When things go wrong....

my weekend sucked as well. i test rode and rsv-r factory, and took it back to the shop after 10 minutes almost in tears. i hated every aspect of it, from my aching back and neck, the impossible reach to try and touch the clutch and indicators, to the fact i was looking down at the road from over the top of the windscreen. there goes my shattered dreams of my next bike.

then on saturday night, i should have been dancing away in the coronet to me favorite psytrance band, instead, i was standing outside for 2 and half hours before finally finding out they were never going to let us in, despite being promised guest list status for last time the organisers made such a ****-up of an event. even if i had paid for tickets, i would have been waiting in the cold.
eventually we just went home.

to say the least, it has been a disappointing weekend.

Originally Posted by ibishu

my weekend sucked as well. i test rode and rsv-r factory, and took it back to the shop after 10 minutes almost in tears. i hated every aspect of it, from my aching back and neck, the impossible reach to try and touch the clutch and indicators, to the fact i was looking down at the road from over the top of the windscreen. there goes my shattered dreams of my next bike.

How tall are you?!

Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy

How tall are you?!

i don't know, 170 cm or thereabouts, i'm not all that tall, but i am not short, but i just did not fit on that bike in any way.

Just under 5'7" I think, I'm suprised it doesn't fit. What's next on the list then?

triumph 675, which i have also ridden and loved. so i gues the one positive is that i know what i am going to buy now.

Originally Posted by ibishu

i don't know, 170 cm or thereabouts, i'm not all that tall, but i am not short, but i just did not fit on that bike in any way.

whats that in real measurement ?

170cm is 5f 7" I know casue I'm that tall" Sorry to hear about your bike test, but at least you found out now and can look at other bikes that have caught your eye.

Yeah sometimes being short work against me, but in all it works for me, I can really get tucked on my bike against the tank and I love that!