WOMEN Riders less than 5' 3" in here please

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Originally Posted by azoomm

Ducati Monster 620 It's a two-valve, so they don't have the maintenance issues the four-valves do. And, the weight is well balanced.

The other idea - get a dirt bike. Have her run around an learn how to balance with something smaller. That's what I'm doing with my daughters...

I am 5' 1.5", 29 inch inseam. I think my bike has a 30.6 or was it a 30.9 seat height. I'm riding a dr200 stock and can get my tip toes down on both sides. I'm am also about 105 lbs so no compression of the springs at all

Before that sv650, took all the foam out of the seat and got a shorter gsxr shock and raised the forks about 10 mm to match. Loved that bike, it was light and easy to ride but i sold it because i was having more fun with the dualsport.

Before that an EX500, shaved about 2-3 inches off the seat. It was the heaviest bike ever for me. All the weight was on the nose and not well balanced at all so I feel your wife's pain.

When I finally did downgrade to the smaller dual sport is when my riding finally improved. I didn't care if i dropped it a million times (funny that after I got it, the only times i dropped it was washing out in the dirt) and being so light it was easy for me to manage and that is where my confidence finally grew.

Trying to upgrade now to a monster, either 620 or 695. Can get my toes down but will take out some foam so i can touch with the balls of my feet.

Some of the girls here are pretty talented with getting just one toe down but I am just not strong enough to do that.