I've thought about getting a picture of myself when I'm tucked, just to see what it looks like...but...then I think to myself....."Self, are you NUTZ!? You don't want to know!!"  

pandy  :mrgreen:

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thanks for your replies. I was just wondering if I looked 'funny' by leaning after 90mph  

anything over 70mph and I'm right on the tank.. cept my bike hasn't been running right the last two weeks

..gonna spend all day tomorrow tryin to fix that POS  :mrgreen:

I don't go into a full tuck (chest on the tank) at high speed but I do lean forward a little, approximately until you can easily put the left elbow on the tank. I used to tuck in completely during the winter though. It helps to be warm.

I'm 6-foot-5 and not sure there's room on my GS500F to do much tucking and leaning.

Quote from: dbNncI'm 6-foot-5 and not sure there's room on my GS500F to do much tucking and leaning.

(Not to completely threadjack, but...) I'm 6'4", and about to do my BRC.  The GS500 is the bike I'm looking hardest at to buy, and partly because it looks to be bigger/has a higher seat than most of the other "starter bikes" out there.  Is that true, or am I way off?  How does the bike fit, for being so damn tall?

It's comfortable and a good first bike. I took the MSF course in Feb. and feel completely at ease with my '04 GS500F. I sat on a Ninja 600 at the same dealership and the higher, seemingly wider bars on the GS were better for me. I figure that at my height any bike is going to be a bit cramped, but the GS really isn't bad at all. I recommend it.