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Originally Posted by Rogue
You're about my height and did well on it? What's your inseam? Now you do have me wondering if I can actually handle one! 
Bird perched on a seat? That's better than being called a midget. I get laughed at when I stop because alot of times I only put my left foot down, which makes the bike appear to be sitting on the kickstand. There there's the backing up issue. I can only do it by pushing it from the side. That always gets a laugh too. I don't care. Like I told my old riding friend, "At least I ride, Beyotch!" |
I do have a considerable inseam for my height, im freakishly unproportioned.
I think Im a 31 inch inseam, but i typically go with 32 for comfort. I get called midget too, have you talked to Ebbs yet?
On the busa I could comfortably get one foot down firmly, as it sat lower than my bike (perhaps the weight?) but the wider seat made it difficult to get both down. However on my GSXR i can almost completely flat foot without heels and on my old RR i could tippy toe both feet in heels.
As far as moving bikes, the heavier bikes, like the busa I was more comfortable sitting on the seat and tippy toeing backwards, whereas on my GSXR i can stand beside it. I dont have much upper body strength but I have enough in my lower body and legs to be more comfortable using my legs to hold and catch while sitting the bike.
I gotta mention tho, if the busa fell on me, Id have been screwed. No way in hell Id ever have been able to get her up, and my theory is if I cant get the bitch back up by myself, I dont need to be riding it!