750 SFC Comfort?

Paul Marx said:
Same here. I'll stop when coming to a halt, I can't take my feet off the pegs or lift my leg over the seat to get off the bike. The later is already the case. Getting off the bike when I have saddle bags is a perilous endeavour indeed.

Paul
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Same here, a short ride is OK when coming to a stop I can get the right foot down easy, not so the left. A long time in the saddle especially if it is cold I have to start to stretch the legs forward in anticipation of coming to a stop.

ON my Jota I removed the rearsets years ago, the left knee doesn't go there anymore I definitely couldn't fold onto a 750 SFC

When I have saddlebags I use this dismount method (learned it from ADV riders on YouTube). Come to a stop, get the side stand down, put the left foot back on the peg, stand up on the pegs and swing the right leg over the bags, works a treat getting on or off. I am closer to 70 than 60 now, still managed to hike/backpack over 300kms of trails last summer and a couple of 1000km plus rides(over 2-3 days).
This thread is leaning towards the 'Getting old' thread, it's all good.
 
78jotadave said:
When I have saddlebags I use this dismount method (learned it from ADV riders on YouTube). Come to a stop, get the side stand down, put the left foot back on the peg, stand up on the pegs and swing the right leg over the bags, works a treat getting on or off. I am closer to 70 than 60 now, still managed to hike/backpack over 300kms of trails last summer and a couple of 1000km plus rides(over 2-3 days).
This thread is leaning towards the 'Getting old' thread, it's all good.
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I welded a longer "tang" on the side stand of my SF2. Allows me to flip the stand down with my heel, otherwise, it's off the bike to get the stand down.

Paul
 
obviously irritating description, sorry for that. I meant a replica of one of the early versions of the SFC's which look like this:

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You might know the bike, it's from Sigi Forster (not the one above, the one I rode). I also rode ones Peter Ostermayer's (RIP) bike, which even experts were unsure if its a 750 SFC or not I heard. It at least came close to a later series 750 SFC (I am not good obviously in describing or recognizing the different types/production runs of the 750 SFC, sorry for that).

I sat on one or two more, all of them felt not really comfortable to me. Mainly: footrests to high, tank to long for my body. Not talking about my belly conflicting with the tank, which is not the bikes fault at the end...
 
(y)😂 your photshop skills never fail to amaze me, well done...!! 😂 (y)

When I testrode Sigi's bike though, I was a lot slimmer than I am now (not that I was ever slim.... 😔) Still I could not really call it comfortable... I am just not built for these bikes, as beautifull as they are. I wished I would...

The 750 S Formula fits me better from several perspectives, allthough my weight gives it for sure a hard time...
 
Laverdalothar said:
(y)😂 your photshop skills never fail to amaze me, well done...!! 😂 (y)
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Gerd can handle such programs perfectly - I can't.

I just drink a glass of red wine (for a steady hand), take my glasses, open the picture in an image editing program and press "clone".
Then I remove on the tank what could bother you when driving. You don't need to be able to do anything special.

Thomas aus LAU
 
I think the main prob with the SFC is the length of the tank, but high pegs are definitely an issue for taller riders - The shorter SF tank worked really well when I ran clipons below the top triple clamp. I'm around 165cm (5ft 5 1/2?). For many years when the bike was still a very regular ride I made extended fork caps and ran the clipons above the top triple clamp - makes a huge diff to comfort and still offers a sporty lean and doesn't feel like a sit-up pos on the track.

Unfortunately modifying a genuine SFC is sinful, so if you really want to ride a bike a lot, they aren't suitable unless you're willing to modify them and earn the scorn of the cogniscenti. That modded SFC looks like someone had the right idea, Dave - long tank is never going to work though. Modern sports bikes and even MotoGP bikes don't employ that ergonomic any longer (plus they thinking is to get weight onto the front wheel).
 
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I owned an 8000 series drum brake 1971 SFC 750 for a number of years, did a total rebuild on it, and rode it as hard as I could when I took it out. In addition to taking it to the local track, I managed to get it street licenced, and put a lot of street miles on it. As Marnix mentioned, the blockier squarish rear of the tank on the early drum brake bikes can be challenging. The volume of sound is very high, earplugs are mandatory. The control effort is high, especially the clutch, at high revs the vibration is significant, and the entire ride, long or short, is a sensory overload every time. Not really suited for city traffic, uncoiling your legs off the pegs to get your feet on to the ground could become dificult after extended periods on the bike. I would call the riding experience extreme, and every ride was an experience.:cool:;) There are a number of photos of my bike hosted here on the forum, here are links to a few. https://www.laverdaforum.com/xf/media/64/full https://www.laverdaforum.com/xf/media/60/full https://www.laverdaforum.com/xf/media/59/full https://www.laverdaforum.com/xf/media/68/full
 
Vince said:
Fess up, what mods. I won't tell.
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Mostly changed it from USA to Euro ....... plus 6C cams and 40 mm Dellortos's. Probably within acceptable limits for some ........ others maybe not. I couldn't see the point of the ND instruments on the bike ....... and all the extra wiring ........ and the silly taillight ....... and since it may never have had the turn indicators I thought I would just make the rest of the bike match.

Jim
 
helicopterjim said:
Mostly changed it from USA to Euro ....... plus 6C cams and 40 mm Dellortos's. Probably within acceptable limits for some ........ others maybe not. I couldn't see the point of the ND instruments on the bike ....... and all the extra wiring ........ and the silly taillight ....... and since it may never have had the turn indicators I thought I would just make the rest of the bike match.

Jim
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Yes, those US spec SFCs look too much like a bike to do the shopping.

Paul
 
This is me on the ex Larry Strung SFC #17137 at Assen last year. For me the riding position is not cramped at all and despite the high footrests/low seat I usually ride with my toes on the footrests. With my hip replacement end 2018 I couldn’t get on (nor off) any of my bikes for a year, except the Kawa triple. With lots of rehab and exercise I almost have my old riding position back, but kneedowns are over forever I think, but can live with that..

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here is one of my previous sidecars,
sorry about picture quality, they were taken with a box brownie
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and one of my Egli, pre leading link forks, was on 35mm 250 Desmo Ducati forks at that time.
comfort? i didn't even (not ever) fit any kind of pad or covering to the Godier/Genoud/Egli Kawa type rear fairing/seat, which was home made and an early attempt at alloy sheet work and it's welding, Marnix might like the front pipes X box and silencers
sorry about picture quality, it wasn't good to start with.
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Interesting thread,
I would say that the position highly depends on what you intend to do with the bike.

For example, My Ducati MHR is absolutely horrible to ride from home and back down a 6km stretch of small country road. Absolutely horrid and darn uncomfortable for every bone in my body. Yet, when ridden much faster and on a more open road it is a dream of a dream, not uncomfortable at all.

Horses for courses and it is not too hard to change pegs and bar positions anyway if needed.

J
 
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