growler_south | (no subject)

The bike is reassembled! Being a tiny human has its advantages, but sometimes you realise that things built to suit the average are just too big. Like the Suzuki Boulevard M50. Lovely styling with the sporty cruiser look, but unfortunately the low, sleek handlebars are just a wee bit too far forward for this midget- leading to an aching back and sore shoulders after only a few minutes of riding.

This is solved by pulling the bike to bits and installing different handlebars. Yup- I deliberately pulled apart a practically new bike and modified it. Hah!

We'll see how it goes on the ride to Canadia today.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

My bike needs a handlebar tweak too - the issue isn't as severe as yours, but on a long trip I find myself holding the ends of the grips which suggests that even with my relatively long reach, the bars are too far away. I think new risers should solve the problem rather than having to replace the bars themselves and deal with moving all the controls... but I haven't the foggiest [bleep]ing notion as to how to accomplish that, what size/type of riser would be appropriate, etc. Part of it is that I don't generally trust a motorcycle shop to just sell me what I need, rather than trying to "upsell" me when I don't really need it.