Finished lowering my 650 just now. Pics here
https://picasaweb.google.com/104442976739427547289/2November2013#5941615122106971346Commentary to follow.
Edit to add:
Right the step by step approach:
1. Place Wee on centre stand and wash bits to be worked on.
2. Remove black plastic below headlights back to radiator, two screws inside the grill, seven pop in/out widgets. Take care of the two fragile hook points inside the cheek bits of the fairing.
3. Put something under the sump to stop a forkless bike making a right fork-up. I put my lift stick under.
4. Undo the three bolts on each leg, two bottom yoke, one top. No need to remove these.
5. Using your softest faced, lightest shifter, edge the forks up so about 15mm is showing above the top yoke. Make sure it is equal.
6. Tighten the bolts. I don't believe any uncalibrated torque wrench, but would rate these RQT (really quite tight).
7. Replace the black bit of fairing.
8 Swear a lot at the stupid little screws inside the side grilly bits.
9. Have a cuppa.
10. Move the lift stick to the back end so when you undo the rear shock linkage the bolts stay lined up.
11. Try to undo the bottom linkage bolt.
12. Discover this is torqued RFST by Suzukis pneumatic gorilla.
13. Go find the electric magic bolt gun.
14. Remove lower bolt.
15. Move swing arm height for best access but discover magic gun won't fit.
16. Discover top bolt is only torqued RFT.
17. Act the bodger you are and use magic gun on bolt rather than nut.
18. Remove shorter linkage.
19. Refit in reverse order of assembly but actually give a **** and apply grease, copper slip etc.
20. Seek first aid for bleeding knuckles related to taking photographs in tight places.
21. Have another cuppa
, play in t'interweb, wonder which channel the Rugbys on.
Total work time about an hour. Total cost £7 due to e-bay bargain. I'm 5'8 with a 29" inside leg. 20mm amounts to going from both heels off the deck to one foot flat and the other just raised. The centre stand is still easier to lift than the ones the Bavarian B*****ds fit. The side stand is still stable.
Andy