pozo_izquierdo
May 11th, 2007, 4:33 pm
Although I am not particularly tall myself (180 cm = 6') I have found the stock seating position quite cramped and that's why I designed the famous power seat height adjustment. http://picasaweb.google.com/pozoizquierdo/POWERSEATADJUSTER
But I soon realized that the front side of the seat needs to be raised as well. I did not go for any powered mechanism on there any more but merely extended the seat front bracket so that the nose of the seat sits a total of 42 mm higher than stock.
So my recipe for the tall guys would be to extend the front bracket up to 20 - 42 mm (42 mm is the max IMHO) and also extend the rear (two position bracket that folds out from the seat) maximum of 50 - 60 mm.
Extending the rear bracket is just my idea. I have never done it myself as my seat does not even have that part any more due to the quite extensive power seat mod.
A tall guy can have the seat permanently in high position unlike a shortie like me who needs to lower the seat in the city traffic, so if the powered seat adjuster seems to far out job just raise the seat by modifying the brackets. It is not a terribly difficult job but of course some basic welding skills (either own or borrowed) will be needed.
This affects the looks of the bike somewhat (depending on the year of the bike how severly) and in the following photo album there are some pictures with explanations on how I fixed the looks issue. My '05 bike has the older model seat pan (Russell seat) so the actual need for covering the gap between the tupperware and the seat pan depends somewhat on the year of the bike.
http://picasaweb.google.com/pozoizquierdo/RAISINGTHESEATANDMAKINGASKIRTTOCOVERTHEGAP
Regards
But I soon realized that the front side of the seat needs to be raised as well. I did not go for any powered mechanism on there any more but merely extended the seat front bracket so that the nose of the seat sits a total of 42 mm higher than stock.
So my recipe for the tall guys would be to extend the front bracket up to 20 - 42 mm (42 mm is the max IMHO) and also extend the rear (two position bracket that folds out from the seat) maximum of 50 - 60 mm.
Extending the rear bracket is just my idea. I have never done it myself as my seat does not even have that part any more due to the quite extensive power seat mod.
A tall guy can have the seat permanently in high position unlike a shortie like me who needs to lower the seat in the city traffic, so if the powered seat adjuster seems to far out job just raise the seat by modifying the brackets. It is not a terribly difficult job but of course some basic welding skills (either own or borrowed) will be needed.
This affects the looks of the bike somewhat (depending on the year of the bike how severly) and in the following photo album there are some pictures with explanations on how I fixed the looks issue. My '05 bike has the older model seat pan (Russell seat) so the actual need for covering the gap between the tupperware and the seat pan depends somewhat on the year of the bike.
http://picasaweb.google.com/pozoizquierdo/RAISINGTHESEATANDMAKINGASKIRTTOCOVERTHEGAP
Regards