05-23-2013, 02:34 PM
My inseam is about 30 and I can flat foot the ground easily with or without my boots.
The other day I noticed that whenever I hop on my CB11, I am right on the front end of the seat and maybe even slightly on the tank. Riding like this, my back is straight up and I have a pretty good bend in my arms.
Well I decided to try sitting a little farther back so I am right on top of where "I should be" on the seat and now I am leaning slightly forward and my arms are straighter but they still have that bend to be relaxed. This little change however has made riding the bike more fun for me.
My reach felt awkward at first, but my riding position is still comfortable and now I am able to push the handlebars forward more instead of forward and downward whenever I am counter steering through a turn. It is almost effortless to make the bike do what I want it to do, I feel more... "one with the bike"
With my old riding position, I've tried pushing the handlebars forward only without pushing down on them, but I'd still find my butt getting kicked by some sharp turns.
Anyway, just wanted to share this (mainly with the other short peoples) so others who just hopped on the bike and took off on it like I did, could read this and give a little thought about their riding position on the CB11 and compare it to how they were on other bikes.
The other day I noticed that whenever I hop on my CB11, I am right on the front end of the seat and maybe even slightly on the tank. Riding like this, my back is straight up and I have a pretty good bend in my arms.
Well I decided to try sitting a little farther back so I am right on top of where "I should be" on the seat and now I am leaning slightly forward and my arms are straighter but they still have that bend to be relaxed. This little change however has made riding the bike more fun for me.
My reach felt awkward at first, but my riding position is still comfortable and now I am able to push the handlebars forward more instead of forward and downward whenever I am counter steering through a turn. It is almost effortless to make the bike do what I want it to do, I feel more... "one with the bike"
With my old riding position, I've tried pushing the handlebars forward only without pushing down on them, but I'd still find my butt getting kicked by some sharp turns.
Anyway, just wanted to share this (mainly with the other short peoples) so others who just hopped on the bike and took off on it like I did, could read this and give a little thought about their riding position on the CB11 and compare it to how they were on other bikes.