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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1615035734 Message started by SukkiSavage on 03/06/21 at 05:02:14 |
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Title: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by SukkiSavage on 03/06/21 at 05:02:14 Hello,I'm new here,I'm rather tall,and I like the Savage.Will the Savage fit me?Are there some tall riders on this forum who like to share experiences? |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by ohiomoto on 03/06/21 at 05:41:07 I am an inch shorter than you at 6'3" with a 36" inseam. I hated riding the stock savage for more than an hour at a time. I would often pop up on the queen seat for parts of my commute home. It's a cruiser, not a touring bike. If I take the freeway to work it's 35 minutes and nothing bothered me. Riding the back roads home would take 55 minutes and I was ready to get off the bike after 50 minutes. I purchased the bike with the intent to build into a cafe or scrambler type bike (it ended up UJM or a "standard") and while I find it to be much more comfortable, I still get tired of riding after a little more than an hour of riding. So maybe it's me more than the bike. I just need to stand up and stretch my legs. In stock form, for someone your size, I would look at as a great little bike to do short commutes, run errands, and use to "hop" around from place to place. It's not an interstate machine. You could do forward control extensions and some mild seat mods, and while these mods are good for making shorter people comfy on the bike, I'm not convinced they will make the bike fully comfortable for guys our size on longer rides. It's a great bike if it suits you needs, just don't expect it to be something it's not. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by SukkiSavage on 03/06/21 at 05:59:28 Found a utube movie of a 72 inch tall guy. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=6WE6X_xRDN4) The bike is to small for him..... |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by Zepp on 03/17/21 at 05:11:05 32140A0A08320017000604610 wrote:
Its more about your purpose of buying a bike! Im 176 cm/69 inches and a senior 65+, and use the bike for fun. In any case this bike is a sort of cruiser bike.. kind of a half HD type of bike. In any way, its a menance to ride any bike for a longer time, anyhow! And that goes for sportbikes to, and I have experiens of Suzuki two strokers and Honda four strokers. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by SoC on 03/17/21 at 05:34:48 I am 6'2" and have little to no issue with comfort. My older bike ('03') is more comfortable then the newer one ('11') as I swapped 6" window drag bars with some forward positioning for the original buckhorns. It creates more stretched posiition of the upper body and shoulders. More so then the raised drag bars on the newer one, which are more pulled back. I guess that's why you see some that they reverse the tall risers pushing the bars forward. I also find the older style individual style seat (with seperate B cushion) more comfortable then the newer larger, all in one seat. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by ohiomoto on 03/17/21 at 18:32:34 5455504241424D50484A230 wrote:
And the bike will handle like dog nuts. The PO of my bike had it set up that way. The worst handling motorcycle I have ever ridden. I put some lower super bars and it was good. I still hated the forward controls though. But others are happy with them and that's good. We are all different. Anyway, I have a feeling the OP moved on after his second post here. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by Slowlane on 03/17/21 at 19:29:53 IMO yew tew beeg |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by SukkiSavage on 03/18/21 at 02:06:18 I'm still reading the replies,thank you all. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by Zepp on 03/23/21 at 06:08:26 56706E6E6C566473646260050 wrote:
For the sake of it.. is there any bike for tall persons or short ones? I think that they (every MC company) build bikes for everage lengt? Soo, I can asure you that a Savage/S40 is big enough for normal lengt people! But there is more about this.. I did have a problem at first, I was used to sportbikes, leaning forward and the fotpegs under neat. At last I figured out that I have to relax and lean bakward whit straight arms, then it was more comfortable! I tryed it out on the highway, it wasent that comfortable.. but that goes probably för every bike that not have any windshield? |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by SukkiSavage on 03/23/21 at 08:21:11 Zepp,how tall are you? |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by ohiomoto on 03/23/21 at 17:51:41 1F203535450 wrote:
If my math is correct Zepp is 5'9" tall... ::) |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by ohiomoto on 03/23/21 at 18:10:09 437C6969190 wrote:
That's a good question. I've never been into cruzers but I have ridden friends' HD 883 (small like the Savage), HD Fatboy (much larger), HD Ultra Classic (better than the fatboy in every way), and a 95 Honda 650 Shadow (I think it was similar to the Savage??). I've also ridden several crotch rockets. I have owned a 73 Suzuki T500 (standard UJM), 71 Triumph TR6 Tiger (british standard), 96 Suzuki Savage (stock for a year), 96 Custom Savage (standard UJM), 2006 Suzuki S40 (still stock...for now), and a crapload of motocross bikes from the mid 70s to 2010s. Ultimately, I prefer standard bikes with flat seats and mid control pegs. I find they are easier to move around on. I also like the option of standing up if I decide to jump something (kidding...mostly) and I feel like I might have a chance if I ever found myself about to hit something like the side of a car. :) That's what I like. I'm not claiming it's best for anyone else. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by Gary_in_NJ on 03/23/21 at 18:26:34 5E617474040 wrote:
Absolutely. I’ve been shopping with a friend who is looking for a new bike. He stands about 5’7”. He wanted a Ducati Hypermotard but with a seat height of 34.1 inches, he simply didn’t fit. Now he is looking at a Triumph Street Triple. That bike has a seat height of 31 inches. One of the biggest problems with getting woman involved in motorcycling is the seat height of the available bikes. You’ll notice many woman ride cruisers. It’s not because they like cruisers, it’s because that’s what people under 5’6” fit on. I’m 6’1” and can ride anything. But the manufacturers need to start building standards and sports bikes (don’t get me started on “adventure” bikes) with accessible seat heights - they are missing out on the largest growing segment of new riders - female riders. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by Zepp on 03/23/21 at 22:21:13 Okey.. Im Swedish.. 176 cm.. my converter says 5 feet and 9.2913 inches, so pardon me for the other ones. So im not a big guy, not the shortest eighter. And I like the low seat hight on my Savage, no problems at a stand still. In any case, it suites me.. I have to get used to the riding position at first, lening backward and straight arms, the fotpegs in front, its a custom/cruiser, it supose to be that way. And then to the topic of big guys.. its more of how long arms and legs, to be in a comfortable riding position. In any way, I have tryed it on the higway, it did fine, but it put som strain to my arms. But that goes even to a sportbike that dont rides on higway speed, one lean on the arms. In any case.. if one ride a lot on higways, one can always put on a windscren of som sort, if one have very long arms, one can always put on a dragbike bar. And if one have very long legs.. I dont know if there is any fot pegs extender for this bike? I se a lot of used bikes.. even Harleys that got extended fotpegs.. I think this is mostly becuse of the style. Its often more for the style, dragbars and extended fotpegs? To that, S40 have a dragbar.. but I think that they put the handels at the same position as the cowbar at Savage? Soo, again, what kind of biking do you think you gonna do? All wheater comuting, som part of it on higway, put on a windscreen. If you got friends that have sportbikes or touring bikes, then you probably want the like? If you is a newbi, Savage/S40 is a cheep beginners bike, low cost, low maintance.. and if you hasitate or got some new biker friends that use other type of bikes.. you can always sell it and buy another type of bike. Its only this.. if you get a Savage/S40.. you sholuld always be befor the Harleys if you ride ! |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by Zepp on 03/23/21 at 23:26:41 63646563616378630C0 wrote:
That's a good question. I've never been into cruzers but I have ridden friends' HD 883 (small like the Savage), HD Fatboy (much larger), HD Ultra Classic (better than the fatboy in every way), and a 95 Honda 650 Shadow (I think it was similar to the Savage??). I've also ridden several crotch rockets. I have owned a 73 Suzuki T500 (standard UJM), 71 Triumph TR6 Tiger (british standard), 96 Suzuki Savage (stock for a year), 96 Custom Savage (standard UJM), 2006 Suzuki S40 (still stock...for now), and a crapload of motocross bikes from the mid 70s to 2010s. Ultimately, I prefer standard bikes with flat seats and mid control pegs. I find they are easier to move around on. I also like the option of standing up if I decide to jump something (kidding...mostly) and I feel like I might have a chance if I ever found myself about to hit something like the side of a car. :) That's what I like. I'm not claiming it's best for anyone else. [/quote] Yah.. altso hade a T500.. 70 something, bought it used at 1975! After that I hade Honda CB 650. In any case there was no problems reaching ground at trafik lights! And I have driven my friends bikes to. Norton, Triump, Kawasakis and Yamahas, a bit diffrent riding positions, but I could always reach the ground, fotpegs, gearshift, foot brake and handelbars. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by Kampkanin on 03/30/21 at 21:13:48 I am 73 inches and had the seat changed just a little bit too let me sit a little further back on the bike. That makes a huge difference. A little foam is added on the back of the seat and covered with real leather. Works great for at least two hours, which is my longest ride for now. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by Irajoe on 05/15/21 at 17:15:12 75" and it's very comfortable for me - mostly 40 minute commutes. |
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Title: Re: Savage big enough for 76 inch tall rider? Post by rong on 06/02/21 at 13:09:51 I'm 6'2" and a senior 70+. I like the bike because it's light and easy to control. You sit up on the bike, like a cruiser. I prefer that. The seat is not the softest seat around, but I got used to it (Ironically, the most comfortable seat I ever rode on was a glorified scooter - the Honda Helix 250). Anyway, the gas tank is small, so you will have to get gas about every 100 miles of travel. So even if you are on a trip, plan on getting off the bike seat to relax every 100 miles or so. Yes, I do like the bike. Ron G |
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