Relocating the subframe??

[Stoobings]

the SS bikes look so damn good with the tail hiked way up in the air.  has anyone tried cutting off the subframe and welding it back on at a higher angle?  any thoughts on how that could affect handling/riding comfort? would changing the length of the dogbones (like the opposite of lowering the bike for smaller riders) give the same effect?  this seems like a neat idea, possibly just to show off a nice undertail/rear end or maybe to make room for an underseat exhaust( ).

[Frost]

I thought about cutting the GS subframe and welding on a R6 subframe with tail and seat...but it'll be LOTS of work

[Stoobings]

i was thinking maybe cutting it off, then taking a chunk out of the top rails of the subframe, and then when it went back on it would stick up more.

[Frost]

it could work...
but it'll look weird...

[Briggs]

imo Those bikes suck. Someone put a ton a awesome work  into an orange one. I am sure we have all seen it. He has some pretty good fab skills, and he did a great job on it. It just looks dumb with the rear of the bike pointing at the sky. I mean I wouldn't mind getting a little more air between the tire and the seat but there are better ways of accomplishing it. To me I guess it makes a bike look pretty squidy. Give me some furry cow pants and a nice t-shirt then away I go! I guess to each his own.

[sprint_9]

Put a longer rear shock on it, that will help and its not that labor intensive.

[GRU]

the problem with swaping the gs shock with a longer one to raise the back is it changes the fork angle or rake...so riding would be different

cutting the subframe at the lower point and inserting a piece of metal would work but you would have to do some work to the seat and maybe even fairing...wouldn't be that hard but if i did that, i would just swap the whole subframe with another bike or build my own custom subframe