1995 750 Trident

The only logical/sensible way to "lower" an early Hinckley Trident/Sprint is to get the seat modified to take an inch or so out of the padding material height, and have it shaped to slightly narrow it. Since there isn't a great deal of foam in the rider's portion of the seat to start with, that might prove uncomfortable! The backbone spine frame and seat rail sub-chassis combination makes modification seriously difficult - unless you want to radically change the bike by going for a CRK conversion.

I'd guess that, in theory, you could try to alter the ride height with suspension linkage and fork position changes but that looks more than a little specialised and the outcomes/effects less than certain.

I'm sure it's not impossible, but it's not, IMHO, going to be uncomplicated

 

Stiffen the front fork's by additional length of tubular spacer , to reduce 'sag' and then lower the the front over the fork leg's. You can also spin the axle adjustment so the bike is lowered . add the suggestion of cutting/,trimming the seat you might be happy ...

 

Hi there,
You could consider raising the forks,(dropping the front),and using shorter rear shocks,if this makes sense.

 

That's what I said above , getting a shorter shock (as they are "mono shocked") might be a bit expensive , and as it's mono it's a helluva lotta more work , than Changing Shockies that are frame to swing arm mounted , Mono's are inside the frame and not easily accessible !

 

I'd like, if I may, to add a word of caution about inverting the axle/chain adjusters. I seem to recall that, 'back in the day' this was fairly common - usually, as stated, in conjunction with raising the fork stanchions in the yokes - as an approach to lowering, but, if you do this, please keep a very close eye on chain and chain slider wear. I have a feeling that a number of people that used this approach did see rapid wear of the slider and even of the swinging arm.

 

Yup you have to check chain tension/adjustment VERY regularly ! Like every 500/1000 klms for new chain and more frequently after after 8/10 thousand !

More frequently lubricating the chain helps longevity and therefore fewer adjustment's.

 

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