K1600GT Seat Lowering Cams 2017>
£10.00
£8.33 (ex. VAT)
£26.00
I found the K1600GT to be either too high or too low using the height adjustment that comes as standard.
Such a heavy bike means that I need the leg extension but also to be able to get both feet on the ground. Consequently I found that my lowering cams which I originally did for the GSA fit and work a treat giving me a mid-way height setting!
Although the right answer is to get the bike professionally lowered I found that every little increment of getting the seat a little lower to the ground helped.
To this end I have developed some `cams` (as I call them) which offsets the height of the front of the seat by 10mm closer to the floor. It doesn`t sound much but it does translate to having more of your foot in contact with the ground which for me was a good thing.
They are easy-ish to fit with 3 going on one side of the bracket `pin` and 3 on the other side. They replace the OEM rubber bungs but hang onto these just in case you need to put your seat back to the original height. Once I`d fitted mine I put some electricians tape around the outside but its not needed as they don`t move.
Regarding fitting there is one thing you need to be aware of - the height setting bracket on the bike is cast so that the spigot which the cams fit onto can have a large tolerance (or in other words the diameter can vary) meaning that you may have to fettle either the spigot or the cams to get them to fit.
Such a heavy bike means that I need the leg extension but also to be able to get both feet on the ground. Consequently I found that my lowering cams which I originally did for the GSA fit and work a treat giving me a mid-way height setting!
Although the right answer is to get the bike professionally lowered I found that every little increment of getting the seat a little lower to the ground helped.
To this end I have developed some `cams` (as I call them) which offsets the height of the front of the seat by 10mm closer to the floor. It doesn`t sound much but it does translate to having more of your foot in contact with the ground which for me was a good thing.
They are easy-ish to fit with 3 going on one side of the bracket `pin` and 3 on the other side. They replace the OEM rubber bungs but hang onto these just in case you need to put your seat back to the original height. Once I`d fitted mine I put some electricians tape around the outside but its not needed as they don`t move.
Regarding fitting there is one thing you need to be aware of - the height setting bracket on the bike is cast so that the spigot which the cams fit onto can have a large tolerance (or in other words the diameter can vary) meaning that you may have to fettle either the spigot or the cams to get them to fit.
Catagory:
BMW K1600
Weight:
0.1kg
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