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Originally Posted by isuoboe
Deetz: you asked me about the side stand I listed on "free stuff," but I can't find your post. Glad I saw you here. I can do better than an extra side stand. I have the links AND a shortened side stand. Send me a private message and we can talk! I think this lowers it about 2 inches.
When I bought my 2006, it had been lowered but I didn't know it! Scraped the first time I went around a corner. (I had been very gentle when I went on a test drive.) That was a huge disappointment; I'd been riding a 1981 Honda CB125S; I buy a "sport bike" (with 2X the CC's), and apparently I have to be careful going around corners?! I immediately went back to the dealer I bought it from. The person who sold me the bike didn't know it had been lowered, but the person I asked about it when I went back did know. I was easy on them; I bought the links and side stand on Ebay, and got them to do the work of putting it back to original without charge. I found out the previous owner was a girl, had it lowered at 900 miles; I bought at 1040 miles. I guess she wasn't meant for riding.
Only the back of mine was lowered.
If someone feels uncomfortable without lowering the bike, I wonder about putting it back to normal after they get comfortable with it (providing of course they can at least reach on toes). Scraping in corners must be dangerous, and being that careful around corners defeats what riding is all about. I am not that aggressive a rider. I am about 5'81/2". As far as reaching the ground, I would rather be a bit higher!
As others have said, the center stand becomes unusable; actually, since you don't need it except for servicing (like chain maintenance), you can either use an assistant to help lift it on the stand, or perhaps rolling the bike up on 2X4's would allow you to get it on the stand solo.
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Thanks for the post and info. Reaching out now. For everyone else's benefit, we are going to try and shave the seat down first. Seems we should be able to buy a 1/2" to 1" from just doing that.
That said, I'm definitely looking for a shortening option if that fails. I've already got a front and rear stand from doing maintenance on my own bike so don't really see any value in the center stand anyways.
My wife is actually pretty comfortable when she gets going.. the real concern is just stopping and getting the feet down, especially on a hill or anything of the sort where sure footing is a bit more important.
If I do end up lowering the Ninjette.. I'll take many photos and share my experiences. Regardless.. expect to see details on how the seat height reduction goes!