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This site Starting Small is probably worth a quick browse as you may get an idea or inspiration from it.
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Will check it out thanks.
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22 Oct 2007
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Try this
Fritz,
An ex of mine was about 4' 11" and the only bike she seemed comfortable on was a Suzuki XF650 Freewind. Now I am not sure if they are available in the UK but in Australia there were a few of them. They have the same engine as the DR650 but are built in direct competition with the F650 (but a lot cheaper).
Take a peek at Motorbikes For Sale – Search New & Used Motorbikes For Sale – BikePoint Australia and it is under Suzuki.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
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23 Oct 2007
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a friends wife
rides a pegasoII 650
with a customised saddle & some rear shocks lowering.
& an extra inch boots too. shes about 5feet 2inch.
ride safe
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The enfield electra stock seat is 30 inches ( 750 mm) they do a low seat which takes it down to 720 if that helps... incidentally the bike weighs 160 kilos. also a number ( see hitchcocks site) of singe seats which are narrower atthe fron as well as being lower. This makes it easier to fit carry frames.
Mabe visit a dealer to try one??? Haywards in Cambridgeshire do test rides..
Alternatively the moto guzzi 750 weighs in at 180 or so kilos and also can be had witha low seat.. I am not keen on the fuel injection personally, but that is getting dificult to avoid.
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Lower still
A New Zealand couple have done the trip overland to Europe twice on a pair of VT600 Honda Shadows
Honda VT 600 C Shadow 2005: technical specifications
So you don't need a dual sport or similar for overlanding.
How does 27inchs seat height sound?
Regards
Nigel in NZ
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easy riders maybe...
Thats one of the reason its call easy riders.... Right?
A HD Sportsters maybe?
Met Thomas Weilecki a pro photgrapher in Broken Hill, Australia in '96 doing an OZ tour on a postie bike with very large (40litres maybe) fuel tank.
Hasta la vista baby
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Thanks all, hopefully this will be a good reference for future shorter rider options. The BM650 - too heavy - will be best option in UK for accessability by look of things for next move. Following that (good to experience something that is not quite right then move to lighter easier option, more appreciation...by me too!) will be seeing if a DR650 can be got hold of in new or near new condition over here. Planning to go again two years hence so fine. The DR (or freewind) looks ideal as have experience of friends using them, and it would suit me as well as wife. Will update thread if we get experiences.
For availability it looks like F650, 1" Kouba link, forks dropped and Daytona Ladystars for now...that's the wife not me ;-) Many thanks
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