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Bernard Vinet
Frenchbernie
I've 29" in seam. I always wear Construction Boots & this is where I get that little extra inch I was looking for. Other than that I've a friend who had a seat guru take an inch of the bottom part of the seat and not the tail bone/ back part of the seat, but he has a different bike. This is a much cheaper way to go than buying a whole new seat.
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Gregger
Living Legend
Well Glide, thank you for your years of service in the Navy. Glad to have you aboard here on the site.
The Touring Rocket is a better handling model than the Roadster (Narrower rear tire). I personally haven't heard of anyone using shorter shocks on this model though. I'm pretty sure it can be done. For the Roadster, most people go to a larger radius tire on the rear and smaller on the front to improve handling so just shorting the rear shocks will probably affect the handling a bit. You might want to slide the forks higher into the triple trees to lower the front a bit too (Can this be done Bull?)
TheKid
Top Fuel
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Welcome to the site. The Rocket sits high. It has a high center of gravity. Get use to it. You will be fine. My old Harley sits low, and I put running boards on top of extended reach forward controls. Looks like Dumbo the elephant. I take 45mph turns about 30 or she drags, but very comfortable. BE CAREFUL LOWERING the o'l girl
PaddyO
Supercharged
Welcome from Florida. I agree with the other comments about lowering the suspension. I have a R3T and it drags the floor boards very easily in stock form. If you lower it, that will make it worse. I agree with the comments about using boots with thick soles. This will give you more reach. I use gortex lined work boots with a safety toe and they work great. You can also try aftermarket seats. While expensive, many do like them.
The other way to go is to have someone modify your seat, or you can do it yourself. The seat cover is stapled on to the seat pan. Take out the staples and you will have access to the foam. The R3T seat has two layers of foam. You can reshape the foam using an electric knife. Taking a little off at a time, shape the seat so that your legs can go down without being pushed out by the foam. Be sure to pay attention so that your legs do not end up hitting the seat pan or the frame. That would be uncomfortable while holding the bike up. Once you have it the way you like, you can smooth the foam using a disk sander. Staple the cover back on and you are good to go. If you are not comfortable doing this, have a upholstery shop do it for you. Be sure to ask if you can be there while they do it so you can test it to make sure it is the way you want it.
The other way to go is to have someone modify your seat, or you can do it yourself. The seat cover is stapled on to the seat pan. Take out the staples and you will have access to the foam. The R3T seat has two layers of foam. You can reshape the foam using an electric knife. Taking a little off at a time, shape the seat so that your legs can go down without being pushed out by the foam. Be sure to pay attention so that your legs do not end up hitting the seat pan or the frame. That would be uncomfortable while holding the bike up. Once you have it the way you like, you can smooth the foam using a disk sander. Staple the cover back on and you are good to go. If you are not comfortable doing this, have a upholstery shop do it for you. Be sure to ask if you can be there while they do it so you can test it to make sure it is the way you want it.
jake shaw
Turbocharged
Welcome from your neighbour in PEI. My friend has a 15 touring and put 1" shorter shocks. He thinks it makes a difference. Where in NB are you?
glide
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Thanks very much for the warm welcome, and for the advice. I HAD heard that shorter shocks might adversly effect the handling, so I will go check out Big Norm's thread about shaving the seat. Sounds crazy, but although we have two acres here, most of it is slightly downhill. I parked the bike under a willow tree half way up my driveway last year, cuz it was just too awkward trying to turn her around on wet grass, or in the gravel closer to the house. Im thinking shaving the seat, plus extra soles on my boots may help a lot.
glide
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7km outside of Centreville, about a half hour north of Woodstock.
Jvheli
Nitrous
My humble opinion. Get either a shorter seat such as a Corbin or have your factory seat lowered.
There is enough padding in the rocket seat to qualify it as a recliner.
The Rocket is already a scraper, so lowering the bike in my opinion will limit its already limited lean angle.
There is enough padding in the rocket seat to qualify it as a recliner.
The Rocket is already a scraper, so lowering the bike in my opinion will limit its already limited lean angle.
hoopla
Mained to ride!
Glide, welcome from Maine, I wouldn't do shorter shocks, seat and boots are the trick, keep the handling she can do amazing things
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