first bike for short person

s14driftking

hi im looking for suggestions for a first bike, im a bit short in the leg department at only 5 foot 5. few suggestions and opionons please. examples even better, budget is 1500 and im after a sports bike cbr bandit etc

Dodd

What age are you.?
Ins will be much more on a CBR than a Bandit if you are young.

Also a Bandit is not a sports bike.

s14driftking

31 insurance no problem for any bike as just adding it as an add on to my trade policy.
id reguard them as a sports tourer that is the type bike im after.
on a mates bandit today found it just a touch to tall for me but its street fighed if that makes any difference

Dodd

Have you though about a Hornet,that's a mix of the two.
You should try one out for size.

Dodd

Also look into a VFR as many use them to tour.

s14driftking

Dodd wrote: »

Have you though about a Hornet,that's a mix of the two.
You should try one out for size.

just checked them out on donedeal not bad looking bike heres the only recentish one on there within budget thou but still up for 11 days so probably gone

http://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/honda-hornet-600/5300628

thinking of going to look at this maybe tomorrow

http://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/bandit-street-fighter/5342159

Dodd

The problem I have with street fighters is are thay like that with cheep parts after a bad crash or just because someone wanted it like that.
If an add said " have all the old parts"then sure,but most have been in a crash that it is Cheeper to fight it rather than get it back the way it was.

s14driftking

Dodd wrote: »

The problem I have with street fighters is are thay like that with cheep parts after a bad crash or just because someone wanted it like that.
If an add said " have all the old parts"then sure,but most have been in a crash that it is Cheeper to fight it rather than get it back the way it was.

tbh I think id prefer a street fighted bike for a first bike as no expensive fairings to replace and get tixed when id have a fall from it and I feell it be bound to happen with first bike.
if going to look at a fighter what extra is there to look for my mate is well up on bikes and be coming with me, I know to check fork seals discs tyres sprockets but what other tell tales to bad repair

Dodd

Also IMO you can't turn a bandit SF.
It is more turning a sport bike into a bandit look alike but with power.

Dodd

Foot rest is one way I tell the milage but if this bike has had a lot of work done then it could look new but be a pease of sh1t.
Look at the bolts and screws to see any sigh they were removed,that will tell a story of its own.
My advice leave it a while and others here might put you right. But don't buy that.

s14driftking

went to look at that bandit this evening waste of time originally a track bike my mate reckons and would require a lot of work to use for road again

Wonda-Boy

How about a mini moto?

Stainless_Steel

Check out cycle-ergo.com

You can put in your height etc and it shows how you'd sit on various bikes.

AgileMyth

'misplaced book but easily applied for'
Well ****ing apply for it so before you put it up for sale.

Zascar

I used to have a Ducati monster they have a very low seat height. I loved it, cracking bike.

CBRLizzie

I'm almost 5ft2 & used to ride a CBR600, have a SV now - I have lifts in my boots, but I imagine you'd have no problems.

s14driftking

CBRLizzie wrote: »

I'm almost 5ft2 & used to ride a CBR600, have a SV now - I have lifts in my boots, but I imagine you'd have no problems.

thank you.
might have a gixer coming my way tomorrow if we do the trade for the kit car

s14driftking

looking like it could be a gixer 750 as a first bike any pros and cons to one as first bike

Wossack

what year? whats yer license situation like? may not be possible depending on your license

that aside, I wouldnt suggest one to start on at all. They aint learner bikes

Mr.Fred

s14driftking wrote: »

looking like it could be a gixer 750 as a first bike any pros and cons to one as first bike

Pros - its a a cracking bike in the right hands.

Cons - It's more than likely going to end badly with a learner on board.

A naked bike would be the best to start with having said that there are people who've started out on sports bikes and no bother to them. It depends what you've got in the brains dept.

Good Luck with it either way.

s14driftking

Wossack wrote: »

what year? whats yer license situation like? may not be possible depending on your license

that aside, I wouldnt suggest one to start on at all. They aint learner bikes

its 93 street fighted it will be first bike
y woundn they be a learner bike

Wossack

theres a pretty good thread out there on the pros / cons (mostly cons) of starting out on a 600cc sports - can sorta stretch that out to see why 750cc aint wise (imo)

and could be wrong, but dont believe it can be ridden on learner permits these days anyway

AgileMyth

s14driftking wrote: »

its 93 street fighted it will be first bike
y woundn they be a learner bike

The new licence laws mean the bike has to be below a certain power before you can restrict it. It was brought in to stop people starting on Gsxr 750's and killing themselves.