Who makes solid lowering links that are good for drag applications?

look on ebay, anything thats t6 6061 billet will work

or Soupys or any other fully adjustable lowering links.

Is there any way to use lower links, but yet still maintain stock height? Or would I have to pull them back off and put the stock back on? ideally, what is a good drop for drag racing? (Front strapped instead of lowering the tree)

This is low and set for the strip. You might not be able to tell, but look how bent my knee is. Im about 5'10" in boots and all and I was halfway to squatting sitting on it. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/425422_10150709954177419_586942418_11876026_632247764_n-1.jpg This is street height as well, compare to pic after http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/429588_10150709953867419_586942418_11876022_435991413_n-1.jpg Drag set-up http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/423003_334914276560322_227538870631197_985272_153217094_n-1.jpg This is mine at street height, which is slightly lowered http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/IMG_4733-1-1.jpg I drop mine quite a bit when I hit the strip. Enough that I scrape on small bumps and such. are you planning on stretching the bike as well? you can get different kinds of links. I personally have these http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/IMG_4655-1.jpg This is the stock links from my bike. You can get other links like it that will change the rear ride height, but are only good for one height setting. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/IMG_4669-1.jpg Your other option is getting links that have multiple holes drilled into them. They allow you to change betwee set height drops, like stock,1.5",3" for example. They give you more adjustment, but you can still only choose between the drilled holes.

Op how low would you say your drag setup is? How do you lower the front? Do you just strap or do the tree?

Its at least 3", probably closer to 4" though. Its lowered 10mm in the forks and thats all just to be sure I dont hit the fender and upper fairing on a hard bump or anything. I strap it down at the strip. If you look at the first pic, you can see how much the forks are compressed.

This is low and set for the strip. You might not be able to tell, but look how bent my knee is. Im about 5'10" in boots and all and I was halfway to squatting sitting on it. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/425422_10150709954177419_586942418_11876026_632247764_n-1.jpg This is street height as well, compare to pic after http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/429588_10150709953867419_586942418_11876022_435991413_n-1.jpg Drag set-up http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/423003_334914276560322_227538870631197_985272_153217094_n-1.jpg This is mine at street height, which is slightly lowered http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/IMG_4733-1-1.jpg I drop mine quite a bit when I hit the strip. Enough that I scrape on small bumps and such. are you planning on stretching the bike as well? you can get different kinds of links. I personally have these http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/IMG_4655-1.jpg This is the stock links from my bike. You can get other links like it that will change the rear ride height, but are only good for one height setting. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/3A-Sgt-Reaper/IMG_4669-1.jpg Your other option is getting links that have multiple holes drilled into them. They allow you to change betwee set height drops, like stock,1.5",3" for example. They give you more adjustment, but you can still only choose between the drilled holes. lol at ur fro, but yd u blur the girl and ur friends face? they got enemies?!

dude, the fro get bitches!! lol. I blurred em cuz I didnt ask em if they care if their faces are posted online. "the girl" is actually not very fond of her pics being online at all.

Yeaaaaaa buddy, bitchez love poofy hair

oh hell yes!! I get compliments from other chicks when Im out WITH my chick. that picture is my hair pulled back though. It goes full 'fro status when its not. Its baller

Gotta set up a 3way then :lol:

thats the plan, if my testicles dont end up in a bag first. :crackup:

i bring it up with mine from time to time...has yet to work but eventually IT WILL!

same problem man. if you figure out a trick to it, pass it on

same problem man. if you figure out a trick to it, pass it on Whiskey and roofies. You're welcome.

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PERFECT!!! lol. Totally threadjacked. Iggy, can we help anymore with lowering and drag setup?

Can someone find some decent lowering links for me and send me the link? I've looked around and everything just looks cheaply made or is really expensive. I want something good but I don't want to pay an outrageous price..

what is outrageous to you? I paid $85 for mine.

what is outrageous to you? I paid $85 for mine. That and under.. I'm just not too sure on how I like fully adjustable. I'd like to just have something I can throw on when I go out in town to run and throw the strap on it and then come back home and put the stockers back on to tool around town and what not.

pretty much any 3-hole or even single hole link will work then. youre just gonna have to go through the whole process to change em. I just stick a wrench on it, spin it a few times and done. Takes me 2 minutes tops to lower or raise it as much as I feel like.

Do these look good or do they look a little thin? http://www.spencercycle.com/product-p/sp-1904.htm

those are probably just fine. especially after having seen and felt the stock ones. man, they are light as hell and feel flimsy IMO. I dont know for sure about those, no personal experience with them, but Id say theyd probably be ok. I think Muzzy makes some as well. You could probably find some on Schnitz Racing. Ill check now and get you a link. There were a few others, but any of these would most likely be just fine as well. http://www.schnitzracingstore.com/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=5047268&showprevnext=1 http://www.schnitzracingstore.com/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=2655471&showprevnext=1 http://www.schnitzracingstore.com/catalogs/catalog.asp?prodid=5114773&showprevnext=1

Word thanks. Guess I'll also get a strap kit from them as well. I just don't want some flimsy crap that's gonna break. I do like the ones you have but I want to be able to just throw them on the weekend that I'm gonna play and then take them back off and go backup stick setting/height for around town and not have to stop the triple or ride with the strap so I don't really affect the handling

I have Soupy's Fully Adjustable and they go from stock to I believe 4" drop and anywhere in between. When you change the links, you need a jack and stuff like that to change the position of it. With mine, you needa 19mm wrench. I can change the heigh of it in under 2 minutes to wherever I feel like. The only thing is that you have to know what length to make the links to get back to stock height. Still, turn 4 nuts and 2 hex bodies and then just measure? Doesnt get too much easier than that. You dont need a rear stand or anything else to do it. These are what I have. http://www.soupysperformance.com/catalog/item/4408900/4393129.htm

So question.. Does the lowering links really make THAT big of a difference, or would I get pretty much not that much of a difference from just strapping the front? Should I worry about getting the lowering links or should I use the money for something better like the 1/5 insert? The biggest thing that I guess I need to address is, this bike really isn't going to be a drag bike, its going to be a street king bike. Low rolls and occasional digs (will have to be careful now since I went 520) and -1+2.

youll be ok with the 520 on the street dude, no worries. Lowering links work great if you want to lower the bike. are you trying to drag or street race, because Im confused on what you want to do now. If its going to just be a street bike, dont lower the thing more than like 2" or youll start scraping over stuff or worse, busting the header or the oil pan. If youre going to the strip, youre ok to lower a little further. The strap will help a lot, and so would lowering, but the benefits versus what you can break on a street bike are different on the strip. BTW 1/5 Throttle is $25 TYD. Thats REALLY cheap for how useful the thing is.

Yes the 1/5 is a must have and is defintely going on the list. I'm more in to street racing. I will go to the track every now and then. There are several 1k+ cars around here that like to occasionally run a bike and I have a hard enough time keeping the front end down on the stock gearing so I really cant imagine what the -1+2 is going to be like. I'm picking up what I believe is the universal strap from brocks, fits cbr's and gsxr's so I'm hoping that it will fit mine here locally for 50. I'm just trying to figure out if the strap is really all that I'm going to need or if the strap plus the lowering links is just going to be insane and the front will stay completely planted if I have both or if it will still stay planted with just the strap. The thing also is, I live an hour away from Deals Gap and the Skyway so I still ride the twisties too so..like I said, I'm just still kinda hung on if they are for me right now since I'm still SWB but hopefully soon to be stretched. Damn sorry for such a long ass post lol.

I say run the strip once to see what its like dude. SWB youre gonna have the thing wanting to wheelie if you hit it, no matter what. Thats just the nature of a 150+whp motorcycle at under 56" WB. Lower will help with it, always does, but on the street you run a high risk of damaging something if you get too low. Get the strap, see how it rides. Then decide on links. If youre going to use the strap on the street, be careful. It is not meant to be that way and dont ride around with it pulled tight. My strap stays on the 10 at all times, but it hangs loose. You will lose almost all suspension travel and it becomes very dangerous on the street like that

Yeah all of my friends who ride a strap keep it on the bike at all times but slack in it because like you said there is usually only about an in or less of travel in the forks when pulled tight.

If I do lower it though, am I going to have to get a different side stand, or will it sit like a 06-07 zx6? lol

Can't you just drill wholes on the stock links? Seems to me that just the leanth change with the aftermarket links.

If I do lower it though, am I going to have to get a different side stand, or will it sit like a 06-07 zx6? lol Yes, you will need a new side stand if lowered if you do not want the bike to fall over all the time. Here, this is the BEST price you can find on a stand. http://t-rex-racing.com/catalog.php?item=317 Looks stock too.

Shit... I guess I'll just do the damn strap up front.. Seems like its going to be a PITA doing lowering links. I don't think I'll need them with being -1+2 until I install the nitrous. Then I guess I'm just going to stretch it at the same time as I lower.

Can't you just drill wholes on the stock links? Seems to me that just the leanth change with the aftermarket links. to get lower you need longer links. on the aftermarket ones, stock height is hole by itself and then the one closest to it.

Shit... I guess I'll just do the damn strap up front.. Seems like its going to be a PITA doing lowering links. I don't think I'll need them with being -1+2 until I install the nitrous. Then I guess I'm just going to stretch it at the same time as I lower. when you stretch it, you need to lower it or youll jack the rear end up high.