Lust lowering triangles

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  1. duccmann

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    BY FAR the best mod I ever could have done to my VFR. New tire along with these trangles and the bike handles completely different ( 1000 times better ) . I highly recomend it - Thanks Stosh for turning me on to Lust Racing :)
     
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    do you have pictures? what do they do? does the change in ergos feel weird? need more info.
     
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    You had to know that was coming.
     
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    I second this. Found them on fleabay and stosh gave me advice about the front end adjustment.

    I love this mod. So stable. I now want to ride faster as it just feels so planted.
     
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    you guys are killing me talking about this mythical handling device.

    without pictures I can only assume you made it up...
     
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    Did I mention they are made from unobtainium?

    :)

    And they have been forged in the fires of moordor.....
     
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    Credit where credit is due.

    I can't take credit for that Duccmann,that honor rightfully should go to Pap11y. ^^^^^

    Although I've had the Lust Racing lowering triangles installed on my bike for quite some time now it was actually Pap11y who first made mention of them in a thread that he started. I simply chimed in and posted my pic and answered a few questions for him.
     
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    OK, so can someone 'splain to me how these work? Yea, I could Google it. But why do that with all the know-it-alls on this site?
     
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    Team effort.

    I am wondering if the material they are made of also contributes to the feeling of stability.

    They seem pretty hefty/sturdy compared to the stock triangle..
     
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    Whatever they're made of, it seems to be a more sturdier material than what the adjustable links are made of, those tend to implode. Maybe it is Unobtainium...
     
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    I never thought the VFR suffered from instability. Always thought it suffered more from being too stable. I went with the GMD Computrack "sweet numbers" geometry recommendations, which are exactly the opposite of lowering. To each his own.
     
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    What ever there made of it works. My bike handled good before but now, Holy shitski, its on freekin rails now . Went up and down Bouquet Canyon Sunday and absolutely fell in love all over again with my bike. Sorry or I would have posted pictures if my 18 yr old didnt drop my camera . Doh
    Hey by the way, did they do something to this site , like an update- my spel chec fer dumbos don'd werk
     
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    There was an update done to the server and it fixed a few things but there are few other items that seemed to have changed a little. For example using the 'Dark' mode does not seem to work the same.
     
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    Thats the first thing I noticed because it changed it from dark to white and now spell check aint workin
     
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    you ended up with a longer dogbone didn't you?
     
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    Hey all, I am a new owner that is also vertically challenged. I read on another forum that by lowering the bike is a bad ideal as it changes the geometry of the suspension. Now that is with the replacement of a longer dogbone, I just don't want to bottom out the suspension in a corner is my concern. I also read it's better to shave the seat and lower it that way. Im just not sure which way to go as I was going for the Sigma Cycle kit but now not sure... This Lust piece looks interesting and wonder if it is the same problem as with the dogbone. Anyone have an opinion?
     
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    Well , I did the Lst Racing Triangles about 3 weeks ago and I will say it's one of the best mods I have done---Handling is even better now, just as long as you raise the forks up 10mm. Today I went for a three hour romp and had no probs what so ever, no bottom outs on either end and I weigh 165. had the seat cut down the first day I owned my bike by about 1 inch and I'm 5'6 so know the bike is PERFECTO for me-----just DOOOOOOO IT, you wont be sorry ----guarenteed
     
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