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Originally Posted by Jorogumo4
Hello! I've never riden a motorcycle before and was reading a few threads on here regarding the Hawk 250 I had arrive today, I'm still putting everything together, but noticed that the motorcycle sits way too high for me, I'm 5'6" and I can BARELY touch the ground with my toes.
I read a few threads on here regarding changing the rear shock to lower the ride height? I'm guessing the stock rear shock is 320mm? I plan on using this mostly on the road as a back up commuter, so I was looking at a 290mm shock that would supposedly give me 3 more inches to work with?
I was looking at the following shock on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...C5ZG4UYX&psc=1
Any recommendations when it comes to a rider my height?
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If you go to the link to my Hawk in my description and scroll down to the pictures. That is how your bike would sit if you installed a roughly 300mm long rear shock on a Hawk and leave the front at full ride.height.
That should get your feat more firmly on the ground, and in my experience just makes the Hawk a much better riding.and stable bike. I do not recommend lowering the front if you don't have to, and if you do, no more than an inch.
One option for a direct bolt on shock that will lower the rear of the Hawk is to actually use a Bashan Brozz shock. it's about 300mm long and also has preload adjustment.