Help find me a bike!

[bogan]

Holy shit that's pretty bad.......

You have a gravel driveway or somesuch?

One was a gravel driveway while pushstarting it, went to push off and fett slipped on gravel, down she went. Another was doing skid on some grass, got a bit sideways, down she went. Last one was at a service station, turned to look at some hottie going past, overbalanced and down she went; the bike, not the hottie unfortunately

[Duke girl]

I am 5ft 1 and Ride a 250 Ninja which when I 1st got it Sat on it tip toes.
I eventually took my boots to a shoe repair shop where I got the guy to add 15mls to the soles of my boots and can now get most of my foot flat to the ground.
There are lowering kits out there that can be put on most bikes to help with making people with our problem feel more comfortable and stable when sitting on your bike stationary.

[yungatart]

Kawasaki Eliminator has a pretty low seat height.

[YellowDog]

How much are you prepared to spend:

1. On the bike
2. On riding gear
3. On training to help you and your bike both stay in one piece

The more you spend on '3' the better the value you will get from '1' & '2'.

[Hiflyer]

What about an aprilia RS125?

Or would the 2stroke engine be too much of a hassle?

(I know for me it would)

[Ender EnZed]

Is there anyone here that hasn't dropped a bike while still at the bottom of the steep part of the learning curve?

First day riding with a learners I locked the front wheel at about 0.4km/h and forgot to put my feet down. A couple of months later I stalled making a u turn when dog jumped a fence barking right in front of me, the bike went down. And I've had the side stand be less down than I thought it was getting off at a petrol station.

Nothing worse than a few scratches to the exhaust and bar ends and no fairings getting in the way.

[phred]

My wife is 5' and she rides a 250 Virago and won't give it up. She says its the only one she can get her feet down on.

[cheshirecat]

After you'vr progressed through your license check out the new Harley Iron, OK I'm not a die hard Harley fan but these have a real low seat height and they seemed to have fixed the side stand standing out too much. It would cruise about all day every day. You would be in the same league as landrovers re acceleration but you could help pull one out of a ditch

[PrincessBandit]

Just watch that in the search for a low seat you don't forget that width can counteract that. "Narrow" is also important.

p.s. 5'2" I went the GN option as my very first bike.