Any ladies riding a 675?

[MsKABC]

Hubby and I are considering this as a 2nd bike and something for me to ride.

I'm not a big person - 5'6" and 57kg. Would I find the bike ok for size physically?

I'm a reasonably competent and sensible rider, but not hugely experienced. Would it be too much bike for me? This would be my first "big" bike.

Ladies, how do you find it?

Cheers

[Maha]

That is a great consideration.......
You would be very happy with the 675, no doubt what so ever.
You would also be in controll of it and ride it how you see fit, 5'6'' will be no problem. Once you get used to it you will think (being your first bigger bike) ''this is soooooooooooo fecken awesome''.

[MsKABC]

Cheers Maha Man, might have to go and have a sit on it today at the bike shop Weather is too crap to actually ride it!

[WanderBird]

I'm not sure what a 675 is, but I went from a 250 30 years ago, to this year a 650 and I LOVE it!! I'm shorter than you by about an inch, just on tippy toes with it, and its all good

Go for it

Hubby and I are considering this as a 2nd bike and something for me to ride.

I'm not a big person - 5'6" and 57kg. Would I find the bike ok for size physically?

I'm a reasonably competent and sensible rider, but not hugely experienced. Would it be too much bike for me? This would be my first "big" bike.

Ladies, how do you find it?

Cheers

[Lula]

Highly recommend the Street Triple.

I am 5'7 and flat footed when I touch the ground.
This bike is easy to handle and corner, comfortable to ride for hours on end and nice and light at 167kgs. I find this bike so nice to ride I am averaging 1,000 kms per week.

Its the perfect urban sports bike

[Pwalo]

Highly recommend the Street Triple.

I am 5'7 and flat footed when I touch the ground.
This bike is easy to handle and corner, comfortable to ride for hours on end and nice and light at 167kgs. I find this bike so nice to ride I am averaging 1,000 kms per week.

Its the perfect urban sports bike

Yep, I reckon the Street Triple would be perfect for some one 5'6". Don't ask me how I know.

[kermit63]

Hi,

Sorry, guy perspective, but similar experience and attitude.

I had a Honda XR200 trail bike at university, 20 odd years ago. I went straight onto the 675, when I got back into biking. I ride it to work every day and have done some trips over to the Wairarapa. I originally wanted a Yamaha R6, but heard they were hard work around town - too high revving.

I find the 675 great. It is a very narrow bike, so it doesn't feel physically intimidaing - I am however 90kgs. I don't find the seat height any problem and I'm about your height. I find the bike easy to use around town - plenty of torque, so it will chuq around town at 3000rpms without any problems and is easy in rush hour traffic.

It's a sports bike, so check out how you find the riding position, and if you have a lot of tight manouvering to do, it doesn't have a great lock. Having said that, you quickly learn smarter ways of doing things, so I don't find that a problem. I have found from cycling that a more upright riding position does make doing things like lane splitting easier, so I tend not to unless there's a really wide gap (and the traffic is stopped, of course), so that might make the Street Triple an option.

I would definitely check out the Street Triple, as another poster has suggested, for the riding position, manouverability and capability round town. It wasn't on the market when I was looking and I've always wanted a sports bike, anyway so I would have got the daytona no matter what.

Good luch and enjoy whatever you get. I'm certainly loving being back into riding.

Cheers.

[phoenixgtr]

Make sure you have a good sit on one. I'm 5'11" and I found it quite tall, much taller than my Kawasaki. Awesome bike though!! And there are ways of lowering bikes

[Keystone19]

I have ridden this bike and I would recommend it. I am 5'7" and found it very comfortable to ride.

Lyndsay from Bay Ride Motorcycles in Tauranga may be a good person to talk to about seat height if you are concerned. We have had discussions about whether this bike could be lowered and he offers a fitting service specific to women on all his bikes. He stocks Triumph, Ducati and something else I can't remember!

Give him a call and tell him Jill recommended he talk to you about this and I'm sure he will be happy to talk to you.

I don't imagine you would need this bike lowered at your height but he would be well worth takling to about adjustments that can be made to fit the bike specifically to you.

[Joni]

Just my small bit of info... Riff Raff test rode one, she is 5ft5" and it was too tall....

If your contact through Keystone does not work out, if you need it lowered, Street and Sport in Chch are the Triumph dealers down here (I know a bit far for you), and I know they have lowered a few bikes in their time. Damn nice men too!

[MsKABC]

Thanks for all the replies guys. I'm not even sure if I'll be getting a bike in the near future Hubby got me all excited the other day by encouraging me to go out test-riding, but now we're having 2nd thoughts about it being the right time. TBH I've probably got enough on my plate at the moment with a young baby and I have another hobby that takes priority over motorcycling. Shocking, I know! I'll probably get run out of KB for admitting to that!

We would also consider the Street Triple (although I prefer the faired look), the SV650 and the ER6F. The 675 Daytona is by far the most exciting of these bikes though

Saw a lovely SV on TM the other day - bright yellow, mint condition, low kms with after-market fairing and hugger, personalised plate. Went for quite a reasonable price too.

I'll just keep dreaming, and perhaps when hubby gets his bike back from repairs, I'll take it for a ride. On the bright side, my leathers fitted me only 5 weeks after having a baby so at least I will be able to go for a ride safely

[MsKABC]

Oh, forgot to say, probably the thing that scares me the most about the 675 is not the power, but the brakes! If I got myself into a sticky situation I might be inclined to grab too much of a handful of front brake and end up testing the abrasion resistant qualities of my arse-covering, IYKWIM

I guess lots of practice at emergency braking would fix that though eh?

I sat on a 675 the other day, and it did feel quite comfortable. Almost more comfortable that the SV650, I guess due to the COG being lower??

[kermit63]

I was told when I went for the test ride "it's all in your right hand - too much throttle and it'll put you on your back, too much brake and it'll put you on your ear". Pretty good advice really.

In light of that, I'm staying very attentive, sitting quite a way back in traffic and taking it very sloooooow in the wet.

So far, touch wood, no problems. Anyway, leather wears much better than lycra, so I feel a heap safer on a motor bike than on my push bike.

Anyway, give hubby a kick and get out there and get ya self a bike. :-)

Cheers.

[Unit:Me]

AT least you are looking at bikes, thats a good start. Stirts has an ER which she has lowered and its awesome. Depends weather you want a sports or upright, Naked or fairing, V-Twin, triple or In-Line-Four. Agree with Jill Lindsay at Bayride is a Triumph dealership and runs an excellent business. Chris (DMNTD) will also be able to help you out, he's very good at helping you figure out the right bike to be on, then putting you in touch with the right people.
Best of luck, dont give up on the bike dream

[R6chick]

just my 2 cents....
I went from a gsxr250 to an R6
I am only 5ft2 by the way and the R6 is so much easier to ride.
Nearly every bike I have owned I have had trouble reaching the ground though, so this was not such a big deal (although I have had a few dodgy situations with unplanned stopping on cambered road etc) going to get some foam shaved of the seat on the r6 to help with these such situations.
there are lots of mods u can do to make the bike you want "fit you"
so go for the bike you REALLY want not 2nd choice