I am considering buying a 2007 TE610 from a good friend of mine. It is mint with only 650 miles. The only problem is it is a little too tall for me. He just ordered the Kouba Lowering Link HL2 but never had it installed. It is suppose to lower the rear 1.5 inches which would be perfect. However, when reading the install instructions it says that the 2007 te610 would require grinding of the swingarm and/or bottom shock. Not to keen on taking a grinder to a swingarm. Anybody done this? Good Results?
I know Norm Kouba, had him do complete suspension rework w/links (but not for lowering) on my previous bike, and currently use their links on our KDX. I did talk to Kouba about 3yrs ago about links for lowering my '05 TE510, and about why some of the '03-'07 Husky needed that grinding. Apparently during those years the way swingarms and rockers were made at factory, the welds/parts that varied somewhat. This made it very difficult to manufacture a mass produced link that fit all bikes out there. As for those that did the grinding, the required amount also varied by bike, but was supposedly a minor amount smoothing down weld seams and/or a bit of the excess material off swingarm. Sounded like everything worked well out for those that took their time and did that. http://www.koubalink.com/Husky 4 Stroke.html Still I also wasn't too keen on the thought of grinding on my bike either. Figured I needed springs and possible revalve for my weight anyway, so (after one botched attempt at a local shop) ended up sending forks/shock to LT Racing and having Les completely redo suspension for my weight/ride conditions and take an inch out of the travel for appox 1.5" lower seat height. It's quite a bit more $$ this way, but I'm very happy with it and feel that was money well spent in the long run.
I have a 06 te610. It was to tall for me I looked at using the kouba link and seen what your talking about. so I had the shocks rebuit instead. By changing the spaces it lowered 2". and didnt have to grind anything.
Yep, I talked to a someone here in GA that does excellent bike work. He recommended the fork/shot modification. A little more expensive but I think I will be happier in the long run.
