Wow...

[scratch]

I've always considered the size of the tank when I've purchased my motorcycles, and I knew there was a reason motorcycle manufacturers made their bikes the way they did back in the 60's and 70's...
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=bbea3493b63823fbbef86d13e101d3f0&threadid=166357

Another reason why I chose the older model GS'es.

[NightRyder]

That hurts thinking about it.

[pandy]

Yet another reason to be glad I'm a woman.... 

[Maduro Mistress]

yeah Pandy, but have you tried, ahem, leaning heavily on the nice metal tank of yours? I can't get my dang chin in the little dent made for it because my chest gets in the way, then you hit a bump and it's like - mother @#)(@($&!  

[pandy]

Hmmm....just how fast are you going that you need to put your chin on your tank?? 

I couldn't get my chin down to the tank if I tried.

[Kasumi]

hehehe whos the modest one now eyyyy pandy! 

[pandy]

My tank doesn't offer itself high enough to act as a resting place for my chin. What were YOU thinking? 

I'd still rather have girly problems on a bike than...ahem....boys' problems.

[My Name Is Dave]

I've thought about wearing a cup before, for this exact reason. But I never heard about anyone doing it, so I didn't think it was necessary. Now I see that it is. Yikes. I like my balls and boners how they are, thank you very much.

Dave

[Maduro Mistress]

Hmmm....just how fast are you going that you need to put your chin on your tank?? 

I couldn't get my chin down to the tank if I tried.

Your tank looks awful high purple princess! Mine is way up there now, but even on my GS I used to always lay on it if I could. ANd it's not fast, I'm being "conservative" for wind drag and noise reduction

[natedawg120]

I've thought about wearing a cup before, for this exact reason. But I never heard about anyone doing it, so I didn't think it was necessary. Now I see that it is. Yikes. I like my balls and boners how they are, thank you very much.

Dave

+1, but would it help all that much if you hit hard enough to crush your pelvis??

[Kasumi]

hehe well i was thinkin its cos u cudnt get ur ahem's out the way to get ur chin down - least thats what Maduro posted and you responded hehe.

[LimaXray]

Just the other day I was trying to figure out how to install some padding on the back of the tank.  This was after a ride where I had to turn around in a very bumpy gravel driveway and managed to inflict a good amount of pain on myself.  The worst part was it didn't set until after getting back on the road.  I seriously thought I was going to have to vomit at 35 mph.

[scratch]

Get off the seat like a dirtbiker.

[pandy]

Your tank looks awful high purple princess! Mine is way up there now, but even on my GS I used to always lay on it if I could. ANd it's not fast, I'm being "conservative" for wind drag and noise reduction  

  I definitely lean on my tank for comfort (and to take pressure off my bum shoulder), but I've never tucked far enough to get my chin down on my tank....at least I don't think so.... Now I have to test that out on my ride home tonight! 

As for fast, pony princess, are you following traditional break-in? How fast HAVE you gone? 

If I were a boy, I'd wear a cup.

Kasumi: you have a dirty mind!

[Kasumi]

Hehe i don't i was just explaining! That would be incest pandy 

[Maduro Mistress]

As for fast, pony princess, are you following traditional break-in? How fast HAVE you gone? 

Um, I followed it for precisely 81 miles of going 49mph in flippin 6th gear to keep my RPMs under 4000, then said screw it and went to my favorite Kawaskai racer man who just happens to own a motorcycle shop, and had him break it in on the dyno!!!! So I, personally have only done 84 thus far, but it "personally" without my butt on it has done 159 on the dyno!!!!! 

[pandy]

Hehe i don't i was just explaining! That would be incest pandy 

Shame on you then! I don't know how you folks do things on the other side of the pond, but that sorta thang is illegal here in the states!   

Um, I followed it for precisely 81 miles of going 49mph in flippin 6th gear to keep my RPMs under 4000, then said screw it and went to my favorite Kawaskai racer man who just happens to own a motorcycle shop, and had him break it in on the dyno!!!! So I, personally have only done 84 thus far, but it "personally" without my butt on it has done 159 on the dyno!!!!! 

That's cheating!!!   So how many miles does she have on her now?

(Sorry for the threadjack, scratch  )

[Maduro Mistress]

It's not cheating! You try getting to my work without going on the highway, and to be on the highway around here you have to be going around 84, and I couldn't go over 48 for like 500 miles, so I figured it's worth breaking it in the hard way

It has... 285!!! It's in for it's first oil change right now (so let's see how many miles it has when it comes out) - he suggested since it was broken in on the dyno to get the oil changed prior to the first 500 miles, so I am... 

[pandy]

Cheater, cheater, cheater!!!! 


Just kidding....I'm just jealous because I didn't think of it! 

[CirclesCenter]

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/yamahas-crotch-air-bag-178217.php

There, problem solved