what a difference a seat makes
bikerbetty
always, I admit!) due to stupid low speed drops where I don't get enough
leverage from my feet and the ground, I took the plunge today and had the
seat on the SV carved up. What a difference!
He took quite a lot from the height, and also narrowed it a bit at the
front. The angular bits that Suzuki inexplicably put on the original seat -
(actually, I think they put them in for aesthetic purposes, to match the
waspish angularity of the SV when it changed from its old rounded look) -
but anyway, the hard lines - the bits that seem to hit your bum in all the
wrong places - have been turned into nice gentle curves.
AND - the best thing of all - I can almost flat-foot BOTH FEET at a time!
Omigod.... It is such a confidence-booster to feel terrafirma properly when
I need to. I suspect I will even feel a bit better about a little bit of
unsealed stuff now, instead of feeling that palm-sweating, gut-wrenching
anxiety that comes from knowing my feet only have a "contact patch" of about
2 square cms!
An unexpected bonus - even when I have my feet on the pegs, I seem to fit
the bike better now. Bum is lower, knees are a little higher, and fit the
contours of the tank better. I love it!
As a bike-dropper, I've never been a bike-blinger - that would be silly -
but I know now that the next SV I buy (when I wear out the one I have now)
will have the following mods before it leaves the shop:
Lower the suspension an inch
Carve the seat
Shorten the side stand.
Oh, and maybe some crash-knobs, just in case....
betty - looking forward to the next big ride
Jeff R.
"bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote in message
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>... I seem to fit the bike better now. Bum is lower, knees are a little
>higher, and fit the contours of the tank better. I love it!
Oh man...
...I'd love to see that.
> Shorten the side stand.
Huh?
Why?
I don't geddit.
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Jeff R.
bikerbetty
"Jeff R." <em...@this.ng> wrote in message
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otherwise the bike is too upright when it's supposed to be on the
side-stand. Can be nasty. Omigod, I think I have finally figured out a use
for trigonometry. Maybe now I will be able to understand it LOL!
betty
PS the angle of the headlights also has to be adjusted.
Jeff R.
"bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote in message
>>
> If the suspension is lowered, the side-stand needs to be shortened,
Oh yeah... *that*.
(Obvious when you think about it)
JR
hippo
bikerbetty
"hippo" <am9obmhAc2hvYWwubmV0LmF1@REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in
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> bikerbetty wrote:
>>
>> As a bike-dropper, I've never been a bike-blinger - that would be silly -
>> but I know now that the next SV I buy (when I wear out the one I have
>> now)
>> will have the following mods before it leaves the shop:
>>
>> Lower the suspension an inch
>> Carve the seat
>> Shorten the side stand.
>>
>> Oh, and maybe some crash-knobs, just in case....
>>
>> betty - looking forward to the next big ride
>>
>>
>
> Maybe a sheepskin before then?
>
Nah, the AirHawk will do nicely.
betty
Julie Garrett
> Tired of having to to replace levers and blinkers so often, mostly (but not
> always, I admit!) due to stupid low speed drops where I don't get enough
> leverage from my feet and the ground, I took the plunge today and had the
> seat on the SV carved up. What a difference!
about bloody time!!!
:-)
go girl!!!!
JohnO
Way to go Betty - Now if you had listened to Smack and I in the first
place....
Johno
Giz us a beer woman!
smack
Jeff R.
"smack" <sm...@devils.com> wrote in message
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> C'mon is harsh week over????
>
Not harsh.
Read again.
Iain Chalmers
"smack" <sm...@devils.com> wrote:
> C'mon is harsh week over????
Geffugged Hippie! You and that goddamned 60cc girly bike!
big
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