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Author Message   Uly1080 Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:08 pm:        Ok, so I'm bored. I'm also 5'9" on a good day, love the Uly more than any other bike I've owned, and refuse to lower it. Any other vertically challenged Uly riders on the Badweb?   Hdbobwithabuell Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:16 pm:        5'10" I'm not quite on my tip toes and would probably be ok at 5'9". My wife loves it, She's 4'10" on a lowered 883 and tip-toes ALL THE TIME. She's just finally glad that I can relate!   Crusty Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:19 pm:        5'8". I really like my Uly, but the XT has me thinking...   Johnnylunchbox Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:22 pm:        Ummmm 5'9.75" and never really considered myself vertically challenged. Maybe just not really tall. Uly not a problem.   Froggy Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:33 pm:        Also 5' 9" here   Hdbobwithabuell Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:35 pm:        I'm one tall SOB LOL   Joe_solo Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:42 pm:        5'7" - my 07' has the lower seat - it's still a reach. Wouldn't change a thing.   Markog Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 01:51 am:        5'6" with the 07 low seat, wouldn't change a thing,   Hughlysses Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 05:56 am:        I'm 5'8" or so, but I'd think that's a pretty irrelevant statistic. Inseam measurement is what shows how long your legs are. I'm 30" on a good day.   Bertotti Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 07:25 am:        5' 7.5" but I have a longer inseam, 31 inches barefooted.   Electraglider_1997 Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:21 am:        Crusty, It would seem that changing your back shock, 08 triple clamps, and heated grips would be a much more economical route. Slide your 06 forks up in the new clamps the appropriate amount. The oil pump and cooler is a non-issue IMHO.   Gotj Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 11:38 am:        Crusty, Ditto EG1977. An XB9 shock will lower the Uly 1.5" in the rear. To slide the forks up the required amount to match, you will need the Rox Risers but no new cables. Also, need to buy the XT side stand or shorten yours.   Hughlysses Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:37 pm:        The nice thing about using the XB12XT rear shock over an XB9 or 12 rear shock is that you keep the nifty remote adjuster.   Gotj Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 12:45 pm:        Quite true but it is the lowest cost option. The next lowest option, which does keep the adjuster, is to send the shock off to have the travel shortened.   Dr_greg Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 02:36 pm:        5-9, 32 inseam, 06 standard seat here. Have to tippy-toe it, but don't intend to change anything. After 42K miles still the best bike ever in 50 years of riding.   Danger_dave Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 03:58 pm:        6'5" mwahahahaahahhaahahahahah!   Florida_lime Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 04:08 pm:        Danger Dave said 6'5" mwahahahaahahhaahahahahah! Poor guy, I didn't know he was dyslexic, too ?   Murraebueller Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 04:11 pm:        Mabel is 5'6" and she rides an '06 with an '07 seat and loves it. We'll be riding in Mexico for most of February.   Danger_dave Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 04:14 pm:        I did it for doG.   Cityxslicker Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 04:48 pm:        5-6/5-7 depending on whose doing the measuring (you would think the drs could get it straight) and a damn 28 inch inseam. I could ride the ULY, I have around the track, but it is too tall for the chunky muddy off camber stuff that I do. Thus I ride the hell out of my CITYX and treat it like a ULY every chance I get.   Muppet Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 04:53 pm:        Another 5' 8" here, but with a 31" inseam and the factory low seat (bloody comfortable!) I don't have any problems. Like Crusty though I'll take a serious look at the XT when it comes over here. If it comes over here? (UK)   Helmetbolt Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 06:46 pm:        5' 17" here. 38" inseam... bugger.. wrong thread.   Etennuly Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 07:55 pm:        How do you guys get a 31" inseam at 5'8"? I'm 6' with a 31" inseam. With my ratio, I would probably have a 26" inseam if I was 5'7"!   Bertotti Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 08:34 pm:        Helmetbolt you're killin me, 5' 17 "   Johnnylunchbox Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 10:06 pm:        Etennuly - I have a 32" inseam at 5' 9.75". I guess I have long legs like my Uly.   Metalstorm Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 11:07 pm:        Do you measure your inseam from crotch to ankle or from crotch to floor?   Florida_lime Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 11:39 pm:        This sounds familiar and I don't like where this is going..... Ft_bstrd will have pictures soon.   Bertotti Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 11:49 pm:        I did from crotch to floor. I figure it isn't my ankles on the ground got another link between them and the ground.   Metalstorm Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 12:52 am:        At the great risk of invoking the dreaded Ft_bstrd pics *shudders* I'll say that I also measure to the floor. I guess I'd be just fine on a standard Uly. 5' 7 & 3/4" short with a 32" inseam. Legs arn't long, I just got a short trunk and a pin head. I guess I coulda been 5'9 if I had eaten my veggies   Cityxslicker Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 02:47 pm:        I suppose if I didnt start drinking coffee at 5 , I might have gotten taller, (it was a banner year for me, my first bike, first whiskey, first cigar, first principal visit)