400-600 cc bike for a short rider

i'm looking around for a first bike in the used bike market and i need
something which i can ride comfortably as i'm only 5'5/5'6 tall. i
feel a lot safer on a bike if i can touch the floor easily.

so far i've only sat on a gsx r600 which was just about ok but i
couldnt get both feet flat. i've heard a honda vfr 400 is a good
option so looking at these. just wondered if anybody here can suggest
some other possibilities???

i tend to like the sports looking bikes such as those mentioned about
but will consider other types as well.

thanks in advance!

 

ZZR-600

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Nige,

BMW K1200S (for sale)
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike (for sale)
Honda ST1100 Pan European

 

In fact, go for the 1100, you'll pay nowt for insurance & it's still as fast
as many bikes. Very low seat, but comfy & bloody quick.

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Nige,

BMW K1200S (for sale)
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike (for sale)
Honda ST1100 Pan European

 

Agree with that the CBR400, due to the shape of the seat , gives almost
anyone , and I am only 5ft 1 a chance to put both feet down . if fact I
think I might get another one

shaun

 

In the true UKRM tradition :- GS500.
Not sporty but a solid reliable cheap commuter, good for around 115mph
and 60+ mpg if not thrashed.

 

:

Honda Hornet - it's 600cc but should not be any more expensive to insure
than a CBR400.

Not a sports bike but the engine is derived from the CBR600 so it is great
fun to ride if you rev the tits off it.

 

ZXR400

Ooh look, theres one here which might be for sale...

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Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


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1992 kawasaki ZXR400 (The one wiv the hoover tubes) Coming soon to a
patio near me.
2003 Ducati 900SS FF (Woo hoo)
2002 Triumph Sprint RS 955i (BTDT)
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr (Gone, but not forgotten)

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BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Dwarf boy used to ride an old Kwak GPZ500 which he mostly fitted.

 

UKRM Tradition?

 

Recommending what you own, regardless of the original parameters.

 

Oh, of course.

There was me thinking he'd mispelt GSX-R1000.

 

Always recommend what you ride.

 

Even when it's shit.

 

Don't be such a poof. I know a 5'1" girl who rides a Tiger, & can only
get one set of toes on the ground. Even then she has to slide her arse
off the seat.

 

You don't need to get both feet flat. So long as you can get one foot
flat and the toes of the other foot down, or the balls of both feet
down, you'll be right as rain.

If you must have something so small, most 400s were quite low. Not bad
as first proper bikes, either.

 

Always ride what you recommend. It stops any further recommendations.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

What he said.

Didn't you get on with it? Is it the L model?

 

Even if you can touch the floor easily don't be complacent. Even 400s
are heavy.

They are and I'll be selling mine at some point, the MOT has just run
out and I need to be riding again before I can take it for another
one.

ZXR400. I won't be selling mine.

I'm 5 foot 3 inch, can flat foot one side and toe touch the other
which is all you need. It's fast, it loves corners and it makes a
great continental touring machine.

Someone will have mentioned the CBR, Hornet etc.

Googling 'bikes for short people' or 'bikes for short women' brings up
loads of options.

 

http://www.flitwickmotorcycles.co.uk/Honda-CBR600-FS-521.html

has been lowered apparently (and available for 3500 if you ask them
nicely).
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It was bought off a mate of the boy's as he needed the cash.

The plan is to fettle it and move it on, although the boy now seems to
have taken a shine to it.

I found it a nasty cramped buzzy little thing.

--
Dan L

Too much time to think, too little to do.


http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/

1992 kawasaki ZXR400 (The one wiv the hoover tubes) Coming soon to a
patio near me.
2003 Ducati 900SS FF (Woo hoo)
2002 Triumph Sprint RS 955i (BTDT)
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr (Gone, but not forgotten)

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7/8)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11