you should post some pictures even though you havent purchased yet if you have any.

 

as stated before, you can't really go by just the seat height. The F4i is a fairly wide bike. I'm about 5'7" or 5'8" and I'm close to setting both feet on the ground but not quite. However on my buddies new gsx-r 750 i can sit on it with flat feet on the ground and knees bent...it's that much narrower.

make sense?

 

I think at 5'1" it will be tough no matter what you do, plus you don't weigh enough to really compress the suspension. I think you need a skinny shorter bike, not sure if a SV650 can be dropped that much either.


Good luck with the search.

 

I see, well I'll sit on it when I go take a look at it and see how far I am from the ground. If I'm to far from the ground I'll pass. This sucks I reallly wanted this bike and my height may be an issue, and the width of the bike of course. [:@] Maybe a GSXR would be a better choice? I only want a sportbike

 

if all else fails, buy it for what he offered it to you, then flop it for a profit. **** i bet you could make a grand off it easy

 

 

I don't want this to sound bad or anything. because I want more people to ride. but in all honesty. even with lowering a bike... my buddy is 5'5" and we lowered his and he still has a bitch of a time touching the ground. and he out weighs you. when he comes up to a stop he pretty much starts to lay the bike over and then just catches it. but he's also droped it doing that. and he's a good rider. but whatever you what to do.

 

not sure why so many people are having a hard time with their bike... i'm 5'4 and 125 soaking wet, i can get the ***** of my feet on the ground with no problem... definitely don't need to lay the bike over and try to catch it before it hits the ground like the poster above

my friend rides an FZ6 and he said when he put new tires on (Pirelli Diablos), the height of the bike dropped by about an inch, enough so that he could go from the ***** of his feet down to flat footing it

 

I'm not sure that the F4i is going to be the most comfortable bike in the world but it is a great bike. I think if you are small I'd even consider a Suzuki SV650, it's a naked standard and you kind of sit up like you would on the EX250. I know you only want a sport bike but the SV can rock out a low 12 second ET....not a bad choice for the money. BTW I still hang on to a Ninja 250 for the daily thrash...

 

Get the 1000RR...



haha just kidding

F4i's are great bikes! And thats a HELL of a deal.....run the VIN before you buy!