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Title: lowering a gs
Post by: tt_four on January 29, 2004, 08:00:17 PM
i did a search and came up with nothing, so sorry if this has been covered a couple times, but my girlfriend is only about 5'2, and that might just be enough, but she's not that strong or confident, so i wanna try to lower her bike a bit, i know the front end is easy enough even though it'll only go down about an inch due to the handlebars, but what about the back, does anyone sell any of the dog bones for the back to lower it, or is it pretty much stuck where it's at?
Title: lowering a gs
Post by: Rich500 on January 29, 2004, 08:04:46 PM
Here yah go: http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6567&highlight=lowering

http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2843&highlight=lowering
A couple to get yah started! :cheers:
Title: lowering a gs
Post by: tt_four on January 29, 2004, 10:56:36 PM
hey, thanks a ton, that does help, those ones look nice but not for $285, i'll just get some steel or aluminum and make my own, i wasn't sure if you could do that, but the one person did, so apperantely it works, the shorter kickstand is the only think we'll have to worry about, i know my girlfriends sisters boyfriend knows how to weld, so maybe he could fix up her kickstand a little bit, or else we'd just have to carry around a quarter with us, hacksaw off the end of the kickstand, and put the quarter under the tip? that'd just be temporary though, oh well, plenty of time before spring,

thanks
Title: lowering a gs
Post by: pantablo on January 30, 2004, 01:45:45 AM
Josh,
Welcome to my side of the world...:cheers:
Lots of good info here for your g/f's bike.