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It's a big issue for a lot of women riders. I really like the movement started by Harley to use an automatic lowering system on their Adventure bike when the bike comes to a stop. Bet all top-end Adventure bikes have the same soon. Ride height is on all Moto GP bikes for handling improvement. Even if it's failed a few times recently. I actually bought a sock-like thing to stop my gear lever from staining my Timberland Boots.
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Never seen one of those before Vince,I wear my boot stain as a reminder of good times and if I get too much Aluminium build up on it i can always polish it! :cool:
 

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Those Timberland boots have an Orange suede material that stains like crap. My Black Alpine Star boots don't show anything other than miles of smiles. I should add, the guard I bought was only suitable for left boots, I was hoping it was reversable for right side gear change, Nope so it wasn't used.
 
Gaston managed, but he was a riding God. He came to Oz well before his BMW Dakar days with his 125cc world Championship-winning MX bike and won the Oz 125cc, 250cc and Unlimited Oz Championships all in one day.
 
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It's a big issue for a lot of women riders. I really like the movement started by Harley to use an automatic lowering system on their Adventure bike when the bike comes to a stop. Bet all top-end Adventure bikes have the same soon. Ride height is on all Moto GP bikes for handling improvement. Even if it's failed a few times recently. I actually bought a sock-like thing to stop my gear lever from staining my Timberland Boots.
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Full Grain Leather Motorcycle Bike Gear Shifter Pad | Universal Classic Shoe Protector Boot Toe Cover for Bikers by Trip Machine Company - Etsy Australia

This Mens Motorcycle Boots item by TripMachineCompany has 13 favourites from Etsy shoppers. Dispatched from India. Listed on 22 Jul, 2025
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When you think your inside leg measurement decides if you are a customer or not ( probably 60% are too short) then it makes sense.
Can’t think of a car shorties can’t drive so it’s a problem peculiar to bikes.My Cagiva Elefant was like a block of flats.
 
We understand sexism, ageism and racism - I've been subject to sizeism all my life. :eek: At a family gathering once where the 'tall' grandkids were being praised I pointed out that height is no different from the colour of your skin or your gender - you're born to it. Hopefully I don't come across as having 'small man's disease'! The reality is the world is full of it - fat vs thin, attractive vs plain, tanned vs sunburnt and freckly ...
 
We built a Honda NF75 sidecar for R2-D2 Kenny Baker and I also sold a YSR 80 GAG Yamaha to a girl who was really short.
Lambretta built the “J” model for women specifically and Harley did the same with the 883 . Lowered loads of seats in my time on brand new bikes by removing the seat cover and sawing the seat foam off the bottom- GPZ 500s were particularly suitable for this treatment.
Heskeths had a really high seat mainly due to design afterthought and hydraulic ram to raise seat..the rest of the bike was shite so no one ever noticed.
 
I’m about 5’11” and shrinking, due to all you blokes getting old around me.

I had to ride a customers Husky 901 to my truck, all good until I stopped and my right foot couldn’t find anything to make contact with other than air… tall suckers!
 
On joining up aged 18 I was measure at 6' and one quarter inch. I was very proud of that quarter. At a recent hospital visit I came out at a shocking 5' 11" dead. I actually demanded a second go and stretched my neck , same result . Bugger.
 
Can’t think of a car shorties can’t drive
have a go in a Jag Etype (for Americans and XJE)
I was 6'1" all my adult life, a few months ago a hospital check showed me at dead on 6'0" so it look as though 60 or so years after reaching max height we lose an inch. Well me and Perry did anyway, thats good enough for me. Weirdly Nickdav7 thinks I am 5'9"
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I'm a petite 6ft 3in, one of the things I love about the length and build of the 750s - especially the GT with its high and wide 'sit up' touring bars is the fact that they feel the right size to me, not too small, which is rare. I just don't like those adventure bikes too much, although the Mrs and I went to the TT a couple of years ago on a Duc Multistrada thing. That was comfy.

When I was a lad I first learnt properly on an RD125DX, these days I wonder how I even fitted. A dear friend once described me on it as being like 'an elephant on a tricycle'...
 
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