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Question about rearsets

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I recently put some new Vortex rearsets on my FZ1. I know the whole purpose of rearsets is to gain more ground clearance by moving up and back. Obviously, moving the pegs up gains ground clearance, but I was wondering, does moving them back also help with clearance, or is that just for adjusting the angle of how much your legs are bent? Also, I have found that (for me at 5'6") down and back all the way is actually comfier than stock, but I have them set up all the way back and one up which moves them back 2 inches and up 1 inch which, to me, feels at least as comfy as stock while still giving me more ground clearance.
 
Yup I tried all the way forward and up all the way, which is barely back from stock but like 2 inches up, and it felt a bit awkward, almost more like I'm in a squatting position. But I was wondering, does moving back have anything at all to do with clearance? Or just position/comfort?
 
I think with the Vortex you can gain more clearance by putting them up and back. I've experienced it first hand: setting them all the way up, but in the front, you can still scrape the peg and shifter if you have the bike leaned over too far...which you don't want!!

I remember looking my bike over after stopping and thinking........how did those get scraped? Shouldn't have.
 
Makes sense now that I think of it, since the front tire is a 120 and the rear tire is a 190, when leaned over, anything more towards the back should technically be slightly more elevated than anything in the front since the back tire is fatter. If both tires were the same width, then when the bike leans over, it would lay parallel with the ground. But, since the back tire is fatter, when the bike leans over it forms a right triangle (with the ground being the base, the right angle being at the back tire, and the bike being the hypotenuse)... Not sure if you guys know what I'm talking about... Since the front is a 120 and the back a 190, if the bike was fully leaned over, the very center point of the rear axle should theoretically be 35mm higher than the center point of the front axle. [Half of 190=95 (a 190 tire is 95 on each side if you cut it in half, and only half is taken because you only lean on one side of the tire), half of 120=60, and 95-60=35.]
 
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