Short arse? Get a smaller bike!

[Her_C4]

How much have you had them built up? And how do they go fitting between the peg and shifter/brake levers?
Just curious.

Quite a bit for this bike actually - Origionally they were built up about 3cm's but I still couldn't touch down on this bike so they went in for more work ....

Here is a pic from an older thread just after they had been 'operated' on http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...8&postcount=58

Moving the gear lever up and out allows for my foot/boot to get between the peg and lever easily. it took a bit of learning as I ride with my toes on the pegs but as with everything else - practice practice practice...

As has been mentioned in a number of threads now - there are a range of different options that people can use to lower their bikes in order to touch down, but motogirls point was I believe - that regardless of what we actually own / ride (we are both on 1000cc bikes ), it is shocking to us shortass people (especially those with 'ducks disease)' that even the smaller bikes (250cc and below) are way too high for us if we had wanted to ride one.

It still surprises me no end that IMO we are a huge potential market in the Sportsbikes arena that has not been adequately catered for.

[Trudes]

Especially as the majority of Japanese people are fairly short (or am I thinking Chinese?) it surprises me that they make such high bikes!
I tried an older SV a while ago and was pleasantly surprised that it was lower than my modified Hornet.
I guess us shorties are just meant to ride scooters (ewww).

[Cajun]

Especially as the majority of Japanese people are fairly short (or am I thinking Chinese?) it surprises me that they make such high bikes!
I tried an older SV a while ago and was pleasantly surprised that it was lower than my modified Hornet.
I guess us shorties are just meant to ride scooters (ewww).

Not alot of the japanese bikes are not sold in there own country, they are made for americans/europan markets.