Lowered Forks question

I had my forks lowered a few years back. I think 2 1/4" if I remember correctly. They seem a bit spongy and I want to stiffen them up a bit. What do I need to do to make this happen?

check/change your fork oil is a good place to start.

They may not be too spongy at all. What does the bike do on the road that tells you that you need stiffer forks?

Where did the fork lowering leave your center of gravity, rake, and trail?

Did you make any other changes? How were the forks lowered? Were the rears changed?

I am not near the bike right now. I had the forks sent off to be cut shorter and the rear I had lowered with shorter shocks approx 3 inches.

When did you notice the front forks being spongy?

High speed bumps? Low speed bumps? Braking? Low/High speed cornering? Accelerating? Decelerating?

The reason why I am asking for specifics is because I am studying suspension traits right now. The more specific you are in your ride description, the more specific my guess will be.

eg: If your rear shocks are too stiff/not enough travel your bike will tend to pitch forward and compress the front forks over bumps. There's nothing wrong with the front forks in this scenario, it's the rears.

To tell you the truth I have not ridden it in two years. My brother-in-law had it. My Mean streak is my daily ride. I am not allowed to take my mean streak with me to Okinawa so I am taking the KZ with and will be completely rebuilding it. I know that I was bottoming out the front too easily and want to fix the issue.

You can try to add some spacers into the forks, on top of the springs.
I did this as I found my springs were below the fork tube tops when the cap was off, and I wanted to stiffen up the front end.



My springs are aftermarket.
Put the bike on it's center stand, and raise the front wheel off the ground using a jack or something.
Remove one fork cap and have a look. Your spring may actually spring out, so be careful.
If it's low, you can try to add some spacers.
Here's what I used:



Others have told me to use a 30 weight oil to stiffen her up even more.
I haven't found any 30 weight fork oil on the shelf yet though.