Reply To: How Does Rider Weight Impact Bike Size?
September 2, 2010 at 6:23 pm
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madjak30
Participant
The GS500 was the bike for me in my situation. If you are riding primarily in the city on surface streets, a 250cc bike will be more than enough…they are quite a blast to ride up to 85kph for bigger guys! But I live in a bedroom community that is 25kms down the hiway to get to work, so the smaller bikes would be not as comfortable on the hiway with the morning commuters.
Again, it was the right bike for me in my situation. My weight, my riding needs and my experience/comfort level (dirt bikes when I was a kid)…just so we don’t get caught up in the “500cc isn’t a starting point” debate.
Later.