I don’t know about tall people, But I’m 5’7” with a 29-30” inseam and the CB500x is comfy as hell. And surprisingly light and easy to balance on tip toes.
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99% of the time, if you have to move a bike backwards, its because you have to back it out of a parking space (this is especially difficult if its uphill, like if the road slopes toward the curb). I’m ashamed to admit that it took me well over a year to figure out the solution. Push your bike backwards before you get… Read more

5’2. 09 Buell Xb12 SCG (Short guy suspension)

Small guy on a giant GS-A obligatory video:

Putting both feet flat on the ground is something absolutelly innecesary. One foot is enough.

Also: Remember that city streets slope towards the gutter. If you’re single-cheeking it, use the leg opposite curbside to stablize at a stop. Every fraction of an inch makes a big difference. Read more

just got my first bike on Friday

On a side note, there are works arounds to height challenged(or just super high seats) otherwise. I mean, 10 year old girls race motocross with 35”+ seats.... Read more

on almost all of the modern 600s, you can take the seat apart, cut the seat base plate to sit lower (channel it over the subframe, like you’re lowering a old school minitruck)... then put it all back together with the seatfoam and cover just like OEM. it feels almost the same, but it can be up to 3” lower.

At one time… Read more

To throw another option out there for shorter people, my BMW F800R fits my 30” inseam, 5’ 6” frame perfectly. There’s a factory low seat available, but I’m using the standard seat and wouldn’t want it any lower, just for visibility reasons. The bike has a super low center of gravity, which also helps. It’s one of the… Read more

How about a tall person’s guide? Like 6’2”+ Read more

Its the drum inertia for the emissions dyno. Read more

finally pulled the trigger and ordered one. waited forever for my size to pop up on craigslist and it never did. also pulled the trigger on a tuono. Read more

Remember when I said we were going to fix broken motorcycle journalism? Meet the guy who’s going to lead the charge. Sean MacDonald comes to us from RevZilla’s Common Tread blog and he’ll be our point man at Lanesplitter from now on. Please give him a warm Jalopnik welcome! Read more

Just what the world needs, a Harley with 180 horsepower. Read more