What have you done on your bike today?

Karen said:
Wow, he was lucky by the look of that!

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My opinion is based on advice I was given from a pro. Buy the one with the best resale as you may not want it after a month or two. Stupidly I went and bought a desert x. It is too big for me with bad resale…
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I am just under 6 ft so no worries there, had at least 20 2strokers but admittedly over 35 years ago lol, the longing for one has never faded.
Have you tried lower seat and maybe custom suspension?
Surely it must be possible to get it to fit?
Most enduro style stuff is quite high, when I was a young kid I got a huge Suzuki RM, me and my mates where only just strong enough to kickstart the bloody thing, we would need to lean the bike against a fence or something, climb on it to set off, as our little legs were about a foot short😇😎😆😆😆😆
 
Fight the streets Fmd said:
I am just under 6 ft so no worries there, had at least 20 2strokers but admittedly over 35 years ago lol, the longing for one has never faded.
Have you tried lower seat and maybe custom suspension?
Surely it must be possible to get it to fit?
Most enduro style stuff is quite high, when I was a young kid I got a huge Suzuki RM, me and my mates where only just strong enough to kickstart the bloody thing, we would need to lean the bike against a fence or something, climb on it to set off, as our little legs were about a foot short😇😎😆😆😆😆
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The 2 strokers only need a bare kick .. it was perfect for me even on a mad off camber hill as it took so little to get it started even if the battery shit itself 😆
 
NoGutsNoGlory said:
When I raced the ZX10R the joke was if it fell off the paddock stand it would need new yokes and the frame straightened.
It wasn’t far off the mark as it was made of cheese!
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The only Kwak i had was a Z550, that got nicked;) but i still do like the ZXR750 with the green and white livery.:)

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Fight the streets Fmd said:
I am just under 6 ft so no worries there, had at least 20 2strokers but admittedly over 35 years ago lol, the longing for one has never faded.
Have you tried lower seat and maybe custom suspension?
Surely it must be possible to get it to fit?
Most enduro style stuff is quite high, when I was a young kid I got a huge Suzuki RM, me and my mates where only just strong enough to kickstart the bloody thing, we would need to lean the bike against a fence or something, climb on it to set off, as our little legs were about a foot short😇😎😆😆😆😆
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It is not necessarily the height of the bike that is important but the weight which is where the 2 strokes score. You need to be able to pick it up when it goes down, because they all do.
 
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We went to the seaside today. The view from the top of the hill overlooking Abbotsbury

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There was a police camera van at Swyre, then averaging cameras on the A35 before getting to Charmouth:

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We made our way back through the lanes full of spring flowers, to the Marquis of Lorne for lunch, then home via more single track rural Dorset lanes. clocking up another 86 miles on the Multi.
 
Hugo Magnus said:
We went to the seaside today. The view from the top of the hill overlooking Abbotsbury

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There was a police camera van at Swyre, then averaging cameras on the A35 before getting to Charmouth:

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We made our way back through the lanes full of spring flowers, to the Marquis of Lorne for lunch, then home via more single track rural Dorset lanes. clocking up another 86 miles on the Multi.
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Love the way you included a police speed van and average cameras in your otherwise heart warming story of travels
 
Fight the streets Fmd said:
I am just under 6 ft so no worries there, had at least 20 2strokers but admittedly over 35 years ago lol, the longing for one has never faded.
Have you tried lower seat and maybe custom suspension?
Surely it must be possible to get it to fit?
Most enduro style stuff is quite high, when I was a young kid I got a huge Suzuki RM, me and my mates where only just strong enough to kickstart the bloody thing, we would need to lean the bike against a fence or something, climb on it to set off, as our little legs were about a foot short😇😎😆😆😆😆
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I have lowered it about 20mm or so
Hugo Magnus said:
It is not necessarily the height of the bike that is important but the weight which is where the 2 strokes score. You need to be able to pick it up when it goes down, because they all do.
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As Hugo says, it is just simply a big bike and I can’t pick it up. Most of the time I have no problem but I fell off and needed help to stand it up.
 
Karen said:
I have lowered it about 20mm or so

As Hugo says, it is just simply a big bike and I can’t pick it up. Most of the time I have no problem but I fell off and needed help to stand it up.
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Have you been taught how to pick a bike up ?
( bike, not bloke!)
If ya haven't, there are loads of vids on the subject out there. Obviously every situation is different and having a bike that is just plain to big for ya can be a pita.
Being a bit vertically challenged myself, I feel ya pain. I dont miss the old motox days of crashing and kick starting bikes.
If they had electric starts back in the day, I may have stuck with it!
 
Chizel - Founding Father said:
Have you been taught how to pick a bike up ?
( bike, not bloke!)
If ya haven't, there are loads of vids on the subject out there. Obviously every situation is different and having a bike that is just plain to big for ya can be a pita.
Being a bit vertically challenged myself, I feel ya pain. I dont miss the old motox days of crashing and kick starting bikes.
If they had electric starts back in the day, I may have stuck with it!
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I'm sorry bikes are too big for you. Have you considered growing up?

(In terms of increasing your height in this context but you should think about the other interpretation).

Yay, I helped!
 
Chizel - Founding Father said:
Have you been taught how to pick a bike up ?
( bike, not bloke!)
If ya haven't, there are loads of vids on the subject out there. Obviously every situation is different and having a bike that is just plain to big for ya can be a pita.
Being a bit vertically challenged myself, I feel ya pain. I dont miss the old motox days of crashing and kick starting bikes.
If they had electric starts back in the day, I may have stuck with it!
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Nowadays I am more interested in not falling off in the first place! Am looking at a Sur Ron electric motox in a day or so as a fun option. I am assuming they can be road legal?
 
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