I'm too tall! Is there a way to lift seat?

[Morkable]

So it turns out that being 6'2" tall is not a positive on this bike (1984 Venture Royal). Is there a way to lift the seat, or something that can be put on it or an aftermarket seat?

 

thanks

 

Kevin

[Flyinfool]

Check to make sure you have the stock seat. Most people even as tall as you complain the bike is t tall and are looking for ways to lower it. If you do have a lowered seat I'll bet someone will be more than happy to trade with you.

[Morkable]

I am not sure how to tell, but I think that it is the factory seat, It matches the backrest on the trunk, unless somebody decided to change that too??

 

Sitting at a stop light it is fine, but to ride it is painful. My legs are bunched up, even though I have moved the pegs as far forward as I can. I have to actually lift my whole leg to downshift.

 

 

Has anyone used those pads that I see you can buy, will that lift a person much I wonder?

 

 

Thanks

 

Kevin

[Flyinfool]

There are a few people that modify the stock seat by changing the foam inside and then reuse the original cover so it will still look OEM. About the only way to tell would be to compare to a known stock seat.

[bongobobny]

Tou could try a gel pad and a sheepskin, that may lift you up enough. Otherwise, you will have to MacGuyver some kind of extension straps for the seat mounting bars...

[Morkable]

Yeah I guess that is about all I can do. Does anyone have any experience with those gel pads? Do they stay on good? Is there a brand that is better than others?

 

My other thought is getting a good set of highway pegs. But I think that I might have to manufacture a bracket to get it far enough ahead to be able to stretch out a bit.

 

Thanks again

 

Kevin

[BlueSky]

I bought a gel seat cushion from onlygel.com for my Kawasaki. It's about an inch thick. It does raise me up a bit which isn't a problem on the Kawa except that it puts my head more into the turbulent zone behind the National Cycle Plexifairing 3 windshield. So far I've used it with the clips or hooks that hook under the sides of the seat on both sides. When I sit on it and compress the seat the hook may come loose. It did come with a strap that can go under the seat all the way across but I haven't tried that yet. The cushion appears to be high quality. Some highway pegs may be what you need. I bought some cheap ones for the kawa and I can't get them tight enough to keep from turning on the crash bar.

[Freebird]

The Kurakyn Longhorn Offsets highway pegs put them a good ways out. That is what I use on my '05 and I think I had them on my '88 but can't remember for sure.

 

Something like this is what I have.

 

http://www.kuryakyn.com/products/460/longhorn-offset-highway-pegs

[videoarizona]

:sign yeah that:

 

 

The only issue I've found with any highway pegs is getting them out to the side far enough so my legs don't rub on the sides of the fairing. Hopefully those that you linked to, Don, would do the trick.

[Condor]

Lots of ideas here on how to deal with the seat, but from what you posted the problem is having to lift you leg to shift. I'm... or used to be... 6'7" and the first gen was the most comfortable scoot I've ridden on a long trip. The problem is your angle of the foot controls. Pull them off the spline and drop the peg to about the angle of your foot sits when it's on the peg. Both sides. You'll never have to take your foot off the peg to shift or brake... Highway pegs mounted on the engine guards will let you stretch out the legs if needed.

[RedRider]

+1 on the Longhorns. I have them on my 2nd Gen. I'm 6'4" and am able to stretch my legs out.

 

RR

[camos]

Yeah I guess that is about all I can do. Does anyone have any experience with those gel pads? Do they stay on good? Is there a brand that is better than others?

 

My other thought is getting a good set of highway pegs. But I think that I might have to manufacture a bracket to get it far enough ahead to be able to stretch out a bit.

 

Thanks again

 

Kevin

I bought a gel pad that works well at Canadian Tire a few years ago and cut it to fit under the seat cover. Every so often they have them on sale for about $10.

 

Both lifting the seat somehow and having highway pegs will make the Venture more comfortable. Mounting OEM highway pegs on the engine top bar of the crash guard isn't particularly successful due to the curve and the height. However, mounting on the vertical bar works quite well because it is forward and the peg can be lowered. The problem with this position is that it reduces the area available for your foot. To get around that, an extended mounting bolt will make more room for the foot.

 

Kuryakin makes a nice adjustable highway peg for a high price that can mitigate the bad angles of the crash guard.

 

If you are having a difficult time bending your legs then perhaps limbering up with daily leg squats might be a really healthy and inexpensive part of the solution.

 

It's not so much about how tall you are but more about how long your legs are. I'm 6' 3" with a 33 inch inseam and can manage the fold up reasonably well. It was more difficult to begin with but after seven years on the VR it no longer seems to be much of an issue.

[s.tyler58]

Thanks Vamos! Good to know. I'm 6' with a 34" inseam and had the same question about highway pegs. My problem is 165 lb it sounds like I need to double my body weight!

 

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[s.tyler58]

Camos

 

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[camos]

Camos

 

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Haha, no need to do a new post to make a correction for a spelling mistake, a typo or a misstatement. That's what the "Edit" button is for. In fact, there are so many typos, spelling errors and grammatical errors on here that we have all gotten used to them and hardly even notice or just read around them.

[s.tyler58]

I use voice to text a lot so I don't get any proper grammatical typing. And like spell check it might be spelled correctly but it's the wrong word. Hahaha

 

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[zagger]

You might want to consider moving the foot controls forward so that your legs aren't crunched. My controls are 24 inches forward from the stock position and seat height doesn't matter very much. This arrangement is very comfortable for me. Of course, I don't have any plastic bodywork to work around - maybe forward controls wouldn't be possible on a stock bike. Just something to consider.

zag

 

So it turns out that being 6'2" tall is not a positive on this bike (1984 Venture Royal). Is there a way to lift the seat, or something that can be put on it or an aftermarket seat?

 

thanks

 

Kevin

[Mcolabella]

I know your feeling, I have an 89 that I am selling for pretty much the same resson. I even put heel toe shifter with floor boatds, I find myself struggling to use the breake and shift. I need an 2nd gen where the contols are more forward.

It wss explained to me that our bikes our set up like an eastrem saddle verse 2nd gen being an westren saddle set up legs more forward vs bent 90% as ours