Lower pegs, higher seat?

If you're not already, do some regular stretching exercises. There have been loads of threads on this forum with people saying I'm 6'x" tall and the SV is too small etc etc. Rather than modifying the bike, maybe try modifying the flexibility/movement of your legs...it's cheaper.

When you are as tall as we are there is no such thing as being able to physically stop the back of your thighs hitting your calves when sat on a bike . I was in immense pain in my knee joints with the standard pegs . I have the plates that Maviczap has shown you . I ordered them from SV-Racing parts and flipped them upside down . This has allowed me an extra inch or so and had made life much more bearable . I can jump on the bike and do the full tank in Fuel before any pain sets in . Only problem I have had is with my boot decking down a few times but you can tell when this is gonna happen from the lean angle and the occasional peg scrape , not enough to make it a problem though and only when on a mad hoon . I have also fitted the seat from a SV1000 as it is a bit harder , this stops me sinking into the seat and provides a bit more height , plus I have a K3 which has a higher subframe anyway .

Well I'm 6'4" at the last check, (still bloody growing!) which for the original post is taller.

Fair enough you can't stop your calfs/thighs from having contact, but you can probably help where the pressure of being felt through stretching. Top of my calf hits the back of my thigh, was painful on my knee when I started riding untill I read somewhere about stretching. Now I can sit on the bike for 6hrs+ with only 5-10mins petrol stops and I don't have the pain I used to feel.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by xXBADGERXx

When you are as tall as we are there is no such thing as being able to physically stop the back of your thighs hitting your calves when sat on a bike . I was in immense pain in my knee joints with the standard pegs . I have the plates that Maviczap has shown you . I ordered them from SV-Racing parts and flipped them upside down . This has allowed me an extra inch or so and had made life much more bearable . I can jump on the bike and do the full tank in Fuel before any pain sets in . Only problem I have had is with my boot decking down a few times but you can tell when this is gonna happen from the lean angle and the occasional peg scrape , not enough to make it a problem though and only when on a mad hoon . I have also fitted the seat from a SV1000 as it is a bit harder , this stops me sinking into the seat and provides a bit more height , plus I have a K3 which has a higher subframe anyway .

I get insane pain in my knees at the mo but I also scrape my pegs and toes a bit with standard pegs so I'm worried they might be too low with the plates, reckon it'd be a problem?

Originally Posted by TazDaz

Well I'm 6'4" at the last check, (still bloody growing!) which for the original post is taller.

Fair enough you can't stop your calfs/thighs from having contact, but you can probably help where the pressure of being felt through stretching. Top of my calf hits the back of my thigh, was painful on my knee when I started riding untill I read somewhere about stretching. Now I can sit on the bike for 6hrs+ with only 5-10mins petrol stops and I don't have the pain I used to feel.

What stretches do you do taz?

Originally Posted by Dave20046

What stretches do you do taz?

It's basically just the leg stretches you would get taught during Saturday morning football practice when a kid. The most effective one I've sort of made up is to lie on your back, put you leg up at 90degrees and try to straighten your leg. For me this stretches both the calf and the hamstring. It's near enough the same result as the stretch where you sit on one leg bent and put the other out straight and get lower and lower untill it hurts.

Doing one legged squats should give a bit more strength to the knee which should ultimately increase mobility of the knee.

I'm not remotely fitness inclined or anything so I don't entirely know what I'm talking about, but basically I used to get a bit of pain in my knees after 20mins of riding, I started stretching every day or so and now I don't get the pain anymore.

Unfortunately my knees have been hammered by years of accidents on and off the bike and I have to be very carefull with stretches , the hardware route has been the easiest option for me . Dave , if you are scraping your pegs as it is with normal height then you may have to adopt a different approach .

[Taipan]

You can get actual lower pegs and even peg lowering kits which I think you could fit to a SV? The Buell ones work out cheapest I think? I know they fit them on the SV 1000 as well.
http://www.ixxra.com/peglowering.htm
http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/l...hp/t18932.html
http://www.indysuperbikes.com/Isb1/l..._footpegs.html
http://www.sportouring.com/part.php?...N%20/%20S%20AV

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by maviczap

These'll solve your problem, if you're not too worried about decking the pegs. Ignore that they are for raising the pegs, they can be used to lower the footrest bracket as well.

The other option is to fit Buell footrests, there's a thread on the Org somewhere. Although these are going to be in short supply with Buell stopping making Buells.

You don't say wherther you have a Pointy or Curvy. These are for Curvy's.

I'll be doing the same as you this winter, and I'll be getting some of these brackets to ease my riding position

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

Has anyone any experience with these? Thinking of using them to move the peg backwards a bit like a cheap rearset or possibly lower it slightly. See if that gives me less strain on my legs.

Yes for the Millionth time , I am using them .

[Dave20046]

oops I meant to write; would moving the pegs rearward (with these plates) ease the knees?