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Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 5
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Lowering Hawk
On the Amazon page for the Hawk, the description recommends the bike for riders over 5'8". I am shorter (5'4"-5'5"ish) and am wondering if there is an easy way to lower the bike to a comfortable height for me (I'd like to be able to flat foot it since I'm a new rider). Perhaps an adjustable spring, or shaving seat foam, or just a certain part I should buy?
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Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Stockport, Oh.
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So you're 5'4", how much do you weigh? The reason I ask is you can buy a shorter monoshock for about $80. If you're a heavy person you're not gonna want to go any shorter than 290mm which will drop the rear 3". But if you're a lighter person you could go as short as 280mm which would be a 4" drop. That combined with dropping the forks 2" in the triple tree should put you close to flat footing it. Also CSC sells a lower profile seat for it.
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Join Date: Aug 2020
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Edit: and possibly a link to the seat; I can't seem to find it. Thanks! |
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 8,100
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Your height doesnt matter as much as inseam.
You can lower the rear about 3 inches without needing to then also shorten the kickstand. That will put the seat height around 31 to 32ish inches. Seat https://store.cscmotorcycles.com/TT2...sc-300ttkt.htm
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Join Date: Aug 2020
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Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: Indiana
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That's going to depend on your inseam I'm 5'6 with a 29 or 30 inch inseam can't remember. but my xpect has a 32 inch seat hight and if I really stretch I can almost get both feet on the ground usaly I just put one foot down. or if both are down usaly the ball of both feet are touching.
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 8,100
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That would be with a 20 to 25mm shorter rear shock.
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Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Missouri
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Join Date: Aug 2020
Posts: 5
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Yeah...where would I find a monoshock?
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