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Post by scoot gaz on Nov 26, 2006 22:53:09 GMT
hey guys, just wondering how you folks ride your scoots, obviously the ladies ride side saddle  . but what about the guys? i personally ride mine in the hokey kokey style, left knee in right knee out. i also sit quite far forward on my seat so I'm kinda upright and proud like a gentleman on his trusty steed.  |
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Post by Big Scotty on Nov 27, 2006 9:15:39 GMT
I used to sit right at the back of my seat, arms fully stretched out and head down, looking mean. But after 5 miles or so it killed me back.  So now, I sit at the front of the seat, with me knees sticking out and back bolt upright. No pain at all, but it doea knock 5mph off me top speed!  |
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Post by Spence on Nov 27, 2006 12:22:25 GMT
Since fitting front crashbars to my PX, I find I have to have my feet sticking out more than before, otherwise it can result in some nerve-jangling, coming to a stop and not being able to get your feet on the floor in time moments.
Always sit right at the front of the saddle though, it's the moddy way and as Scotty says, much easier on the back. Arse at the back of the seat and hunched forward is strictly for Lambretta TS1 frustrated motorcyclists.
Missed you in Germany this weekend Scotty, you missed a blinder mate. Photos coming soon.
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Post by Big Scotty on Nov 28, 2006 11:11:39 GMT
Missed you in Germany this weekend Scotty, you missed a blinder mate. Photos coming soon. Good to see you had a good one Spence. I'm having a nightmare at work at the moment. Can't plan me life more than 2 weeks ahead.  Trying to get free for the ND bash in Feb though, fingers crossed. ;D |
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Post by Lucia on Nov 28, 2006 11:25:47 GMT
In a skirt, and knee high boots ;D
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Post by Spence on Nov 28, 2006 12:16:54 GMT
Steady.
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Post by Big Scotty on Nov 28, 2006 13:07:36 GMT
In a skirt, and knee high boots ;D Cor blimey missus!  |
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Post by Lucia on Nov 29, 2006 9:47:11 GMT
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Post by Feed Your Head on Dec 3, 2006 10:07:59 GMT
roughly in the middle, with feet sticking out at 45 degrees (same reason as spence with crash bars) leaning fwd to go up hill and back to go down ( tho when the wife is on as pillion , backwards ain't so easy, and sitting a little further fwd). still, quite comfy even at 6'5". ;D |
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Post by Smallframe on Dec 4, 2006 17:58:23 GMT
ride just fast enough to beat wet leaves travelling in gutters
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Post by nickthegreek on Jan 23, 2007 16:08:03 GMT
personally i ride with my feet 90 degrees (or close to it) to the floorboards, feet dangling off the edge of the frame. and i sit up the front on the seat..
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Post by Spence on Jan 23, 2007 19:43:44 GMT
90 degress in which direction? Straight up?
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Post by Feed Your Head on Jan 24, 2007 7:55:13 GMT
8-)at the moment i'm riding in 0 - 2 degrees centigrade. wet. windy. but i love it still. lol ;D
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Post by Rudi on Feb 5, 2007 19:53:46 GMT
i ride it with left foot on the bar, and the right on the floorborad, BUT, whenever i ride with my girl, i have to put the heels at the end and my feet are sticking out on each side , thus i look like a frog....
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Post by beanie on Feb 28, 2007 11:42:25 GMT
yeah i ride with my knees pointing out and feet as well with a pillion [makes getting to the foot brake fun]but solo i try it all at the back in the middle feet in feet out an after a very long ride legs locked pointing foward past the leg shields but i always face fowards
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Post by platthedude on Mar 6, 2007 15:58:16 GMT
On rallies always back of teh seat but around town and maybe in a rush then knee's in and head down. My T5 just seems to love racing anything it can.lol
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Post by skrappey on May 11, 2007 20:18:59 GMT
I've got single seats on both my vespas so I sit where my saddle dictates generally, about mid-way between front and rear, I find this most comfortable also. My feet stick out the front edge of the boards and centrally if it's windy. Having just passed my test on the LML my missus wants the full length seat back on for lifts on the pillion. I am resisting this course of action because I find riding with a passenger a pain in the arse as I have to worry about them scratching their bum and sending me into a tail spin every time they shift their weight.
So, I ride solo and like a loony with my knees in the breeze, what other way is there?
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Post by twotone on May 12, 2007 16:08:11 GMT
In a skirt, and knee high boots ;D Now that I would like to see!  |
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Post by guppstah on May 13, 2007 9:18:12 GMT
In a skirt, and knee high boots ;D Now that I would like to see! I just thought it and didn't actually say it, like a few others I reckon Come on be honest. I personally find it a bit breezy around the Cairngorms riding while wearing a skirt Gaz |
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Post by Spence on May 13, 2007 18:05:14 GMT
Apparently it's also rather chilly in the Trussocks region.
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Post by Fred on May 13, 2007 20:32:34 GMT
mod style. upright with both feet sticking out from the running boards
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. but what about the guys? i personally ride mine in the hokey kokey style, left knee in right knee out. i also sit quite far forward on my seat so I'm kinda upright and proud like a gentleman on his trusty steed. 
