Tuning and modding » Forks through yokes

Ive done a search but not found anything. the forks on every rs I have seen have been about 10mm through the yokes. has anyone had a play with this to relax or tighten up the steering head angle?

Yeah, I pulled my forks up 1/2" in the clamps to speed up the steering. You run out of clearance at the handle bars if you try to go any further, Seemed to speed up the steering a little with no loss of stability at speed.
Chris

I considered doing that on my '17 RS but since the sidestand already stood the bike up too vertical, I passed.

Frank

I have. The cornering ground clearance is less than ideal in my opinion and after scraping the valve covers on the street I lowered the forks about 10mm- from the index mark to the top of the tube at the top clamp to try and gain some clearance.
This did not really improve the ground clearance except for making the handling a lot worse so not wanting to corner as hard! It also created a slight wiggle in the bars above 40mph or so.
No idea what raising the forks would do. As long as you’re not really hitting the corners too hard it may make the bike more flickable, feel lighter, etc. I have a feeling that BMW did their homework and the reference mark is the sweet spot

Chris216 forgot to mention, if I remember correctly, that he also switched out the stock suspension early on for some Tractive bits and pieces that I suspect he has tuned fairly well. Bet he's not scraping anything on the beautifully twisting roads in his neighborhood.

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Yeah, I pulled my forks up 1/2" in the clamps to speed up the steering. You run out of clearance at the handle bars if you try to go any further, Seemed to speed up the steering a little with no loss of stability at speed.
Chris

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I thought about the R lower legs, but it would indeed be an expensive exercise! I haven't managed to scrape any hardware on this thing yet, but that maybe just getting older....
Chris

A test ride on a R bike should answer the steering question I would think.

Just an update on this. It seems pushing the forks through the yokes is a no go for ground clearance and sidestand issues (my bike sometimes looks like its stood up vertical on the sidestand)

Another better option would be to raise the rear end. given there is no linkage on these rear shocks to play with (dog bones etc) a quick look shows different length torque arms available for the driveshaft, that alter the angle of the rear diff against the swing arm. anyone done this?

Also, just for the crack Ive bought a Wunderlich handlebar conversion as I much prefer slightly wider bars. I'll report back when I get them fitted.

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Just an update on this. It seems pushing the forks through the yokes is a no go for ground clearance and sidestand issues (my bike sometimes looks like its stood up vertical on the sidestand)

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I'll check tonight

I got same length, 2018 rs

Just to add to this, I was out on the bike yesterday, playing around with the settings, and the bike feels so much better when it has the preload set for riding with a pillion. which says to me the back end needs to higher.