| Author | Message | ||
     Electraglider_1997 |
Anybody else crack their knee by the frame puck when they come down from a good wheelie? That hurt. | ||
| Froggy |
I am just trying to picture in my head what kind of circus freak you are with legs that long. I have hit my head on the windshield a few times pulling it up, but never anything with my legs near the pucks. | ||
| Petereid |
Damn Froggy! I almost choked laughing at that one | ||
| Ulyscol |
Watch it Froggy! My knees stick out past the frame pucks. | ||
| Ourdee |
what kind of circus freak  Yer killin' me | ||
| Ronmold |
My sides hurt after the last wheelie, 'cuz my wife poked me so hard! Sure does loft easy with pillion. | ||
| Hmartin |
Every time. I'm a glutton for punishment. | ||
| Froggy |
Ulynut is freakishly tall and has no issue being behind the puck.  I have plenty of room:   | ||
| Etennuly |
Good wheelies don't hurt.  Wheelie pain for me was usually due to being over zealous with the throttle in my youth. Things like a broken ankle from my boot hooking on an em-beded rock on my first wheelie, on my first day, of riding my newly purchased TT500 in '78. My new '79 CB750F at a drag strip standing vertical as the rear turn signals bruise my inner thighs as I gripped the bike with my legs while nearly sliding off the back. Riding a CZ250 from the early 70's, finding out the back brake sucked after smashing the back of my helmet on the pavement. Many incidents on ATC's and four wheelers. I even flipped a sno-mobile over backwards proving that it could wheelie. I guess my dad was right back then. He made me wait until I was eighteen to have a motorcycle, then he bought a separate life insurance policy on me. I think the only way my knees would hit the pucks doing a wheelie is either standing up or during a really bad dismount. You likely flat foot at stop lights I presume.  | ||
| Froggy |
I bet he flat foots without taking his feet off the pegs. | ||
| Hmartin |
Not trying to get too serious over a lighthearted subject, but heck yes, the frame pucks crowd the knees. However, an aching knee is a good reminder to keep your license safe. Finding riding clothes that fit (I've stuck with Joe Rocket for that reason), fitting into coach class airline seats and having to buy larger, more expensive cars are also issues for us tall folks. Not complaining, mind you. The Uly's seat height and peg position are a big part of what attracted me to it in the first place. I think the advantages of being a freakishly tall circus freak far outweigh the disadvantages, the least of which being able to flat foot the stock '06 seat.  | ||
| Electraglider_1997 |
Actually the inside of my right knee clobbered the frame/tank where it coves out. When the bike slammed down on the front wheel my body moved forward and my knee hit. I'm 6' with a 34 inseam, hardly in the freak category. I can pretty much flat foot my ULY and I got the original tall seat, but I've got the rear pre-load minimized. | ||
| Snojet |
To poke fun and defend us "Tall People"... I would imagine that all of you that call us greater than 6" 2" or so - "Freakishly Tall". (I'm 6' 4") Are "Vertically Challenged" and can't sit on the Uly properly without mods. Maybe a little Napoleon complex residing within you? | ||
| Ourdee |
Hey, I can flat foot it at 5'7". Left or right. Someone makes a rubber type mat material that can be put on the frame rails. It would allow you to grip the bike with your thighs, er knees. | ||
| Snojet |
Check this out Ourdee... From Ulygirl, from the post of "Numb Hand" Posted on Friday, May 08, 2009 - 11:38 pm: -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Gotta share a surprise discovery. I also suffer from right hand numbing. Brought in all the usual suspects: HVPM bar end weights, Grip Puppies and a Throttle Rocker. All with negligible effect. Figured I needed to visit the chiropractor, as many of the nerve origins to the hands emanate from the cervical spine. Then, in yet another attempt to reduce even one more degree of heat (I'm an Arizona commuter,) I decided to install tank grips along the sides of the frame...to remove my leg from direct contact with the hot frame. The most interesting result of this farkle turned out to be the reduction of hand numbness! Apparently the grips allow me to use my legs and core muscles to hold my riding position in the seat thereby reducing pressure on my arms and hands. I can't tell you that the numbness has been totally eliminated, but it has been significantly reduced. Just thought I'd share this observation with you. I got the grip pads from TechSpec (www.techspec-usa.com) They don't make a specific set for the Uly, so I bought a general sheet (2 to a pack) made for Sport Bikes, and cut them to fit. | ||
| Ourdee |
Yep that is where I saw it. |
