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what kind of bike for a small rider
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:22 pm
by dave713
ok guys i want a sport bike to ride around with and im only 5'6-5'7 135 would i have problems with a ninja 500?
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:28 pm
by Shiv
Probably not. It's all about your inseam though. I have a 32" inseam and I can flat foot a Ninja easily (I'm 5'11").
Go to a dealer and sit on one, only real way to tell.
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:03 am
by Dash Riproc
...from the V-Strom to the EX250--sit on everyone you can find...
Re: what kind of bike for a small rider
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:21 am
by sapaul
dave713 wrote:ok guys i want a sport bike to ride around with and im only 5'6-5'7 135 would i have problems with a ninja 500?
You would have no problem with this
http://www.kymco.com/us/showroom/scoote ... tInfoID=78
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:29 am
by Shiv
ok guys i want a sport bike
Though the Ninja isn't really a sport bike, it's not a scooter either.
I don't think a scooter is what he's looking for.
Might wanna check out a GS500 too, a lot of people say they look better (I beg to differ) and have a sportier look (how, I don't know. The EX and GS look a lot alike to me, EX has better paint schemes though).
But I gotta admit one thing, the naked GS is sexeh (as a few other naked things are, IE me).
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:19 am
by SuperRookie
I'm almost 5'6 -
145 and I can flatfoot my 500...you shouldn't have a problem
Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:56 am
by ninja79
I'm 5'7", 150lbs and I ride sv650s. I can flat-foot it easily. I also rode ninja 250 and gs500 with no problems.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:26 pm
by cgmoto
I am also 5'6"-5'7" and can flatfoot my gs500 easily. I like the naked look on the bike. I heard somewhere that ninja 500's were notorious for popping out of gear?
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:39 pm
by VermilionX
these have pretty low seat heights...
NSR50... not street legal though.
CBR125R... only available in euro though.
RS125... again only available in euro.
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:41 pm
by jmillheiser
I must have short legs LOL.
I'm 5'10" and most sportbikes put me on the balls of my feet. I cant get on some of the taller dual sports at all. I can flat foot most naked bikes and some of the bigger sport tourers (odd that the liter class sport tourers tend to have lower seats than 600 sportbikes).
I was able to flat foot the ninja 500 and 650 quite easily. I have a 32' inseam.