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Originally Posted by MikeSP1
I'm sorry, but that's how big I am, and I rock a 700lb cruiser and a homologation race bike and I can pick both of them up from the ground, alone. Just because I'm small doesn't mean I can't do something, I just have to get inventive or simply be strong enough.
But I agree with the fact that the bike and rider need to "fit" each other. When I was still living in FL, I was sitting at a light when a girl, smaller than Rae, on a KLR 650 rolled up in the other lane. There was no way she could've touched even one toe without dropping the bike. But she improvised, leaned out so that her left hamstring was on the seat and ballerina tipped her right foot so that she could keep the bike upright. Bike and rider definitely didn't "fit," but she made it work. This poor slob needs something about the size of a ZX14 or Harley.
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I'm not banging on anyone who is small. My complaint is in the press panning a bike because it's "too tall". Every single mag that reviewed my bike complained that the seat height was too high. Too high for what?
They should have said, the seat height is high for someone under 6', but it's a great bike for taller riders who need the extra leg room.
The writers instead sought to have Buell change the bike to suit THEM.
One of the control riders at the Nashville track day was about as big as that guy.