When I bought my bike, I had the dealer lower it so I could touch the ground. Now that she's broke in, I want to raise her up a notch so my center stand will slide under her again. I've never messed with triple clamps before. Is there a special procedure, or just loosen the bolts and get out the double-jack???
Adjusting the height of the forks in the triple clamps will change the way it steers some, I think mine are on the second line and it works for me. Play around with the height until you find the spot you like. Be sure to not over tighten the pinch bolts 16.6รท19.5 ft-lb check your manual, page 303 and 304. Dan L
Or you could try pulling up on your bike while you're putting the stand underneath it like I do to mine.
I had been leaning the bike a little, sliding the stand under with my foot and then "yanking" her up on top of the stand. The last time I came into the garage, I was completely devasted from the ride and purt near ended up in a pileup on the floor...
Put the bike on a stand, remove front wheel, loosen top and bottom of both triples, spread triples with a flat bladed object and scoot them up or down. Make sure both are the same and retighten clamp bolts to factory torque spec (18ft lbs, I think). Then reinstall front wheel and be sure to pump the suspension a few times to line up the fork tubes before you tighten both sides of the axles pinch bolts. And yes, raising and lowering the forks in the triples can dramatically alter the bikes handling. Forks down in the trples equals slower turning but more stable at speed, forks up the triples equals more nimble handling but twitchy at speed. Good luck.
