I need help I really need to lower my bike to get my feet firmly on the ground.
What is the best way to do this???????

Let the tyres down.

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Whatcha got? Would this be any use?

Or get some of the boots that Roz wears

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Daytona Ladystars. With raised sole and heel. Cost a bit, but what decent bike gear doesn't?

The seat looks much the same as mine. She is an 03 xb9s.
As I am only small I struggle to keep her up now and then.
I really need some way of lowering her about 1 to 2inch I feel this would make it far easier to handle at junctions and when manoeuvring slowly.

you could have some of the padding taken out of your own seat,
most seat recovering/trimmers can do this for you ,
or the scg has a lower seat, if you can find one secondhand, also the scg had lower suspension , depends how much you intend to spend really.

Hi an welcome BTW

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One way is to fit the seat from the XB12CG model as this has bugger all padding.

Next and more expensive would be to fit cg suspension, around £1000 new I believe...........oh yes, and you need the shorter cg sidestand.

How tall are you? Mrs Adam rides a Ss Long, she's 5'4'' and has no problem after I took a bit of foam out of the top of the seat and, more importantly, narrowed it a bit. Easy to do, the seat cover is stapled on

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I’m taking her in to Area 51 custom bikes in Glasgow on sat.
Spoke to there seat guy today and he recons it should be no problem so ill keep you posted on progress.

I asked the seller about the saddle, it's for the stt - same as the ss so wouldn't fit and xb9s.

Anyone know of saddle alterin places in brum?

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Before you look at getting the seat lowered, take it off and straddle the bike. I found with my XBR that It didn't make a jot of difference so trying to shave the seat would have been a total waste of time and money. The bike's width was the problem - maybe its well designed for the average Bueller's... ahem... width

Ended up going down the SCG shock/forks/stand route and although expensive, was well worth it in my mind. The bike now fits perfectly.

I don't know much about much...but that is not an STT seat. Might be for an Ss, and so would fit an STT, but it's not an STT seat.

You're right, though, if it fits an Ss/STT it won't fit an S.

Al

When I have been on tall bikes I just put one leg down and shift me arse over some.
Could you adopt a diferent style of riding?
We are supposed to only put the left leg down any way.

I found high heels are cold, especially the opened toed ones.

N.

That's good advice Nate and works well for most bikes, in most situations. Buells are heavy however and cambers on roads don't care about leg length and bike weight. I rode a really tall something or other off road and that theory was easily put into practice but I just couldn't apply it to my Firebolt when I had it. There are many situations when you need both feet on the floor, backing into parking spaces for example. It's not always possible to just get off and push, especially if there is a camber and the bike is heavy.
I lowered my Fazer with a dog bone linkage between the suspension, took about an inch off but the Buells don't have that possibility. The Daytona Ladystars add about an inch and half to leg length which helped but still didn't give me enough foot purchase to feel confident.
Maybe it's a girl thing, our thighs aren't as compact as a guys so we struggle with the weight but it is a problem.
When I first started looking at Buells I thought the mass centralisation was a good idea and would make them more manageable but while it's great for riding it doesn't help on the stopping bits.
The Scg is so much better all round for me, the height and angle of the bars makes it easier to move when off the bike and the lower height means I can paddle it if needed.
Mind you, it's still waaaay heavier than the Triumph or the Fazer, just more manageable than the 'bolt.