Question: Yamaha Lowering WR250X from Ian

My wife just bought a WR250X. She's tiny... 5 feet tall. 28" inseam. 115lbs without gear. We have the Yamaha low seat coming along with your link. Seat = 20mm down. Factory shock lowering plus the link is 1.75" or 45mm. From what I have read and seen, if you turn the handle bar clamps around you can move the bars closer to the rider and make more space for the forks to come up. Could you please advise how far up we should take the forks?

Hello. Your YamaLink comes with instructions that give you several options for the fork raising. About 99% of riders start at about 12mm and then adjust up or down a few millimeters based on personal preference. It is 18mm maximum that we recommend raising the forks tubes; any more than that and there is a great possibility of wheel vs fender contact. There is no 1:1 ratio of front vs rear lowering because changes to the front effect the Yamaha geometry at a different rate than changes to the rear.