I agree. That just does not make any sense. My experience has found it hard enough not to scrape pipes, even with top notch hagon shocks with the preload properly set.
I think I may have it sussed now though as the Staintune pipes I have angle slightly up instead of perfectly parallel.
Mind you, this may not protect me if I come across a tight curve that is common in many of our mountainous ranges that provide brilliant riding. Add to that a dip in the road as you are leaning right over, as I've experienced once or twice and a scrape is quite possible if not probable.
So, how lowering a bike an inch is going to improve this situation is beyond
MY reasoning.
In saying all this, I'm giving Ian the benefit of the doubt in his interpretation, but I think lowering our bikes is just asking for trouble. Of course if you wind your pre-load down on very stiff springs will help prevent this problem but who wants to ride with stiffer than normal springs?
