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I'm sure it would be possible to reverse the lowering by replacing the parts that are different between the standard and the low version. Someone else may have a bit more info on exactly which parts are different, but for example I know that the rear shock is different. I believe there is some difference in the front forks (shorter springs?).
Something to keep in mind would be that you could probably buy a regular-height shock that someone else has removed, but if their bike has the ESA feature, I'm not sure how that would work with the non-ESA bike.
The other question would be the seat; I would assume that the bike came with the factory low seat. There you would have the simple option of trying to find a take-off seat from someone, or just go to an aftermarket seat (for example Sargent).
akbeemer
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Every now and then there are posts on the F bike sub-forum of ADVRIDER (Parallel Universe) by someone wanting to trade parts to raise or lower a bike. Post there and on https://www.f800riders.org/forums/ and you may get lucky. I know that the F700GS lowered has different forks, shock, side stand and center stand than the standard version. Easy to check for the F750 by looking at a parts fiche to see if BMW lists different part numbers for the two versions.
Parts fiche tip was very helpful. Thanks.
