Thu, 7 May 1998 07:30:04 +0100 - Message No. 2898
From: "Seaton, Andy"

Subject: RE: Ground clearance


Thanks Phoebus,

I am going to try a few of the recommendations from the list.
FYI, toe sliders fit on the outside edge of boots so that when your
boots touch the road  these sliders get worn down, not the boot. Once
the sliders are worn out completely you just fit another set to the
boot.

Best regards...


 Andy Seaton. X5287.
Systems Support Manager,
E-Mail: Andy.Seaton@gs.com
 "The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other
people"


 Andy Seaton. X5287.
Systems Support Manager,
E-Mail: Andy.Seaton@gs.com
 "The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other
people"


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Phoebus Katsanos [SMTP:phoebus@the.forthnet.gr]
	Sent:	07 May 1998 1:21
	To:	xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
	Subject:	Re: (XRV) Ground clearance

	Seaton, Andy wrote:
	> 
	> Good morning from London.
	> 
	> I have a problem which I cannot find any reference from your
database
	> FAQ.
	> For the last 10 years or so I have owned sports bikes plus I
race a 250
	> tz Yamaha. I decided this year to try and keep a clean license
and so I
	> hunted around for a bike that wasn't too fast at the top end
but still
	> fun to ride. After trying a few bikes I bought a new 98 @.
Great bike.
	> My problem is the ground clearance. I cannot ride with
motorcross boots
	> anymore as they don't have toe sliders and I have worn out the
sides of
	> the boots. I have reverted to my normal sports boots with toe
sliders.
	> This helps but the pegs are grinding out and the bashplate is
also very
	> scarred. Has anyone come across this and if so how have they
managed to
	> increase the ground clearance, if this is possible. Does
anyone make
	> rearsets or had any made. I know that the @ isn't really made
for this
	> kind of behaviour but I really like the bike but I am worried
that one
	> day the pegs will dig into the road too deep and lift the back
end off
	> the ground. Hey presto, one sorry looking @.
	> 
	> Thanks in advance...

	I kinda lost you a bit there with all this about toe slidders...
	Anyway, if you want to encrease ground clearence a simple way of
doing
	it is increasing the rear sorings pretention.
	It is fairly easy for you or your mechanic, it doesn't cost and
since I
	did it I really like the resaults.

	Also you can make the front taller by using other springs, or a
pair of
	extra small springs that you can put as an addition to the once
your
	motorcycle already has (ald motocross tryck), but then you will
have to
	play arround with fork oils to get the right dampening too.

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