Topic: K1 fork lowering

[72cb750k]

Hello everyone, I am new to this sight and new to motorcycles so bare with me. I purchased a 71 750 and am looking to lower it for looks. And since it is a 71 with the earlier  forks I am not sure on how to lower it. Has anyone had any luck with the early style forks???

[Davez134]

You can slide the tubes up in the triple trees or use shorter springs with those forks. Be aware though that handling and dampening will be affected negatively if you shorten the springs. (I know first hand, and now have stock height again)

[Don R]

 Watch the fender to header clearance, some 4-1's stick out a ways. I'd go with sliding the forks up an inch in the triple trees. The easiest and easily reversible. I added an extra set of brass sleeves with the flanges cut off inside the tubes on my K2 drag bike project, it got 1 1/2" or so. Can't say I'd do that on a street bike, around here the roads aren't getting any better. Bottoming out can lead to a serious wobble that could cause a wreck.
 Try to not lower one end a lot more than the other, it will change the handling, as it changes the rake and trail of the front end. That's all I know about it except you can buy shorter tubes from cycle X or Franks.

[Medyo Bastos]

You can slide the tubes up in the triple trees or use shorter springs with those forks. Be aware though that handling and dampening will be affected negatively if you shorten the springs. (I know first hand, and now have stock height again)

you can put the short piece you cut off the springs inside the tubes below the damper rods. this will fix any issues noted above.  the one thing to look forward to is lowering the center of gravity will help managability

[72cb750k]

Okay, that's what I was afraid of, would I be able to just put a later model fork tube and internals into the lower portion of my forks?

[754]

No, you would have a few mm clearance if you did that..