in this video i'm going to talk about motorbikes for taller riders so if you are six foot plus
that's what we're going to class as a tool so if you're under six foot sorry
we're going to talk about what bikes are best for taller riders and why so many manufacturers aren't
really thinking about that when they're building a motorcycle now we review a lot of motorbikes
as you'll know if you follow the channel and we review all sorts of different bikes and
we obviously find a reoccurring issue which is a lot of them aren't really designed for people
who are above six foot they're ergonomically a little bit uncomfortable and you find yourself
feeling like some kind of circus act because you're on this small bike and you look like an
idiot and it feels all cramped up so i'm going to talk about what kind of bikes we've ridden that
are kind of exclusions from that cruisers being an obvious one because they're all very big
harley-davidson make a lot of bikes that are great for taller riders even this bike this is a soft
tail standard which is obviously a street bulb with more chrome don't know why they call it that
it's got mid controls and a lot of taller riders go oh i wouldn't buy a bike if it doesn't have mid
controls uh forward control sorry but personally i find mid controls more comfortable so it is a
personal preference but if you are really tall forward controls is an option and that will give
you more leg room so one thing to bear in mind is not always looking at the seat height because
most cruisers have got really low seat heights and that doesn't particularly matter
it's more about the length the stretch of your arms so that you're nice and
comfortable and the positioning of your legs so you're not all cramped up and uncomfortable
generally speaking sports bikes naked bikes tend to be quite small and compact and that's
not always best for people who are above six foot and obviously they are designed to be
very nimble so they need to be quite short and they're designed to tackle the corners and do
its job as best as it can and that sometimes puts well obviously taller riders out of the
equation because they're not thinking about it's not their prime objective whereas with something
like this they're a lot bigger so a taller rider is much better on them royal enfield make a lot
of bikes that are actually quite comfortable for taller riders although they're not that massive so
it's really more about the positioning of the rider rather than the size of the bike overall
because believe it or not you look at a bike like a honda monkey and you think there's no way i'm
going to fit on that it's tiny but you sit on it and you're really comfortable your legs are
in a good position your arms feel stretched out i was very shocked when i rode the honda monkey
but obviously there are some cheaper alternatives to bikes like that mini bikes like the cine sakuma
that i reviewed a few months ago which was probably the most uncomfortable bike i've
ever ridden i was so squashed on it and it felt ridiculous and you knew you were on a mini bike
because it felt ridiculous so i don't know how honda have done that but they have and i'm very
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triumph make a few motorcycles that are good for taller riders the speedmaster is a good one
the rocket 3 is fantastic and you can change the foot positioning on the rocket 3 as it is it's got
different holes so you can put them either as tiny bit further back or a tiny bit further forward
so you can get it just right for yourself but most of the bonneville lineup is a little bit
small for people who are above six foot and we have addressed this with triumph in a press sort
of launch i think it was a year or two ago now and as far as they were concerned they are building
bikes with tall people in mind and their test rider is above six foot and he seems to ride them
all i think they're fine but they do look a bit small and they do feel a bit small some of them
um so i don't know whether they've got their facts quite right there but obviously you can ride them
and you will be comfortable on them but they're just slightly on the small side some of them
if you're watching this video and you are above six foot i know a lot of you are
please let us know in the comments below what bikes you think are best for taller riders what
do you ride and what have you found is most comfortable and what bikes do you think are
too small and they need to start thinking about taller riders it'd be interesting to
hear your thoughts i know we made a video on this subject a couple of years ago but wanted
to revisit it and kind of get some more thoughts now we've got more subscribers
and see what you all think but yeah i think the best thing to do for anyone when you're thinking
of buying a bike the first thing you should do is go into the dealership and sit on it and just see
how comfortable it feels because that can be an eliminating factor straight away if it feels small
then it's a no-go so let us know if there's any bikes that have been like that for you
indian motorcycles certainly make some bikes that are good for taller people
but unfortunately we haven't reviewed one in a couple of years
the ones we did review were from a dealer but we've since moved so
obviously i don't live with the old man anymore and there's no dealers that are close enough
and indian themselves keep promising us bikes but they haven't delivered the past couple of years so
it's a shame we really want to review them and i know you guys want to see them but unfortunately
there's not a lot we can do at the minute so maybe tag indian in this video and say lend us a bike
we want to review them um and they do make bikes that are good for taller people so it is a shame
but yeah what can we do it is interesting that motorcycle manufacturers aren't really catching on
in general to this idea because i think the height of of men and women is going up we are
getting taller as a nation as a world everyone's getting taller so why aren't bikes getting bigger
as well so they really need to think about that obviously there are short people and if you are
a short person watching this what do you think about motorcycle sizes are they too big for you
do you have the same problem on the other end of the spectrum that'd be interesting to hear as well
but uh yeah i think there needs to be more of a variety rather than most manufacturers
just making to what the average height is because i think that's going up anyway
so just a short video today um we've got lots lined up the lowrider s the old man is doing
very soon um i don't know whether that will go on before this or after i'm in talks with benelli so
hopefully we'll get some more benelli's very soon as well really been eager to get on those
um so hopefully we'll get some more hondas soon but we'll see more harleys more triumphs
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