lowering links or lowering a GPZ

[Jonathon]

What is a rear deflector? Maybe I call it something else.



Regardless of whether justified or not, you will feel sad about killing 
another human being. It is better to be sad than to be room temperature.

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From: "Doyle, William" <WDoyle at edc.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 6:12 AM
To: "'GPZ List'" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
Subject: RE: lowering links or lowering a GPZ

> Do you have a rear deflector.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com [mailto:gpzlist-bounces at micapeak.com] 
> On Behalf Of Jonathon
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:26 AM
> To: oldfr8dog at yahoo.com; GPZ List
> Subject: Re: lowering links or lowering a GPZ
>
>
> Just FYI I have stock parts with 5900 miles that are taking space in the
> garage. Ask the list, I am more than reasonable price wise. Example, I 
> sold
> the stock exhaust for 30 plus shipping.
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>
> Regardless of whether justified or not, you will feel sad about killing
> another human being. It is better to be sad than to be room temperature.
>
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> From: "Randy noneofyourbusiness" <tuner_delorean at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 5:37 PM
> To: <oldfr8dog at yahoo.com>; "GPZ List" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
> Subject: Re: lowering links or lowering a GPZ
>
>> First of all Hello everyone, I am Randy, & I reside in the mountains
>> of
>> Virginia.
>>
>> as for the links you have, sure, if they may work I would be
>> interested, &
>> I will measure what my length is, as soon as I have some daylight.
>>
>> also to answer another question, I am new, not to motorcycles, but to
>> the
>> GPZ, I bought it in January & had to do a few things, & just put it on 
>> the
>> road Friday, April 2, & I am under 20 miles from hitting 300 miles, & by
>> tomorrow night I will probably be around 400 miles, if not over since
>> Friday.
>>
>> money is quite tight right now, but looking for the least expensive
>> way
>> out. it has been a couple of bad weeks, well pump was hit by lightning, &
>> my Toyota truck blew its engine & my other truck broke down, & I am 2
>> wheeling on the GPZ until I get my Isuzu back on the road.
>>
>> right now I want to lower it, plus I need to put a new chain on it as
>> I
>> have 2 tight spots & 3 loose spots, sprockets look reasonably ok, & bike
>> has 25,000 or so miles on it. chain is looser than I am comfortable with.
>> but I cant tighten it as the tightest spot is about right for adjustment.
>>
>> I bought the handle bar risers from Dave Daniels, which I will
>> hopefully
>> install in a couple of weeks, a Corbin saddle would be nice but will be
>> looking for used one as soon as money allows.
>>
>> The GPZ is my second sport bike, my first was a 2000 Triumph TT600,
>> which
>> I was very unhappy with, it had no torque down low, which is what I need
>> for these mountains. I am not canyon carving, I might drive a little
>> spirited at times, but not hard.
>>
>> I am an old school Harley rider, & have rode old Harleys in 25 to 30
>> states, never owned a Harley newer than 1973, but also hate the upkeep
>> that goes along with riding 20,000 to 40,000 miles a year. & I rode
>> several Kawas when I was young before I got hard into Harleys, & loved 
>> the
>> reliability, wife asked me what kind of bike I wanted & I said something
>> either in the likes of an old pre 1977 honda 750 or old Kawa 900 or 1000
>> or a zx11 or similiar, but it was either a Kawa or 750 sohc hona only for
>> me, & as everyone sees I wound up with a 1996 GPZ1100e in the faster
>> black...... lol...
>>
>>  I still love a hand shifted, ape hangered Harley. but for riding some
>> serious miles my wallet cant afford that kind of riding, & I hope I can
>> afford to ride the GPZ that much.
>>
>> my goal is to put at least 20,000+ miles on the GPZ this year. & for
>> my
>> birthday wife bought me a coats 220 tire changer that was on the local
>> craigslist for $150,, I figure that will same me a little pocket change.
>>
>> while money was better we picked up a 5,000 mile, trashed, slid, &
>> left
>> outside & rusted,  zx11d for the tune of $600, figure the motor will be a
>> decent bottom end for this bike in a few years. not sure what other parts
>> will fit, but was worth it to me for a running low mileage engine.
>>
>> what kind of gas mileage should I expect?  I averaged 49mpg, which is
>> city, hiway, & mountains.
>>
>> Later,
>> Randy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Tue, 4/6/10, oldfr8dog at yahoo.com <oldfr8dog at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: oldfr8dog at yahoo.com <oldfr8dog at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: Re: lowering links or lowering a GPZ
>> To: "GPZ List" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
>> Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 7:56 PM
>>
>>
>> I've got a pair of brand new dog bones that have 2 adjustment holes. I
>> don't know how much they'll lower it but if you're interested I'll 
>> measure
>> the hole spacings and let you know. I'm never going to use them so maybe
>> you can get some use out of them.
>>
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Randy noneofyourbusiness <tuner_delorean at yahoo.com>
>> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 14:45:22
>> To: <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
>> Subject: lowering links or lowering a GPZ
>>
>> What is the best way to lower the GPZ?
>>
>> I got it on the road Friday April 2, & I have already managed to get
>> in
>> right at 300 miles, but my 26 inseam I am vertically challenged, I need 
>> to
>> lower it a little.
>>
>> right now I can only get 1 foot flat on the ground at a time, or both
>> feet
>> tip toes, so for safety, it needs lowering so I can get both feet flat on
>> the ground. I am having problems turning it around on my driveway, which
>> is like an old country dirt road with tall center hump, plus my driveway
>> is up side of a mountain nearly 1/2 mile long.
>>
>> what is recomendations? anyone have a used lowering link? or?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Randy
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