Any tall riders on SRX's?

Mighty

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I'm a 4-stoke Yamaha guy that's looking for an inexpensive 2-stroke (under $3,000). My question is would I fit on an SRX at 6'3"? I remember setting on a 99 years ago and I felt like a shriner on a uni cycle. Is the srx smaller than say my RTX or was it an illusion because of the small windshield? Is the Viper any larger?
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Mighty, I ride with a couple of guys (both 6'2") who own srx's. They are certainly more comfortable on the apex and machz, but they still enjoy the srx on smooth trails.

YS
 
I am 6' 4" and love my srx, and i even have stock bars and no risers on it. Love that sled.
 
I'm 6'3' and I have Viper with a 3' riser on stock bars and a low windy. It is not to bad. I have the hand gaurds that help.
 
I'm 6' 2" tall, had a 2" riser on my SRX. It wasn't too bad, but I sure like the handlebar setup on my current sled better. If you're over 6 foot tall and have handlebars that are stock height, be prepared to have to shift your knees around when turning the handlebars all the way left or right, otherwise your knees will hit the handlebars. Put on a riser and the handlebars will clear your knees no problem. I suppose it all depends on how far forward you sit on the seat also. I like to sit with my knees pretty close to the console also, so maybe other's don't have this problem? :dunno:
 
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6'4 here, no problems. I have a somewhat strange riding style tho. I'll always have a knee out when I'm cornering and usually I'm hanging way out there too, like, if I"m turning left, the tight edge of my right buttcheek will be about the only thing on the seat. and my knee will be WAY out there. Probably that's part of why it hasn't ever really bothered me.
 
I'm 6'7" and I look like a circus bear riding a tricycle. I find myself sitting on the trunk compartment alot and it's almost impossible to ride without a handlebar riser. If i only had $12000...
 
Junior said:
6'4 here, no problems. I have a somewhat strange riding style tho. I'll always have a knee out when I'm cornering and usually I'm hanging way out there too, like, if I"m turning left, the tight edge of my right buttcheek will be about the only thing on the seat. and my knee will be WAY out there. Probably that's part of why it hasn't ever really bothered me.
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Wow, sounds exactly like how i ride, which is probably the same reason i dont have a problem with not having a riser.
 
yea exactly, and when I'm standing I have my feet way at the back of the tunnel and I lean into it pretty hard, almost a pushup like position, I find that gives me a better feel for what the sled is doing, so again, it's not exactly about to hit my knees.
 
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I'm 6'3' and I have Viper with a 3' riser on stock bars and a low windy. It is not to bad. I have the hand gaurds that help.
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geez a three foot bar riser!? what are you rippin around with apehangers or something? :na
 
Junior said:
6'4 here, no problems. I have a somewhat strange riding style tho. I'll always have a knee out when I'm cornering and usually I'm hanging way out there too, like, if I"m turning left, the tight edge of my right buttcheek will be about the only thing on the seat. and my knee will be WAY out there. Probably that's part of why it hasn't ever really bothered me.
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I am somewhat the same way. Sounds like you hang to the inside a little harder than I do though. I don't put my knees out very far, but I tend to hand off the seat alot. I tend to turn the bars before I start to shift my body though, so my knees would still come in contact with the bars slightly. Not enough so that I couldn't turn anymore, just found it annoying that my hands and the handlebars were always so close to my legs.

100 different people, 100 different riding styles. ;)! ;)!
 
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bingo. I think I picked up alot of my riding style from watching superbike riders as a kid, LOL. if you watch MotoGP at all you'll have a good idea. I usually get my head down and over aswell, and hunch over the front end of the sled on corner entry, tug/slide back on it coming out of a corner for some extra grip.

I also do a little stomp thing to the outside running board right as I'm crossing my turn in point. it gives the outside carbide a little bit of extra grip right when it needs it most (as you're flicking it in).

yea at the apex my inside knee is out far enough that it wouldn't be much of an effort to roll my ankle and have my foot be resting on the side of the tunnel, not in the footwell. Except that my massive size 13 hoof wont fit sideways in that footwell.

like you say shortstop, different styles for different riders, and different conditions, I ride almost exclosivly glass smooth trails, freshly groomed, so you gotta figure that having your ankle on that kinda angle would really screw you up if you hit a bump mid corner. And some peoples trails, having your knee out as far as I put mine, it'd be into a tree if you apexed your corner properly, I'll admit tho that I have had to pull it in on emergency a couple of times.

O another one, when I'm on the righthand side of the sled, hunched over it on turn in, I'll often curl my arm over and work the throttle with my index/middle finger, rather than my thumb, I find it puts me on a better angle for weight distrobution and also to have enough strength to really crank on the thing if you need to.
 
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bingo. I think I picked up alot of my riding style from watching superbike riders as a kid, LOL. if you watch MotoGP at all you'll have a good idea. I usually get my head down and over aswell, and hunch over the front end of the sled on corner entry, tug/slide back on it coming out of a corner for some extra grip.

I also do a little stomp thing to the outside running board right as I'm crossing my turn in point. it gives the outside carbide a little bit of extra grip right when it needs it most (as you're flicking it in).

yea at the apex my inside knee is out far enough that it wouldn't be much of an effort to roll my ankle and have my foot be resting on the side of the tunnel, not in the footwell. Except that my massive size 13 hoof wont fit sideways in that footwell.

like you say shortstop, different styles for different riders, and different conditions, I ride almost exclosivly glass smooth trails, freshly groomed, so you gotta figure that having your ankle on that kinda angle would really screw you up if you hit a bump mid corner. And some peoples trails, having your knee out as far as I put mine, it'd be into a tree if you apexed your corner properly, I'll admit tho that I have had to pull it in on emergency a couple of times.

O another one, when I'm on the righthand side of the sled, hunched over it on turn in, I'll often curl my arm over and work the throttle with my index/middle finger, rather than my thumb, I find it puts me on a better angle for weight distrobution and also to have enough strength to really crank on the thing if you need to.
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The more you talk about this the more i realize its EXACTLY how i ride. Except i have a size 14 foot, try finding shoes for that everywhere :whine:
 
yea yamaholic, I think we've had this discussion before somewhere. I think it's pretty natural, same problems, same conditions, same solutions.
 
Junior said:
yea yamaholic, I think we've had this discussion before somewhere. I think it's pretty natural, same problems, same conditions, same solutions.
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Almost sounds like some Darwinism or something, lol I like it
 
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