I installed lowering links on my DR-Z 400 and it made a world of difference! At 5 foot 7 I can touch the ground with both feet and have the confidence to do anything I want. I wasn't sure how to set the sag with links but it's basically the same. Thank you for the video!
BajaDesigns. I had to fab a mount to fit in the stock shroud. Plus I used a ac / dc converter. www.bajadesigns.com/products/s2-sport-black-led-auxiliary-light-pod/
For me being an intermediate rider there are no regrets at all! Being able to reach the ground is the best! Not sure if at the expert level you could notice any difference in teh suspension performance.
@@osggarage5575 iv had the same issues on my 200 90 sr it's so tall and seat height don't help as well but don't wana lower it to much and lose all its handling characteristics
It's great that you're beginning to tune the bike for you but you've been lied to by the middleman. It's actually an endurance motocross racing bike not a trail bike. It's designed for 4 hour motocross races. You're supposed to lower the front end and the rear end too. You're not supposed to have it set to maximum height. There's 30 or more things you must adjust on the bike. Every location you ride you must keep adjusting the bike. You adjust ride height, spring rate, droop adjustment setting, engine power, top end speed, low end performance, lap times, roost reduction, wheelie reduction, take off, braking performance, sideways manuvourability, lane change ability, etc etc. This IS a high revving engine design. You're wrong to ride it in the extreme bogged down low revs. It's designed for cornering at half throttle setting. You must put a LOAD on the suspension springs. If you don't put a load on the springs, they're primed to throw you into the air and off the bike. These aren't trail bikes. These are full on motocross racing bikes finely tuned for endurance style racing.
Thanks for your thoughts! Yes these bikes where formidable in GNCC and Hare Scrambles especially in the hands of guys like Jeff Fridette. I might have been calling is a trail bike, but understand you can really rip on them. As far as being able to pull down low, these motors have a much wider power and that the 2stoke MX bike of the same era. The fact they can pull from down low really helps with traction rather than explode on the pipe and just roost away! But if needed you can roost the bejesus out of them!
I installed lowering links on my DR-Z 400 and it made a world of difference! At 5 foot 7 I can touch the ground with both feet and have the confidence to do anything I want. I wasn't sure how to set the sag with links but it's basically the same. Thank you for the video!
I just bought the 1" lowering link for my new 2023 KTM SX-F 350....praying it does the job!
Beautiful place to ride
I'm 5'8" I just adjusted my rear spring and can flat foot mine
To move the forks, does the bike need to be on a stand?
It helps. other wise the forks just slam into the bars
Here from Germany, I have a KDX 125 1993, will those lowering links fit on it too?
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Checking out on the website it looks like they have them.
Nice bike! Where did you get the led headlight for the KDX ?
BajaDesigns. I had to fab a mount to fit in the stock shroud. Plus I used a ac / dc converter. www.bajadesigns.com/products/s2-sport-black-led-auxiliary-light-pod/
I had the KMX 200 ,don’t look as good as the KDX did
Thinking about doing the same thing to my kdx. Is there any regret on lowering the bike?
For me being an intermediate rider there are no regrets at all! Being able to reach the ground is the best! Not sure if at the expert level you could notice any difference in teh suspension performance.
@@osggarage5575 iv had the same issues on my 200 90 sr it's so tall and seat height don't help as well but don't wana lower it to much and lose all its handling characteristics
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It's great that you're beginning to tune the bike for you but you've been lied to by the middleman.
It's actually an endurance motocross racing bike not a trail bike.
It's designed for 4 hour motocross races.
You're supposed to lower the front end and the rear end too.
You're not supposed to have it set to maximum height.
There's 30 or more things you must adjust on the bike.
Every location you ride you must keep adjusting the bike.
You adjust ride height, spring rate, droop adjustment setting, engine power, top end speed, low end performance, lap times, roost reduction, wheelie reduction, take off, braking performance, sideways manuvourability, lane change ability, etc etc.
This IS a high revving engine design.
You're wrong to ride it in the extreme bogged down low revs.
It's designed for cornering at half throttle setting.
You must put a LOAD on the suspension springs.
If you don't put a load on the springs, they're primed to throw you into the air and off the bike.
These aren't trail bikes.
These are full on motocross racing bikes finely tuned for endurance style racing.
Thanks for your thoughts! Yes these bikes where formidable in GNCC and Hare Scrambles especially in the hands of guys like Jeff Fridette. I might have been calling is a trail bike, but understand you can really rip on them. As far as being able to pull down low, these motors have a much wider power and that the 2stoke MX bike of the same era. The fact they can pull from down low really helps with traction rather than explode on the pipe and just roost away! But if needed you can roost the bejesus out of them!
Say what!?