A comfortable ride

**The Stranger:Me** · 12th October 2005, 12:25

There is only one thing for it.
A sporty new Goldwing.

Just don't drop it aye.

**Big Dave** · 12th October 2005, 12:32

Speed triple - hot up a Bandit - KTM - any supermotard.

Crashe - some cruisers make my back ache more than a sprots bike.

Gareth - an R1 insead of a gixxer for comfort?!? - have you been sniffing glue?

**R6_kid:Me** · 12th October 2005, 12:36

Originally Posted by sels1

Try the sit up position on GS series BMW (650 - 1150)

lol, sixpak you said something about the german uphill gardening society... looks like you will have to be their next member instead of me

**R6_kid:Me** · 12th October 2005, 12:37

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Gareth - an R1 insead of a gixxer for comfort?!? - have you been sniffing glue?

nah not quite... to be honest i havent sat on an R1 but i assumed that it would be similar to the R6.

Then again assumption are the mother of all f**kups!

**Lou Girardin** · 12th October 2005, 13:14

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Gareth - an R1 insead of a gixxer for comfort?!? - have you been sniffing glue?

Ya gotta laugh dontcha, the guy's got back problems so they recommend another sprotbike.

**SixPackBack** · 12th October 2005, 15:32

Thank you for the information and kind offers guys, much appreciated

**bugjuice** · 12th October 2005, 15:40

and so far, no smutty remarks about a 'comfortable ride'.. must be a first..

**loosebruce** · 12th October 2005, 16:13

Shet, must suck being old 6pak

Sit it out for a while mate, nothing like trying to get back on it early and stuffing yaself even more, ya could always put a set of risers on the gixer (and turbo it.........) and if Jill cant look after the gixer by golly i will, it'll look mint next to the yellow twin turbo supra in the garage and you know i's will look after it like it was my own

i'm sure my bikes issues are nothing to do with me

Get better soon mate.

**loosebruce** · 12th October 2005, 16:16

Originally Posted by sixpackback

Look's like i am going in to surgery for a prolapse disc

On a side note: Isn't your back meant to be pretty strong eh, or was it over working thats done it?

**SixPackBack** · 12th October 2005, 16:30

Originally Posted by loosebruce

On a side note: Isn't your back meant to be pretty strong eh, or was it over working thats done it?

Haha......yeah good point, prolly overworked but the injury i have now is from a rowing machine in February. I was getting to many injuries at Karate so i thought the gym would be safe.......how wrong can you be!
And yeah i looked into the high rise bars, they could be a great compromise.,

**trev** · 12th October 2005, 18:38

Hey Andrew,
Sorry to hear about your injury. Remember a good custard always bounces back.

**White trash** · 12th October 2005, 22:25

My $0.02

Cruisers are not necesarily more comfortable. They work for some folk (aka Crashe) but I've spoken to owners of and experienced alot of different bikes. A VFR/Bandit/Hornet will probably be better, but a good friend of mine broke his back a couple of years back while crashing a GSXR1100. He now rides a Gixxer 1K with not much difficulty.

Six: Park it in the garage, wait untill your quack sez "You can ride" and build up to it gradually. Get a home gym (Bowflex

) and work out your Lats and Traps, this will give you the muscle tone you need to support your spine and allow you to ride the machine YOU ENJOY. Don't settle for a bike you don't like as you'll be out of bikes as soon as, if the passion's not there, you'll not enjoy it.

**justsomeguy** · 12th October 2005, 22:33

Sorry to hear about this A - look forward to you permanently joining us on rides again.

Cruiser's are not the comfy'est either. The ones that have your feet placed fairly forward place your spine in an unnatural curve which is not only uncomfortable but rather unhealthy too.

This below seems to be the bestadvice.

Originally Posted by White trash

My $0.02

Cruisers are not necesarily more comfortable. They work for some folk (aka Crashe) but I've spoken to owners of and experienced alot of different bikes. A VFR/Bandit/Hornet will probably be better, but a good friend of mine broke his back a couple of years back while crashing a GSXR1100. He now rides a Gixxer 1K with not much difficulty.

Six: Park it in the garage, wait untill your quack sez "You can ride" and build up to it gradually. Get a home gym (Bowflex

) and work out your Lats and Traps, this will give you the muscle tone you need to support your spine and allow you to ride the machine YOU ENJOY. Don't settle for a bike you don't like as you'll be out of bikes as soon as, if the passion's not there, you'll not enjoy it.

**Velox** · 12th October 2005, 23:59

Ok - on WT's advice, it sounds like a straight swap would probably be the best option. The Jade is pretty much like a hornet and is a more sedate option for our 'older' folk.

(Btw - Only 108,000kms, new paint and one careful lady owner

)

When's a good time to pop up?