Takegawa Lowering Rear Shock Absorber?

[CitizenSnips]

Hi all,

Any of the vertically challenged among us tried these lowering springs out? I'm 5'3" and with a Diablo seat & boots I can just get the balls of my feet on the ground...These sound tempting at a claimed 40mm of lowering, but I can't find any more info on them.

https://japan.webike.net/products/2...mnMNUSnpGCGg7iNPzY9QxjfZfcG3ucJRz1VugAmZznkxc

 

[m in sc]

i MEAN, THATS A GOOD PRICE. Good parts too and webike is a good seller.

the ones i had bought for mine could also be adjusted lower, from treatland. I know these are pretty good as I ran them and will again.

300mm versions: https://www.treatland.tv/progressiv...-shocks-with-EGO-p/egoboost-chrome-290gii.htm

350-370mm version: https://www.treatland.tv/dual-sprin...le-shocks-p/super-awesome-shocks-360gii-c.htm

I have run the longer version on my trail, and the shorter version on my 67 YL1 yamaha

 

[CitizenSnips]

To anyone coming here to look for advice/review - I just finished the installation yesterday with great results. Bike sits a lot lower and is much more comfortable for us on the shorter side. Rear shocks come out very easily and there are lots of videos of people doing that, I used this video to see the general process of rear shock removal:

By far the hardest part was lowering the front forks 20mm to match the lower rear. You have to loosen the clamps on the triple tree up front by first removing the bolts, then wedging some flat screwdrivers into them and working your way up to larger wedge-shaped punches. Then you've just gotta muscle the dang thing up 20mm which took quite a while. I ended up using a 14mm Pittsburgh socket as my measurement since the diameter was nearly exactly 20mm.

Instructions came in Japanese but Google did a great job of translating.

 

[MarkR]

To anyone coming here to look for advice/review - I just finished the installation yesterday with great results. Bike sits a lot lower and is much more comfortable for us on the shorter side. Rear shocks come out very easily and there are lots of videos of people doing that, I used this video to see the general process of rear shock removal:

By far the hardest part was lowering the front forks 20mm to match the lower rear. You have to loosen the clamps on the triple tree up front by first removing the bolts, then wedging some flat screwdrivers into them and working your way up to larger wedge-shaped punches. Then you've just gotta muscle the dang thing up 20mm which took quite a while. I ended up using a 14mm Pittsburgh socket as my measurement since the diameter was nearly exactly 20mm.

Instructions came in Japanese but Google did a great job of translating.

Now that these have been installed for a few months, how do they ride compared to the factory shocks? did you lose suspension travel at all?

 

[CitizenSnips]

Now that these have been installed for a few months, how do they ride compared to the factory shocks? did you lose suspension travel at all?

About 90% of my riding is on-road so I honestly didn't notice the suspension travel loss. I'm sure that someone who's more focused on off-roading may notice the difference since the bike did lower by over a full inch. That said it hasn't stopped me from bopping around on some small hills and dirt roads! For me, it's just a non-issue since I was looking for a more confident-inducing ride height on the street.