1/09/2010Today I took a trip out to my buddy Joe's house to lower the front forks and rear shocks on the apartment bike.
I want the bike to be silly low so I decided to go with a 2'' drop front and rear. This along with the addition of bigger than stock wheels (19's) should get this bike
looking killer when it's all said and done.
Getting these CB160 forks apart was a #$%* ! Even after hosin them with PB Blaster for two weeks they still didnt want to come apart. So after even
more PB Blaster, some heat from a torch, and two 200lbs+ guys hanging off the things they
finally came apart..
So after that the other Joe (not me) took 2'' outta the front springs themselves:
No pictures of the shock disection but it pretty much went the same. Cut 2 coils out of the rear shocks to try and match the front. Not
an exact science but the bike is looking pretty flat in it's current mockup (see below):
With how the bike currently sits the base of the seat is just under 24'' off the floor. You can see in the pic below how much of a difference
cutting the springs did to the look of the front-end:
After looking at it awhile i think I might cut another 1/2'' outta the front to give it a slight rake, but I will wait till I get some tires mounted and
see how everything looks..
Next on the list is to suck it up and buy a cafe seat from Airtech. Once I get that I can mockup and have some tabs for the tank welded onto the frame.
Then I can dump off the frame at The Powder Pro to get powdercaoted and start the re-assembly...