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Vonsliek
Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - 03:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

hi guys,

do any of the racers use a more angled & higher seated subframe?

i pondered this tonight riding & thinking abt leg position.

i am 5'9" but find that on balls of feet/toes legs ankles feel a wee bit compressed.

so - aside from fancy aftermarket rearsets - i wondered the subframe question.

thanks for any input.
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Trojan
Posted on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - 05:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Shouldn't be too hard to weld in a couple of small extensions into the lower arms of the stock subframe. Problem then would be the stock seat unit wouldn't fit properly.

Alternatively how about something like this:








Keeps the stock subframe but lifts the seat unit slightly. Also saves weight by getting rid of the stock saddle : )
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Vonsliek
Posted on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 08:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

no offence meant matt .. but that is fugly dude!

i LIKE seat foam to be bugger all, but that is all wrong!!

infact - i may make my own subframe & fiberglass, as i can't find what i want.

its for racing & most units seem to have a hole for the stock seat to fit in - its a heavy sucker by racing standards, so HAS to go!

also, transferrance of body weight & pos'n will be MUCH easier w/ no foam - locally, i believe is was chris peris' yamaha's i saw w/ absolutely NO foam.

just polished paint!

make sense - how many racer's actually SIT on their bikes in a sprint, let alone complain of sore bottom??!! ;P

i ain't near killing myself in gym & w/ diet to have a soft pad for my ass!

pauly.
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