A line about cruisers

[jafar]

I'm a bit short to be comfortable on most cruisers.

Err a mate of mine can ride my VTX1800 & he is 5'3" . MOM tried the VTX out & could stand with BOTH FEET on the ground & she is around the same height.
The seat height is a lot lower than an MT01.

[buellbabe]

Yeah but some cruisers have got really wide seats and altho they may be low to the ground by the time you're straddling it things are different LOL

[Ixion]

The problem often is not reaching the ground, but reaching the footpegs and controls, stuck far out in front!

[Pixie]

The real question is , what happens when you reach the limit? Is it saveable? We used to scrape the Briddish 650s all the time, it was no big deal.

Reminds me of the hardly that delayed me on the road to Kawakawa bay recently,It was wobbling like 5 different bags of pigshit at 110Km/hr,and it was no where near it's ground clearance limit.

It was also a 2007 model - some sort of chopper shit styled bike.

[jafar]

Yeah but some cruisers have got really wide seats and altho they may be low to the ground by the time you're straddling it things are different LOL

If 2 people of short stature can ride a VTX1800 it kind of blows your argument apart

The problem often is not reaching the ground, but reaching the footpegs and controls, stuck far out in front!

Some cruisers have forward controls but not all do, you would have to shop around for one that suits you, no different from looking for a standard bike

[jafar]

Reminds me of the hardly that delayed me on the road to Kawakawa bay recently,It was wobbling like 5 different bags of pigshit at 110Km/hr,and it was no where near it's ground clearance limit.

It was also a 2007 model - some sort of chopper shit styled bike.

I'll bet the problem was the rider & not the bike

[James Deuce]

Err a mate of mine can ride my VTX1800 & he is 5'3" . MOM tried the VTX out & could stand with BOTH FEET on the ground & she is around the same height.
The seat height is a lot lower than an MT01.

It's not the seat height. I get hip cramps on most forward control bikes from keeping my feet on the pegs. I have really big feet so I have to put the heels on the peg or I wear through the backs of my boots.

The mid-peg cruisers all seem to put a bend on my knee that is more extreme than even Italian Race replicas. I've done "things" to my knees. Having said that, the Nightster has a really good seat-peg relationship for me.

[Big Dave]

Some of you need to GTFU.

[jafar]

It's not the seat height. I get hip cramps on most forward control bikes from keeping my feet on the pegs. I have really big feet so I have to put the heels on the peg or I wear through the backs of my boots.

The mid-peg cruisers all seem to put a bend on my knee that is more extreme than even Italian Race replicas. I've done "things" to my knees. Having said that, the Nightster has a really good seat-peg relationship for me.

Have you tried a soft tail ??

[buellbabe]

If 2 people of short stature can ride a VTX1800 it kind of blows your argument apart



Some cruisers have forward controls but not all do, you would have to shop around for one that suits you, no different from looking for a standard bike

Actually I am not arguing.
All I meant was that short peeps come in all shapes. Some short people have a long body and short legs...which does kinda back up my point.

And yep I can understand the forward controls issue. The first time I rode a V-Rod I couldn't reach the foot controls if I was sitting in the correct position on the seat. I had to keep pulling myself forward almost onto the blimmin tank LOL.

[James Deuce]

Have you tried a soft tail ??

You leave my wife out of this!