| Author | Message | ||
     Trakmastr |
How do you like your motorcycle? Would you ( or have you ) take long trips, say 350+ miles with it? Has anyone tried the bags on it and how do they fare? I am 5'7" with a 30" inseam, and feel that the CG would be comfortable for long trips. I own a 96 S1 and love it but not for any trip longer than 300mi. my butt won't take it anymore. How much do you like your motorcycles? S1 | ||
| Dmhines |
I have a CG ... and it is just the opposite ... the cg has a rock hard seat and your legs are bent more when they are on the pegs ... I would think a model with the extra padding on the seat would be better for a long ride. After a single tank of gas you will be read for a break .... I have a 30 inch inseam ... and I prefer the fact that I am no standing on my toes when stopped at a light or in traffic. | ||
| Ferocity02 |
After 30-40 miles I can feel it in my butt. They took a lot of padding out of the seat to lower it down. I'm 5'9" and I like the Scg. The pegs are a little too high for me. I'm going to get the 1" lower ones to replace them. | ||
| Bebop |
It might be worth the money to invest in a Select or Corbin seat. The comfort might be worth the increased seat height. I think it would still be lower than a standard lightning. Also if the seat is higher that should increase the distance to the pegs and give you a little more leg room. (Message edited by bebop on February 06, 2008) | ||
| Dentfixer |
I have an 06 Scg. It's the suspension that lowers it. I have the Select seat as well. Makes a big difference for me.I'm 5'7" and 30" inseam. Sit flat footed on the bike if I have my riding boots on. But I can't answer your original question as I've never ridden more than 130 miles at one time. Pretty much one tank of gas then you get an ass break. (It's winter here so I actually forget how many miles I get from a tank of gas! Been too long since I rode!)I do think I could ride all day with no real discomfort. Maybe wear a pair of gel bicycle shorts under your leathers would match the comfort of the gel seat, Both together would make it pretty plush! Oh yeah, I love my Scg! | ||
| Mtch |
im 5'6" and find the cg just fine with my 28" leg.rode 350 miles in one day across france last year. that was with 3 stops for fuel and a 'short'  break each time. had no problems with the seat. | ||
| Venompwr2 |
ah now you see I am a big guy, 6'2" and 230lbs, 32" inseam and I ride an scg. I find it super comfortable and I am not stretching my legs anywhere or crunching them in to ride either. I find it more comfortable than the SS which most people my size tend to choose. | ||
| Mr_gto |
my wife is about 5'2" and she stand almost flat footed on the scg. You must look like a circus bear riding a bicycle!  | ||
| Tx05xb12s |
I've taken many 300 to 500 mile trips on my cg and have no complaints other than my knees start to hurt a bit by the end of the day. It's been modified quite a bit though. R front end, R pegs & a Corbin saddle. I'm 67" by the way. | ||
| Odie |
Mine started out as an "S" and I put Scg suspension parts on it. I usually run a Low seat also but with the suspension on it I like it better with my Streetfighter seat. It's a little more comfy. A select seat would be the ticket I feel. They are very comfy. | ||
| Lllbmanlll |
I have a cg and have put on a select seat because of how uncomfortable the original was. I highly recommend the select seat. I have no problem putting on a few hundred miles now. BTW I'm 5'9" and with the added cushion of the seat I can still put both feet almost flat on the ground. I noticed that Ferocity02 says he'd like to put on the 1" lower pegs. I was under the impression that they were on from factory since they're on mine. Although I did buy my bike used and the previous rider may have put them on. | ||
| Buellerandy |
I was going to say, If you can handle being up a little higher than the scg seat, get the scg and add the select seat or even the stock 12S seat. | ||
| Hammeroid |
I am 5.6' with a 29" inseam and I ride the long. I gutted the touring seat and I can get the balls of my feet on the ground. Bike is really comfortable even with the lower clubman style bars. However, if I had to do it over I would get the scg with the select seat. Have any of you noticed a difference in the amount of lean angle on the scg as compared to a regular s. Is it less or the same???? | ||
| Bikertrash05 |
The '08 cg seat is much softer then the previous ones. | ||
| Torq |
mine is an '05 and has been to Daytona and back from the south South Miami area,about 320 miles a couple of times, not to mention Key West and back also,about 250 miles.I'm a big boy at 250 lbs. and 6 ft even,but an inseam of 32. changed the seat last year to a stock '07 XB9SX CityX seat,which is different than the previous versions with material and padding. been to Daytona 2 more times since then and any inner thigh soreness previously experienced disappeared. now its a joy for long hauls. | ||
| Towjam |
Have any of you noticed a difference in the amount of lean angle on the scg as compared to a regular s. Is it less or the same???? I'm not sure how Buell pulls it off given the limited ground clearance of the Scg, but it has the same lean angle at the 12Ss (at least on paper). I've ridden both and I can't come near touching the pegs down on either. | ||
| Hammeroid |
Towjam, thanks, that was really my only concern about that bike. Like you say, on paper it's the same. I just wanted some real life opinion. | ||
| Bobr |
I have an 03xb9sl, same bike as the cg with the smaller motor. The 03 saddle seems much harder than the current version to me, but I find it plenty comfortable. I expect you will find the cg comfy enough seat-wise. It also seems to me that with a 30" inseam you would be comfortable on the taller version. My inseam is 26" and I'm 5'3". I occasionally ride my wife's lightning long and can manage it. I definitely prefer the crisp handling of the shorter wheelbase, though. Both of us have the BMC saddlebags and they work well and look good on the bike. She has the BMC seat bag and I have the cortech/tourmaster version and like it better. If you really want luggage capacity hepco and becker (the company that supplies luggage for the uly) makes brackets and bags for all the lightning models. Cheers, Bob | ||
| Edstevens |
Trakmastr 5'3" with 25.5" to 26" inseam. 2003 XB9SLow with stock low seat. Lots of 10 to 12 hour days in the saddle and by the end of 10 to 12 hours I look like a motocrosser standing on the pegs to get a little relief. (Sometimes it freaks cagers out when you just stand up riding down the road) Then I found ROHO AirHawk air suspension seat pad. Now I'm Livin' Large, but sadly not Walkin' Tall; but I am Sittin' Pretty. I really like the way my XB handles and for short rides up to four hours I don't use the AirHawk seatpad. Medium Cruiser size pad is the size I use. | ||
| Bobr |
Holy Cow! Somebody else as short as me! "XB9SLow". That's funny.  I put a drummer on mine and it's got more get up and go now. Haven't ridden and 08 but my 9 seems smoother than my wife's 12. | ||
| Torq |
scraped my feelers only once,and my chicken strips are at the edge. ground clearance between the two is only 8/10ths of an inch when vertical,the additional lowering comes from the seat height. at lean angle that 8/10ths would not really be 8/10ths but even less if my geometry serves me correct, so even if realistically you lose 1 to 2 degrees of lean would you really notice it? especially with a 52 inch wheelbase??? | ||
| Lugnut |
I'm 5'-5" with a 29" inseam and I love the bike. It has the stock seat and I haven't had any problem with it, but I usually do about 200 miles when I go for a decent ride. Don't know if it gets bothersome after that. | ||
| Metalstorm |
I've scraped my left peg feeler a few times. I cheated though. Every time was on this one particular left hand turn that has an insane crown I still have about 1/8 to 1/16 of a chicken strip on either side of the rear tire. The front probably has close to 1/4" of untouched rubber on it. I gotta start leaning more (of course that means more speed and I just get so damn paranoid about cops lurking about). The point is that for street use, the cg will lean with the best of them and far out lean the worse of them  | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Theres bags for the Lightning, through Buell, H&B, Givi, and my personal favorite Caribou cases. for real comfort put the CityX skyline seat on the Scg ( you should still be tall enough to get the balls of your feet firmly on the ground) You may have to change your bar, seat, foot peg riders triangle but it is easy enough to do. ( will ride all day every day if I had the time, gas, and money to do it) a good day is 3 full tanks of gas | ||
| Asym50 |
05 cg here with Corbin seat. 5'4" with 28" inseam. I have done 300-500 in a day. The gas stops are enough to give rest to the weary parts. I use the factory seat with the Buell tail bag for around town. The Buell saddle bags are small, added a backpack for more storage. I'm never giving this one up. | ||
| Sneth |
I am 5'8" and this bike is a perfect fit. The seat is rock hard, as it is lowered a inch more than the rest. Buy a select seat and a laminar lip windscreen. Then you'll be ready for some small touring. | ||
| Cobra |
I feel kind of dumb (or a lot dumb) but I just found out today that my 2005 XB12S is an XB12Scg. I had thought that it was the regular 12S when I bought it a month ago. I thought it looked kind of squatty but it has a different seat and it didn't feel low so I didn't put much thought into it. The more I looked at it and other bikes on here the more I questioned it's true identity. I did some eyeballing of the forks and they are definitely the short ones. It also has the yellow rear spring which apparently means the lower suspension. It doesn't really bother me that it is a cg but I just thought that I would have known before now. Shouldn't my bike have some kind of cg badging on the cheese grater or bar clamp? | ||
| Wpadave |
The Scg does not have any special badging. The fastest way to tell is the yellow spring. The way to tell if the bike was originally manufactured as an Scg is from the VIN. For 2005 the code from the service manual is as follows: 4MZSX**** 17 digits - Lightning X model 4MZWX**** 17 digits - Lightning SL or SCG model 4MZKX**** 17 digits - Lightning SX model I'm not sure of the difference between an X or SX Lightning but my 2005 XB12Scg has the WX in the VIN. | ||
| Believer |
Hello, i got my buell to. I ordered lightning xb12scg and on every paper and homolagation it says that it's scg, but the height of the seat is about 30inch. Do anybody know, how that happened? The seat is too heigh for me! | ||
| Perry |
On my '05 scg the factory seat dipped pretty low. I replaced the seat with the select seat and it was an inch or so higher, but worth it because of the added comfort. Maybe the newer bikes (or just yours) come with a different (higher) seat? |
