[9th Honda]

has anybody lowered their bike to slow up the steering?? having ridden cruisers for umpteen years(shadows and a DN01) i like the cb300f but find the steering sharper than i'm used to. i'd like to think i won't turn it on it's(my) head.

 

[9th Honda]

i've already lowered the shock-(did i mention i have a short inseam-i think i forgot to) because i have a short inseam. its hereditary. when i joined the army years ago i was 5-10. now i'm 5-7 1/2.

 

[9th Honda]

age is only a number. it's how you feel. 'course somedays you feel a hundred, somedays 16. remember you don't stop riding b'cuz you get old, you get old b'cuz you stop riding!!!!

 

[9th Honda]

coincidentally i had an NT700V (US version of the 650 Deauville) that i traded because i was tippy toeing it to much. lowering it was too much hassle and i knew one tipover would be expensive. ( that was honda #7 ).

 

[9th Honda]

amen to that.

 

[9th Honda]

dropping the rear of the bike one inch will change the rake and trail marginally. certainly not cruiser like.and certainly not expensive.

 

[9th Honda]

i'm more looking to slow up the steering a tad, not lower the bike. and lowering the bike 1" in the rear will not appreciably change the handling. and i know, having ridden many thousands of miles on Shadows, Viragos, Ninjas, Vulcans, Nighthawks, Pacific Coasts and a Gold Wing or two that john grinsel did not intend to disparage my riding ability!!!!!!

 

[9th Honda]

installed the Vortex link. lowered the rear just enough, but not so much i'll need to shorten the kick stand. (at least not if i'm careful until i get used to it.)only problem with the install was finding that "sweet spot" where there's no load on the suspension. haven't found anything that fine since......well that's another story. the only other problem was i got the newer version of the link with the pressed in bearing in a package with the old directions/pictures. a few phone calls later and Kyle at Vortex had me good as gold. Kudos to them. so the final question is, does anybody have a shop manual that can tell me the torque specs for the lower links on a 2016 CB300f?? thanks for any and all help with this and Merry Christmas to all. ( make sure to give your bike a present.)

 

[9th Honda]

it feels good sitting on it but i've gotta wait for a ride. it snowed 6 inches yesterday, it's 13 degrees (F) right now with a 20-25 mph NW wind and it's not supposed to get a lot warmer for the forseeable future. gotta love that global warming!!

 

[9th Honda]

actually just sitting on it, it doesn't steer or lean(lol) but hey, you say potayto i say potahto. PS. this is not a reference to harley davidson-please don't sue me!!

 

[9th Honda]

so, ahh, anyway. back to post # 33. did anybody with a shop manual find the torque specs on the suspension links. i've asked 2 honda dealers who can't/won't (???) tell me. must be some kind of trade secret!!

 

[9th Honda]

to the 2(?) people who sent me private messages offering to upload the service manual i have an older computer and wouldn't know how to(if it even could). i thank you, but my computer literacy skills are second to my brain surgery skills and the last time i tried that i broke the hacksaw blade. i think i answered one of you but i can't find the message now(i'm sorry but you are doomed to a life floating in cyberspace and i was told thats somewhere beyond pluto-the planet, not the dog). is this where the dog ate my homework?? so if you can just say x number of foot-pounds i would be profoundly grateful.

 

[9th Honda]

thank gawd i can handle a motorcycle better than i can a computer. sorry. i'm old. they didn't have these when i was in school!!

 

[9th Honda]

now see, you're assuming i have common sense(hey, i talk to my coffee pot). lacking specific numbers i usually tighten things down 'til they snap then back off 3/4s of a turn.