K7 750 vs K8 750

[jrandom]

Half an inch only makes a difference if you were already comfortable on the bike.

I rode my bike with the "as delivered" setting for about a month

Big Dave's right.

I can't bear an 'as-delivered' K7 750 for more than about 20 minutes.

[Big Dave]

Much better than they were a few years ago nonetheless.

Thing is Pussy the adjustments enhance comfort if you already fit the bike - good things - they don't make it fit if you are too big to start with.

[madbikeboy]

The K8 has gained a few KG, and they've added to the midrange. The K8 also has the stupid chicken switch from the 1000 (the most redundant thing in the world).

So, it's gotten fatter, heavier, softer, and it's now fitted with chicken.

I reckon the k6/k7 is the peak, everything is going downhill with all the bullshit emissions stuff (and I'm a greenie so I'm normally okay with stuff that saves trees and C02 emissions).

Cork all the frigging cows, shoot anyone driving an SUV or HSV, but leave the bikes alone!

[Pussy]

Much better than they were a few years ago nonetheless.

Thing is Pussy the adjustments enhance comfort if you already fit the bike - good things - they don't make it fit if you are too big to start with.

The bike has to fit, or the other way round, I suppose. I'm 6ft, 97kg, size 9.5 boot, and it's great for ME... individual thing I suppose

[jrandom]

I'm 6ft, 97kg, size 9.5 boot, and it's great for ME...

My issue with the K7 750 isn't a size thing, it's just that both my knees are fucked from too many pushbike and motorcycle crashes, and if I hold them bent past a certain angle for too long they get real fuckin' painful.

[Pussy]

Re the knee issue... Gassit Girl no longer has a left kneecap( though her legs are shorter than mine and presumably yours), and my right knee has been chopped into on two occasions. I do understand, though, different preferences of comfort. Both Annie and myself found the sem fiddy a bit uncomfortable with the pegs on the out-of-the-box setting, but are quite happy with the way they are now.

[jrandom]

I do understand, though, different preferences of comfort.

Actually, it's not just my knees. Years of unscientific powerlifting and cycling have left me with hip flexors and ITBs that make physiotherapists run screaming for the hills.

[madbikeboy]

The advice that I'd miss my knees when they were gone - well, the best advice that I ever ignored....

Cycling + MTBing = no knees. Motorcycling is safe(r) in comparison...