1 Discussion of K100 Cafe Geometry Sun Jun 30, 2024 4:49 am
The_Tick
active member
In the midst of a yet another Cafe build, I love my LT but my legs were too long for the fairings,
I have a rough understanding of bike Geometry and seen loads of K bike cafes with frame modifications, different forks.... but not seen much on how that change effected the ride.
Selfishly some guidance on my situation would be appreciated.... Which also may help others looking to do the same maybe not because of height.
I'm 6'5'' and would like the cafe stye/look whist still retaining some comfort (and saving my back!!!). I have been playing with the ergonomics and have done the following which feels pretty comfortable but before I alter anything permanently wanted to see what others thought or experience after doing the same. Last thing I want to do is build a beautiful bike (IMO) and it ride like a death trap.
I have dropped the triple clamp/tree raising the forks and placed clip Ons above the top triple tree (about a 5cm drop).
I intend to run two new steel tubes from under the tank to the tail and raise the tail by about an inch-inch and a half this will result in needing to re-attach the rear suspension - I could potentially drop the tail height to maintain a closer match to the original geometry (Need to check how this will impact the travel distance of the rear wheel and drive train and clearance. Equally this then helps lower my centre of gravity.
I have a rough understanding of bike Geometry and seen loads of K bike cafes with frame modifications, different forks.... but not seen much on how that change effected the ride.
Selfishly some guidance on my situation would be appreciated.... Which also may help others looking to do the same maybe not because of height.
I'm 6'5'' and would like the cafe stye/look whist still retaining some comfort (and saving my back!!!). I have been playing with the ergonomics and have done the following which feels pretty comfortable but before I alter anything permanently wanted to see what others thought or experience after doing the same. Last thing I want to do is build a beautiful bike (IMO) and it ride like a death trap.
I have dropped the triple clamp/tree raising the forks and placed clip Ons above the top triple tree (about a 5cm drop).
I intend to run two new steel tubes from under the tank to the tail and raise the tail by about an inch-inch and a half this will result in needing to re-attach the rear suspension - I could potentially drop the tail height to maintain a closer match to the original geometry (Need to check how this will impact the travel distance of the rear wheel and drive train and clearance. Equally this then helps lower my centre of gravity.