Sore Back

I'm over 6ft 5 tall have the SV but after a while of riding not more than 1 hr at a time I get quite a sore back, is this due to height or just lack of long rides etc i.e had the SV for nearly two years and put less than 1500 miles on it, should I be thinking about a bigger big maybe SV1000s, if it's bigger and or more comfier?

Im about 6"2 and i find it ok. I used to get sore wrists after about half an hour but now I can go for about 3 1/2 hours now! get some practice in! think the 1000 is the same riding position, but im sure someone will correct me if Im wrong

The SV is quite a narrow focused bike compared to some and I would imagine that your height doesnt help. My tips woudl be relax on the bike, new riders tend to be tense and therefore put more strain on their skeletal and muscular frames. Use your core stomach muscles more to hold you posture, this will releive your back strain. Another tip is when travelling at speed, use your height to your advantage, i.e. let the wind blast take some of the strain in keeping you up right.

Cosmetic changes to the bike if the above desont help woudl be heli bars. Do a search and you will find them in the forum. They basically move your grips vertically up and therefore allow you to sit more upright.

Ive just moved to a D675 and they are focused in riding position I have to make a concious effort to use my core muscles more.

Cheers all, would a double screen help, so that I don't have to bend down as much?

TO be honest most of your back problems are coming from slow riding thorugh town and stuff as you have no inertia to maintian your body position and the stop starting in traffic and for junctions means your constantly straining your muscles to stay upright. I would say that a double is useful to combat wind blast issues, which you dont appear to be saying it is.

Rode to Edinburgh and back yesterday from Glasgow and the back is not the problem afterall it's actually my neck, however may be something to do with riding position or the reasonably heavy rucksack on my back, basically I felt as htough I had to adjust my helmet up a couple of times thorought the journey.

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I would strongly recommend looking at some higher bars.

I've been riding for more years than I care to (or can??) remember, and find the stock SVS not the easiest riding position both for longer term comfort but also ease of control in town simply due to the weight on your hands from the riding position. I'm about 6' , you'll be more affected than I am.

I modified some FJR1200 bars to fit, which raise the bars about 1 or 1 1/2" and bring them back a similar amount. The net result is a very much improved position and a much easier bike to ride and control in town.

There are off-the-shelf bars which give this result, helibars for example. While not cheap, they would be a pretty cost effective fix to your problem in my opinion. Try a search on "helibars".