SM/Enduro for short people

[Sam_Y_93]

My dads planning on getting a sumo/enduro soon and putting me on the insurance as a second bike. Problem is, is that I am 5ft 6 at a rough guess, with really short legs. One of the bikes he is looking at is an xr600 which is 940mm seat height, would it just be stupid me trying to ride this? or is there anyone out there who manages something along these lines?
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[Skudd]

Every other bike is for short arses like you, leave the off road types alone for us tall people.
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[Sam_Y_93]

But it looks like so much fun

Plus he said he wouldn't mind if I attempted to learn how to wheelie on it
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[P.addy]

[Sam_Y_93]

Wouldn't wanna drop it, plus I have heard that if the front end is up for too long the front two cylinder suffer from oil starvation so would rather not
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[BigTobyD]

How long are you going to be wheelying for?

Anyway Serow, the off road bike for girls and oompah loompahs

Happy to help
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[colin1]

I'm 5ft 7. I had a yamaha tt250r which wasnt a problem. Its the same as a ttr250. I tried a yzf450 and a wr450. They felt pretty tall and were ok on road but not so good offroad for a short arse.
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[bacon]

CCM R30, I'm the same height as you, with short legs also.

I sat on Tuttons R30, and although its a one foot down at a time jobby, it weighs bugger all, so it doesnt matter if you lean it over far to get your foot down. There are 2 engine types used, one of which is the 604cc Rotax, very agricultural!

The downside is thats its a ccm, so likely to break fairly often

[Sam_Y_93]

It's not all about the wheelies any way Recently I just really like the idea of a supermoto. And Toby after my last attempts at a wheelie we are looking at about a foot off of the ground for about a second then I fall off the side That was on a moped though...

Just had a word with him and he is thinking more 400 size whether that makes a difference in height I don't know, will have a look into the ccm as there is a dealer fairly close
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[HD]

DRZ400sm it is then



https://images.clickedit.co.uk/741/car_id_921_1.jpg
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[Sam_Y_93]

Went into the ccm place earlier, and have found an awesome little thing.

The FT35
https://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/CCM/CCM_FT35_d3-016r.jpg

Got a tuned DRZ engine in it, wide bars low seat. It looks the nuts shame it's 5.5k...
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[Gerrard]

Have a look at the Honda CRF 230.. lower seat hight and bullit proof.
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[G]

Is it just the look you want, do you want to do off-roading?
I presume you don't care about the silly-lightness of decent supermotos?

Oh and that CCM is flat tracker style, technically .

[Imonster]

I'm a bit of a short arse at 5'9 and a bit and struggle to touch the ground on 450's. What sir needs to do is perfect the "slide butt off seat as coming to a stop" technique, as demonstrated at 1.51 in this video by yours truly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3FYmeA4UQY

Or as said above, get a Serow; they're awesome little bikes for the lanes, though a little lacking in power on the road...
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[Raffles]

[Sam_Y_93]

Would love to get off road, but wouldn't know where to start, who to go with, or where to go. Also why would I care about the lightness? is that not a bit of a good thing? And yeah figured it was a flat tracker as its called a flat tracker

Imonster, you mean your the person with one foot firmly on the peg and the other firmly on the floor? yeah even with a bit of an arse shuffle I doubt I could do that.

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[Sam_Y_93]

Ahhh I read it as you meaning the lightness of it being bad . Would be one of the good points of it of course, also its not going to be my bike it's all down to the old man. I just wanna get insured on it
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[Gerrard]

But you want to be insured on some thing you can ride?
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[hmmmnz]

i used to have a xr600 when i was 13, i can't of been any taller than you,
i don't remember any problems on it

just figure it out
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