[Hoss]

I've got a 2002 R6 w/ Penske.

It's previous owner was female, and I feared she may have lowered things or tweaked things due to her height. From searching around the R6 forums I found the stock fork/shock heights and will double check tonight.

I also came across the fact that the first gen r6's came with 60 fronts? I'll have to double check tonight, but I think she was running 70. The R6 forums had all kinds of threads about compensating with shock/fork heights to be able to use a 70 up front and not goof with ride geometry.

What is the advantage to going to the bigger tire (as I'll need to buy some rubber soon)? I would guess it would make a difference as to what brand of tire you're using before you start effing with ride heights (some guys were using a blanket statement like "move the rear/front _____mm" to compensate for the larger tire) which didn't make must sense to me.

So now that I've confused myself: As a noob track day type guy, would I be better off just buying 60's and putting the heights to stock?

Thanks for your time.

[RyanNicholson]

as a "noob trackday guy" i'm not sure you would even notice HUGE difference between the two sizes. If you're gunna be going with new rubber anyway, I'd probably say make sure everything is back to stock sizes/heights and give it a try. That way you know everything will be correct and you can tweak it from there to your liking. Its hard to adjust without a known starting point.

that's my thought on it anyway, there are definitely more knowledgeable people on here that will chime in

[gmdboston]

It's always interesting that the self appointed experts on the web will tell you how much to move the height, but not one tells you where to end up. The 99-02 R6 has a major flaw in the geometry, it's the same flaw as the Triumph 675. They used 40 mm clamp off sets to reduce trail. The problem is that, although the bike flicks in to the corner easily, as soon as the bike starts to lean in you lose feel and grip. To fix this we had to extend the forks, raise the front way up, and balance the swing arm angle between exit grip and mid corner feel. The difference between the 60 and 70 series tire is too small to fix this, but I'd go with the 70 for the additional trail. It's still way to short, but an extra mm or two won't hurt you.

[RyanNicholson]

^ thats why I ended my comment on what I did lol

[Hoss]

Thanks for the help guys.

Is it April yet?