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Kent - never noticed this. I can't imagine BMW reducing clearances since that would open them up to liability.. (that they knowingly made a bike that touched down sooner than another one of the same basic design.)Haven't looked at a GS, but on the RT the lowered version comes with longer "feelers" on the driver footpegs.
This suggests reduced cornering lean angles to me.
It's hard to conceive that with a lowered suspension cornering ability would not be reduced. When the bike is lowered, the entire suspended part of the bike is closer to the ground, loading of the machine being constant.
This probably is mitigated somewhat when the bike is lowered due to a rider having shorter legs (why else?), probably will often be a smaller & lighter person. The lesser pre-loading of the lowered suspension by the lighter person might result in a loaded ground clearance equal to stock with a heavier rider on board.
Kent - never noticed this. I can't imagine BMW reducing clearances since that would open them up to liability.. (that they knowingly made a bike that touched down sooner than another one of the same basic design.)
I'll have to look next time I see one..
To me that's an indication your suspension is under-sprung. You might want to look into that.. I assume the lowering was done via aftermarket since there was no factory lower option I know of in 2005 (that started around 2008 or 2009 I believe.)I have ridden lowered 2005 r1200gs for years and it does affect the lean angles. The pegs do scrape a lot earlier.
It just make sense that is the pegs are lower to the ground that they will scrap earlier.
So what is being said here is that the normal uncompressed suspension height is reduced (let's say by snipping off a coil or using a shorter or weaker spring) to gain footing for the too short rider? The minimum ground clearance of the bike (maximum compressed height of the suspension) remains unchanged thus the absolute minimum ground clearance remains the same while the suspension travel/rate are altered in the modification?
The pegs & everything else would be lower to the ground than stock, but having the same lower "limit" as on an unmodified machine. Reaching that limit at a different loading/rate probably a bit earlier than stock.