Good starting bike for a short young lady?

[GrayWolf]

http://cycle-ergo.com/

What is the official stance on placing feet with regard to training and driving tests etc? Here in Ireland, your right foot stays on the back brake and your left foot balances the bike. Being 6'4", I can't speak too authoritively here but I think this works well for the short of leg too, being able to skew off to the LHS a bit rather than being on tip toes with both feet??

Stats that both feet must be placed but an exception could be made, shes a bit clumsy and would most likly drop the fucker lol

Damn that ia actualy quite interesting, as stated for ireland, in the UK you had you right foot on the brake lever left foot on the ground. Change feet just prior to engaging a gear to move off.
I understand that it can be argued 'safer' with both feet on the ground, but you still have to lift your foot to 'select first gear'. What both feet on the ground will encourage is leaving the bike in gear while stopped, and front brake, throttle are in the same hand hand slip?? Oooooops!!

[PrincessBandit]

250 Katana.

Sor'ed.

I'm 5'2" and comfortably can get both feet flat, slightly bent knees on Katman's 400 katana. Comfortable riding position too given that I'm used to my bandit and thought I'd be almost lying flat on the katana tank.

Yes Suzuki has had its fair s hare of dodgy names - Marauder, Bandit.....

Phwoar I love my bandito, sneaky sexy beast that it is.

[fletcher]

I'm a bit late to jump into this one but I'm 5'2" and I had a VL250 which was perfect for learning on. Not the best open road bike but you know when you are ready for more bike and are less likely to give yourself horrendous frights. Now I have two bikes and one is a newish Ninja 250 for commuting. I'm tippy toe but it's light and the skills I developed on the VL mean the Ninja is just right. I wouldn't have felt confident enough to start on the Ninja but really, it would have been fine.

Love those older cbr250r's! A great bike after the VL

[Ender EnZed]

This might be of interest if you haven't already seen it. It's in Dunedin.