Lowering kit for F800 GS Adventure?

[ListerofSMEG]

there is a post on here somewhere, of a Hyperpro kit being fitted (with pictures) for 50mm lower....sorry but I cant remember who it was....

It's here http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?229263-Hyperpro-springs - I've been trying to do this on my 650GS but the springs are not quite the same - Mucho difficulty getting a garage with a proper bike spring compressor.

 

[Biker-Kitty]

thank you everyone,

i have the daytona boots and find them uncomfortable as seem to make my left leg swell but will keep using them, as stated before have the lower seat as well as having standard seat, not much difference between them and i am using standard stock seat. My partner and other friends have said i don't need to lower it but just ride differently like reading the cambers in the road and use left or right leg depending. I have lost my confidence as nearly dropped the bike with a horrible left side camber at a roundabout. My left leg is the injured one, if i don't stop i am ok LOL

so any advice is so useful to me. Just mot'd and taxed my 650gs need to clean it as dusty then will put it on this forum and the 650.co.uk forum if not there will be ebay.

thanks again to everyone!

 

[Elle]

My partner and other friends have said i don't need to lower it but just ride differently like reading the cambers in the road and use left or right leg depending.

Only you know for definite
I usually slide off to the left or right to get a foot down flat or rely on 1 tiptoe down. But I also look ahead for cambers, gravel, pot holes, diesel, etc. But sometimes, you don't have much choice & that's where I'll find it tricky. On a trip with luggage, the weight dropped the bike about 1/2" & I was much happier so I know my bike needs to be dropped a bit to be 110% happy with it.
oh, just there's a thought - always ride with packed panniers Now I know why I see so many GS's with panniers on when they're on a day ride!

 

[Tony57]

Hi biker-kitty
I also have f800gsa and have some concerns on stopping confidently. Recently I had to do a full emergency stop. Stopped ok but ended up stationary on a camber with front springs loaded down. The rebound and camber just took me to embarrassing stationary fall to left.

I was reading the thread you started and wondered if you had gone ahead with suspension change ?

What did you choose ?

 

[davss]

Hi,

I'm 5.7" tall with 29inch inseam, considering two options namely getting a standard F800GS with a factory 820mm lowered seat kit thereby giving up ESC, central stand, reinforced frame and additional 8L of fuel tank capacity. Or a lowered F800GS Adventure to at least 820mm from factory 860mm via a third-party kit. Tip toeing is not an option with such heavy bikes unless one enjoys embarrassment at every stop and fall. I know that if I put on some expedition load the bike would go down another 1/2" - 1" + proper boots rising for 1" hopefully should give me enough confidence when stopping or while riding proper off-road trails. I just don't know whether it's possible to drop 40-50mm without compromising too much of ground clearance, good handling and safety of the adventure model - anyone any experiences, done it, been to any expedition not just street riding?
I'm planning to take the machine on a 5k+ miles tour as a test then possibly from the EU to Asia. For that reason am thinking whether the ESC is a good thing to have or an obsolete gadget, good for riding in civilised countries with BWM service pretty much round the corner or a friend can pick you up with a trailer, that can break and render to bike difficult to fix / unusable? I know Ian McGregor chose to do his trip on a BMW and they experienced a problem with rear-shock abs (obviously they had behind them a car with spare parts and film crew which I won't).

Cheers, David