On many bikes the rear of the seat is higher than the front of the seat (arse up, head down style) so if you were comparing your seat height to the "official" figure, where would you measure to...From the floor to the front of the seat

Saw a 525exc at Box hill yesterday with a very straight looking seat (no dip in the middle), which gave it quite a high seat height. I since had a look at the kTM web site and seen that they sell high seats for people over 1.80 meters.I heard a few

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machines are just not going to be good for me without seat adjusted or holding it up at crazy angles when stopped.Seems to me there are two factors at play here: The seat height and the width of the seat. Some machines have quite a wide seat with the result

especially if you make it narrower too. I did this on my KTM...which had a 34 inch seat height!!Linkage is the best next step.Only thing is just stick to the seat cutting if you can as lowering the bike itself can affect steering etc .ta Some interesting

Looking at getting an fz6 as my fist big bike (that or an ER 6F) but being a short arse, i found the seat height quite high, does anyone know if you can get lower seat or shorter rear shock etc to lower the bike a bit? i know you can for the ER 6F

to get back in the kitchen and cook your tea...However, if, like me, you'll get beaten up for a comment like that, I think the Husqvarna's generally have a lower seat height, plus you can get links for the suspension that lower even further.Maybe worth a

What's the seat height like on these? Can they be lowered? Is it easy? Come on, someone must know! Nobody? Try the MSN CB500 site - there are a few that own CBF500s there Olly wroteNobody? Boing this thread up at 8am tomorrow morning for when

for a shortarsed freind of mine... she's 5'2" - will she fit ?should she bother looking? I'm 5ft2 and can get my toes to the floor on an xj600. :burnout: :burnout: It's not the height you have to worry about, it's also the width.A friend of mine