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chmo78

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on: September 08, 2011, 07:20:18 pm
Hey everyone,

I read some posts about inseam as I was reading about lowering the bikes.  I'm interested in a B5 and I'm 5'6" 150lbs and have a 30" inseam.  Is it fair to say with proper shocks and a lower solo seat I'll be able to get both feet flat on the ground? 

Maybe I'll need some boots.

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Reply #1 on: September 08, 2011, 07:40:32 pm
Assuming the B5 is the same height as the G5, you should be ok on the stock bike. I have 29" inseam and can flat foot my G5 fine. I wear engineer boots. The seat squashes down gradually too, so will get lower (seating foam loses around 8% per year I was told when I bought a chair last year)
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Reply #2 on: September 08, 2011, 10:08:07 pm
I have about a 27" inseam, (don't get called "Squatty Body" for nuttin ;D), but I can still reach the ground, not quite flat footed but a hell of a lot closer then I was on the Triumph Scrambler! I've sat on B5s and they seem to be just a hair taller and the seat seems harder. But I wouldn't have any trouble riding it.
Maybe the seat will soften up and come down a little, but with a 30" inseam, you should have no problems.
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Reply #3 on: September 08, 2011, 11:08:11 pm
Trouble with thick boots is getting your foot around the shifter... do they make a heel-toe shifter?
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Reply #4 on: September 08, 2011, 11:38:16 pm
I am 5' 4" and on the stock B5 could not get flat footed.

Temporarily I "modified" the stock seat by removing the front mount rubber spacer and bending the middle mounts to more of a "C" shape. This made a huge difference.

Eventually I did this and with the un-sprung solo seat can now get both feet on the ground easily:



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Reply #5 on: September 08, 2011, 11:50:16 pm
Great info.  Thanks guys!


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Reply #6 on: September 09, 2011, 12:43:35 am
Trouble with thick boots is getting your foot around the shifter... do they make a heel-toe shifter?
You have another option, and that is to move the footpegs back one or two notches on the hex mounting they're attached to.  My dealer sets them to the forward position, one past the top setting.  Mine are now set in the top setting.
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Reply #7 on: September 09, 2011, 01:59:43 am
I am 5'3 and have about a 25" inseam so I slammed my C and with my boots on canput them flat on the ground !

Mounted shorter Hagon shocks and seat to the frame -

Nice when you stop and the pavement is lower on both sides or not even you dont put your foot down and end up reaching to touch,







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Reply #8 on: September 09, 2011, 02:54:06 am
Trouble with thick boots is getting your foot around the shifter... do they make a heel-toe shifter?
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Reply #9 on: September 09, 2011, 08:16:48 am
"Trouble with thick boots is getting your foot around the shifter... do they make a heel-toe shifter?"

I moved the shifter up one notch on the splined shaft. Works for me.
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Reply #10 on: September 09, 2011, 08:50:48 pm
I'm 5'6" 150lbs and have a 30" inseam. 
I have 29" inseam
I have about a 27" inseam,
I am 5' 4"
I am 5'3 and have about a 25" inseam

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Reply #11 on: September 09, 2011, 08:57:41 pm
Except we all probably are as wide as tall - i'm not overweight 'm short.
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Reply #12 on: September 09, 2011, 08:58:09 pm
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Reply #13 on: September 10, 2011, 05:14:32 pm
Not overweight, undertall!
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Reply #14 on: September 10, 2011, 07:05:23 pm
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