Lowering 2003 XR 100

[Husky]

Anyone have any tips on lowering a 03 XR 100. I know what your thinking, "what the hell" those are little bikes already. But my wife is veritically chanllenged at being only 5' tall. So trying to find some way to lower the bike besides cutting down the foam on the seat.

Thanks

[Buddau]

What the hell?! J/K
Have you tried raising the forks?
Try asking at www.thumpertalk.com (http://www.thumpertalk.com)
Look for the XR section. Those guys are good!

[Husky]

Thanks Buddah, I'll give them guys a holler

[dallas]

You can also turn the collars down on the rear shock, but then it probably won't be set to her "race sag".

I think they make lowering linkages for the rear suspension that have little effect on the performance of the rear suspension.

[BHeth]

I'm not familiar with the bike, so I looked at some pics. It looks like it uses standard dogbones to connect the swingarm? Any idea how long they are? Reason I ask is I fitted shorter ones to my unit and I have the originals kicking around. They're 165mm eye to eye with 12mm holes. They may be way too long (or wrong bolt size) but if you want them you're welcome to have them.

Otherwise there's this cat on ebay that makes bones for Busas. I contacted him once and he said he can make any length you want with 12mm holes. If you're interested I'll see if I can find him. As I recall they were pretty cheap. $15 or something like that.

[Husky]

Hey guys thanks for all the good tips.

Hey BHeth,
I'll take you up on that offer on the dog bones. With alittle tweaking I may be able to make them work

Thanks

[BHeth]

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