bobber seca?

like to know if any of you guys have seen or know of anyone that turned a XJ750RJ in to a bobber. or if you know how to lower the rear end with out cuting shocks.

 

I have a 750 seca bobber you can see it on the link in my sig, it hasnt been lowered yet but plan on a hardtailing it before riding season.


I dont know how youre going to lower it without cutting the shocks or removing them for solid struts or welding on a hardtail.

 

Alot of the fabricators just make solid struts to lower the rear of the bike, but you pay for it in the ride (I know first hand)
I shortened my shocks, which isn't all that hard to do. But there are shocks off of other models that are shorter that'll do the trick. Keep in mind that the weight of each bike is a factor when using shocks off of other bikes and will make a difference in your ride. You want to look for shocks from a bike that has roughly the same weight as yours.
Another trick I've used in the past to lower the rear end, is to fabricate shock-extenders that move the bottom of each shock back 1-1/2". That willgive you a lower stance and still have a dampened ride. Just a thought.

 

You don't even need to fabricate, these exist and are still available, plus they show up on eBay with great regularity. A "true" hard tail bike has handling deficiencies that CANNOT be corrected due to the complete lack of rear suspension; extending the shock mounts back or going with shorter shocks is the safest way to lower the bike.

 

air shocks like mine....lol

 

Ok, I am looking into this as well. Does anyone know which shocks to use? or what to look for on ebayt as far as shock relocator tabs go? How about the front? How would one go about lowering that? I'm asuming cutting the springs is out of the qestion then? Thanks.

 

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=15270.html

that`s what i did to my seca

 

Leadboots, that's some nice work you're doing to your bike. I've been reading thru it. But that's not what I'm after. I have a 82 xj750rj. I pretty much want a semi stock look for mine. I don't want to do a hardtail either.