Hi all. Advice needed in possible lowering Daytona 600

Firstly.... Hi & welcome to the forum & sorry to hear about your little mishap.
Personally i think you are worrying yourself too much. When coming to a halt you could try shifting your body over slightly to allow your left foot to touch the ground better. Failing that you could possibly get your seat re-sculptured to lower it a tad.

 

i think you need to relax and trust yourself that it wont happen again,i would find somewhere off the road a bit quiet to get a bit of practise in if your that unsure,as its your first big bike it will be a bit differant to a smaller one ........Practise makes perfect keep on going :smile:

 

I think you just need a confidence boost. It might be worth trying something like the 'Bikesafe' course - a cheap and cheerful thing run by your local police force. It would give you some invaluable pointers. Have a little look: http://www.bikesafe.co.uk/

 

Fucking hell! A sensible reply from Bry?
Or maybe his account has been hacked?

 

Yeah, I'm his mum!

 

Triumph Daytona 600 / Daytona 650 Lowering kit | Lust Racing

Does what it says on the tin....

 

Hi and welcome to the forum and sorry to hear about your little mishap. Most of us at some point have had a low speed drop or topple over; I managed to drop my brand new 1200 Bandit on my own drive after picking it up from the dealer many years ago. Most of the issue is just getting used to the bike.
All of the above is good advice which is amazing considering some of the normal ramblings. If its spoiling your enjoyment of riding the bike get the lowering kit fitted at the same time as getting the plastics fixed.

 

Sorry to hear about your little incident. Lowering it might be the way to go but the other thing you could consider is some crash bungs? They stick to the furthest out points of your bike so if you do drop it then it should land on them rather than the panels. I bet with the confidence knowing they are there 'just in case' you wouldn't do the same thing again its all part of getting used to the bike at the end of the day.

Welcome to the forum too!

 

my mate who is on this forum is a short arse and he has lowered his Street triple.. it give him extra confidence and the dealer fitted it for him when he bought the bike....
Its all about confidence and if you think dropping the bike 30mm will give you then then do it..
yes you will need to drop the front to keep the same rake & trail and steering head angle.
If you drop the rear you will slow the steering a bit.. you may like it as it will be more stable but not as flickable.
If you drop the forks through the head and it will only be a few mm (say 5mm) at a guess then the steering will remain the same as designed.

Worst case get the dealer to do it or go to a specialist suspension company such as H&M racing...