Can you adjust a bikes seat height?

[randomspam]

Hi,

I have an XR125L and am starting to wonder whether it's a little too high for me, when filtering or walkking the bike I'm having to use tip toes. When stopped I can have 1 foot down fine but not both. I really like my Xr125L but think that maybe something lower might help me with balance & gain more confidence. The XR's seat height is 820mm (32.2 inches), I'm 5ft 9" (179cm) but have a short inside leg. Maybe I should sell it and buy something lower. Hmmm... Is it possible to adjust the seat height of a bike?

Cheers
Rs

[Ric]

should be able to lower it

some bikes have lowering kits to make them easier for shorter people to ride

[Bendy]

If the seat's quite foamy, you can get some foam cut out of it to bring it down a bit, or replace it with a thin gel pad seat instead.

You can get serious suspension changes made if you really need to.

Two tiptoes or one flat foot is plenty *when you're confident with it* but if it's doing your head in it might be time to make a change.

How long have you had the bike? The first few weeks of riding my CBR I was convinced it was too high for me, now it doesn't bother me cos I'm used to it and I know 'where' the weight is and what it's gonna do. I rode Korn's XR at the weekend and even though I could reach the ground just as well as on the CBR, it felt terrible just cos it's a completely different kind of bike and I wasn't confident with where the weight is and that threw me (I can get on another sportbike and if feels okay cos they're not that different from the cbr).

Here's the Short Bikes List again - read it, it's got some good advice. https://www.nebcom.com/noemi/moto/sbl.faq.html