Put the stock risers back on and turn them around.  I'm 6-3 and with a seat lift and the stock risers turned around it's comfortable to me.  Looks a lot better too.

Seat to rider, rider to seat... ...
I've seen guys lower the seat, stretch and raise their legs higher than their butts, and lower the bars to below their ankles or over their heads...
... for comfort... ...

If you want cool,... go with whatever your definition of cool is...
That ranges from the "monkey on a coconut" to the barkalounger, "birthing position"...
If you seek practical comfort... look at a 60's Triumph,  BMW, or a Gold Wing...
Head, arms, hands, butt, feet...
That's how human furniture is made...
We aren't giving birth, or humping a fuel tank... for comfort...
Imitate,... and dining chair...

That's not the most comfortable chair in your house,... but your house isn't going 60mph...
That normal, alert, erect, position will get you the most miles in comfort... each part of your body is directing it's weight to the next without undue pressure...

If your average speed is 120mph plus, the more forward position balances better... if you ride at 7mph, you might prefer a recliner...

Imitating a dining table seating seems to suit sensible riding...

... and, due to you freakish tallness  ... reversing the standard risers, or if you have the stock pullback bars, they are short for a midget...

Monkey bars will put the weight of arms onto your back... clip-ons put the weight  of your back onto your wrists...
Forwards put the weight of legs onto your butt... rearsets put the weight of your legs onto your nuts...
...all has it's reason,. but none of that is about comfort...

Get you body into the position you took math tests in...
Math...
I hate math... but it did teach me one thing...
How to sit for long time... ...

Try bumping that seat 2"... (it really scoots yer' rear back), and, raising the rear shock makes our bike more standard...
I'm only 5' 8",... but my seat is raised 2"... and I have 12.5" shocks...
This bike is very short...

I understand... if your elbows are in your ribs, you need to get your arms further forward... but not radically up or down..
...and, if your knees are in your armpits, you need to get them away...
... but not sticking out forward or rearward...
Try to get each segment of your body transferring it's weight to the next...
That's how nature made us...

Serowbot,

At my age cool is not in my riding vocabulary. Comfort and handling are the only considerations, and I want the final adjustments  to look decent.

Your mentioning of 60's British bikes is a good part of my problem, as I rode the same 1973 Norton for 30 years. The foot pegs, seating position, and European handlebars fit me perfectly. No way can I afford to move the pegs back to the standard riding position. So I am thinking that any further adjustments will have to be seat height and position.

What did you use for spacers to get the 2" rise at the front of the seat?

Chimp,

I am satisfied with the handle bars position and height for the moment.

I have SuperBars on my Buell Blast and I do really like them, but there is not enough difference in the position of my hands between the SuperBars and what I now have to make it a worthwhile change.

I just cannot get my butt back quite far enough because of the passenger hump on the seat. As I mentioned earlier I don't want to waste the money to have the seat reupholstered at this time. I was hoping to find someone that moved the seat towards the rear an inch or two. I am really challenged with geometry so I will have to take the seat off and look and see if there is any chance of moving it.

Kenny G

Kenny G wrote on 01/15/15 at 06:53:14:


My seat lifted in a slightly odd way, because I also lifted the tank 1"...to get a more standard look...
I used 4 shock absorber mount spacers that are about 1" tall each...
Here's a close-up view...



Here's the overall effect from a distance...(the 12'5" shocks require a hockey puck bolted to the sidestand)...Seat height is about 29 or 30" now with the shocks and seat lift...

Serowbot:

I always liked your chrome.  Just curious, what did it involve to get the finished product?  Thanks.

Best regards,

What is the chrome canister in the pic of your bike... a  cup holder?

The older seat should fit... same 2 bolts on each side...  with the 2" lift, you can relocate the rectifier from under the pillion, to under the nose of the seat...  maybe hide the rear fender mess with a fender bib...
- reshaping the seat involved reducing the hump at the rear of the padding... to allow me a little bit more rear schooch room... probably only gained 1/2" or so... it was noticable, but not drastic.... the uptilt from the lift also shifts you a tiny bit rearward...  there isn't a lot of foam to remove there without ending up sitting on hard plastic, so don't get carried away...
If you really want to back up a few inches... I would look into re-fabricating the mounts,.. longer front tongue plate and forward set the 2 side bolt brackets...


I'd like to say the "canister" is a nitro tank,... but it's a thermos... cold drinking water in the desert is a good thing.... ...