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That's what a VPN is for.

 

(The Older Gentleman) spewed forth:

While I bow to your knowledge and experience, You need to do better
than that.

Well, they need to do better.

Before I paid off my mortgage, I was giving serious consideration to a
new bike and travelled far and wide trying stuff. A mate of mine,
Steve, who fits the "average" silhouette to a "T", came along, as he
was looking too.

We both tried all the different types/shapes/sizes/whatever that were
available from the main 4 Japanese manufacturers, as well as the
Italians, Austrians, etc. ad nauseam.

Even Steve had difficulty. His overall conclusion was the same:
"mostly built for pygmies".

I gave up and paid off the mortgage.

I have the same problem with cars, though...

 

Bugger.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I dunno Jack. I'm not a dwarf and I can't think of a Jap bike that I've ever
ridden or even sat on that felt too small. My Zed has always felt too big,
in fact.

It and lots of other Jap bikes are bigger than the bikes I grew up with,
like the Bonnie's and Goldies.



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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you've got a bit of an
opinion on bike sizes.

They've learned well from Harley.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I was telling Frag yesterday about a pal/acquantence/customer of ours. 6'6"
he is and bought (now selling) a KTM SuperDuke. He also bought a KTM RC8,
but flogged that the same week.

He looks a complete tool when he's sat astride either of them.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Sir needs to sit on a CB1300, sir does.

Ideal for the fuller figured gentleman.

 

You're not wrong there, squire ...

£6695 for my 13 last March, £9200 now.

Ditto.

 

Easy to open a uk ebay account.

 

I unforget Big Tony on the Frankfurt run, on his RGS Adventure. Vast
silhouette throwing shapes on the horizon. Great disturbance in the Force.
Didn't look a tool, unless the tool you're think of was an industrial
milling machine. Immense.

 

As we are not dissimilar in dimension, I can see why you suggest it...
but... Is the footrest position significantly different from a B12?

If not, then I suspect I would be wasting my time.

My K1100RS is pretty damned good... and hot grips are great, if you
have the beginnings of arthritis in yer fore-paws.

 

Cane has furriners blocked from bidding.

 

I dunno what the issue is. As I've said plenty of times before, I'm 6
foot 3 and 16 stone and find my GSXR more comfortable than my Bandit.

 

I don't consider myself lightweight at 12 an' half stone, but I don't get
much sag on the Zed either. If any. I shudder to think what the ride would
be like f I weighed much less. I think I'd have to consider some suspension
work.

I bet my VN would fit you perfectly, but unfortunately, I've not got round
to fitting this shedload of new engine parts to it yet.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

No idea. The seat's further from the ground, though. Much.

 

I'm 5'10" and on my mates CBR600RR I felt like a bear on a tricycle.

Fraser

 

I work at it. I reached 13 stone once


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I'm on a diet though

The Zed feels much better when I've got the wife sat behind me. It (usually)
goes around corners with a lot less harshness. I like my cruiser too, coz
it's relaxing and doesn't make me want to ride like a twat all the time. I
had the seat foam replaced and re-shaped and then fited a small back rest so
I don't get the usual lower back ache associated with feet forwards riding.

I really MUST get the engine sorted this year.

I'm going to. Definitely.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I was just flicking through a bike mag while I was having a coffee and
there's a pic in there of a geezer on his R1 sat alongside his dad on a
Trumper Speed Twin. The Trumper looked like a fucking toy in comparison to
the R1, so where this idea that Jap bikes are tiny came from, I don't know.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19