Reader John sent in some great details for people looking to minify the height on their 250R without the use of Lowering Links.

Cool Trick John! Thanks for the submission!

Dr Mr. 2Fiddy,

I did the same mod on my GXSR 1000, as it helped me to touch the ground flat footed. I did this mod to the 250 for my wife who is only 5′1″ tall. She can now touch flat footed with her riding boots on. And the bike suspension hasn’t been disturbed so she can still carve up the corners with the best of them.

I gutted the seat down to the base, cleaned all the glue off and sanded it. Then I filled the voids in the seat base with 30 minute epoxy. If I was going to do this again, I would probably fill the voids with something easier to work with like Bondo. The void filling process should be done in two steps as the back of the seat pan is at an angle much different than the bottom….

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[The following was submitted by Bryan T… Thanks man!]

Instead of spending 100.00 plus dollars on a pre made fender eliminator kit where some of the after market versions say they won’t except the option rear seat cowl I thought I could make something for free and spend the 100 bucks somewhere else.

Tools that I used: Dremel with spiral cutter, grinding stones/burrs and the flex shaft attachment.

Time involved: Be ready to spend some time as the whole section of the bike must be taken apart where you will need to strip off the tail light housing so that you can work on it closely.

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With summer rains on their way (Especially here in Florida, where you have to be high on glue to ride in one of our notorious afternoon thunder storms) here is a neat DIY for adding a wiper blade to your riding gloves to help shed off some of that precipitation.

Inspired by a feature on Snowboard Gloves, this is a pretty simple DIY for any rider that commonly finds themselves in rainy weather.

Source: Make
Link: Wiper Glove