock and link and set it to up to plus 35mm, with 6 to 8mm static sag, but it is personal choice as to what quick steering/stability compromise you want.
The ride height will drop a couple of mm when off the stand and the seat fitted.

[Drunkn Munky]

I dont think the extra hight is going to hurt to be honest. I ran a NC30 with RVF link and Maxton shock which is 10mm longer and still kept the 18" wheel. It looks better and i never noticed any issues with it, in fact it handled bloody well.

[arsey30]

Crikey, a 2" r/h increase will reduce the rake by 2deg, I bet that was pretty quick steering.

Was it still stable in a straight line.

Trouble is, I doubt that my feet would reach the ground. :-)

[porndoguk]

Crikey, a 2" r/h increase will reduce the rake by 2deg, I bet that was pretty quick steering.

Was it still stable in a straight line.

Trouble is, I doubt that my feet would reach the ground. :-)

How tall/how long are your legs dave.

im only 5'5" with 29-30" legs

With the BMW shock im on the balls of my toes

[Drunkn Munky]

Im only a short arse as you know dave and although i wasnt flat footed it wasnt a problem. I was a little concerned about it being stable but it was fine and yes it turned in quick but thats fine, that how i like em.

I know honda put years of R&D into these bikes but IMO they sag way too much at the back in stock trim. Maybe my setup is a bit too far for some people but a little height increase is definatly needed.

[krisztian_andre]

I dont think the extra hight is going to hurt to be honest. I ran a NC30 with RVF link and Maxton shock which is 10mm longer and still kept the 18" wheel. It looks better and i never noticed any issues with it, in fact it handled bloody well.

Did you have a steering damper fitted, what frontend was it?

[Cammo]

An extra inch of ride height at the rear gives similar rake to most modern sportsbikes, though many have less than this these days.

Standard nc30's drag their arse and steer too slow for my liking. Straight line stability is barely changed with extra ride height, it's a worthwhile mod.

[krisztian_andre]

How would you lengthen your sidestand? Lightening it would be nice too.

[Drunkn Munky]

I dont think the extra hight is going to hurt to be honest. I ran a NC30 with RVF link and Maxton shock which is 10mm longer and still kept the 18" wheel. It looks better and i never noticed any issues with it, in fact it handled bloody well.

Did you have a steering damper fitted, what frontend was it?

No steering damper, waste of money unless your balls out round somewhere like the TT. Front end was late type forks with WP internals.

My RVF runs just a Maxton shock with the 17" wheel and pretty much falls over when you put it on the sidestand, id raise it further using the height block if i could find a way of fitting a longer sidestand, at the moment the stand touches the exhaust when up so a longer one isn't a option.