Man seeks forgiving bike

I don't think so. The SV is has a more crouched riding position than
a Bandit, even the unfaired version. Despite being a good bike the OP
wanted a more upright bike than his current Bandit. It's certainly
lighter and easier to ride though.

 

I did try an SV a while back and as you say they are a bit more hunched
over, if I was a little wealthier... or a lot wealthier even, I would have
liked to try a v-strom 650 they are a little lighter and a lot more upright,
but I suppose would still be top heavy and difficult at slow speeds.

Bandit is not too bad at speed but when trolling round town I feel worn out
after half an hour.

D

 

They bloody are aren't they, it's not just me then, particularly top heavy
would you say?

The amount of times I have accidently stopped on a ridge in the road and
because of my short legs I have been caught out and nearly dropped the
thing.

D

 

How short are you?

 

5'9" with a 29" inside leg, but that's not the problem, the main difficulty
is that I have very low power & feeling in my right leg so if I don't get
my left leg down first for some reason, the right side can catch me out.

D

 

That's nice. I'll have a grand, ta.

 

http://www.nabd.org.uk/adaptions/examples/index.htm

 

A veritable giant of a man.

.... So always stick yer left leg out. ...

 

I do generally but the roads round here are so crap that every now and then
you find the road surface drops away by about a foot and if I was to still
go for "left leg down" the bike would be at to much of an angle for me to
hold... does this make any sense at all?

D

 

Result, 10% commission for Flash, obviously.

 

My Bandit is old but beautiful.... but then so am I

David

 

Shiney init?

http://www.davidcthomas.demon.co.uk/bandit/

 

It's pink.

 

It's red I tell you

D

 

David Thomas wrote

It looks pink to me.

 

There's a reason for that - it's cos it's pink.

 

it's italian marble red, suzuki code 28v RED

David

 

it's fucking red red red red fucking redder than red, very RED

David

 

You are referring to your face while riding aforementioned pink bike
are you?

 

Gits... don't know a Ferrari red bike when you see one.... yeah ok Ferrari
red is pushing it a bit.

David (Red Bike) Thomas