Short Girl Problems - The Hill Rescue 

Well,by lowering,you defeat the whole purpouse of it and almost completely annule their caracteristics = ) . How you lowered it (change the front and back suspension,or ?) and by how much ? How tall is the seat from factory,anyhow ?

Thank you very much!

Koša Slovenec

Glad it could help, Valerie!

Thanks for watching!

Antonio Perez - LOVE that you are still riding, and learning!

@@motoikandi even the day we die we are learning, we learn ow to die. LOL

IamthePMofAustralia - so true!

Absolutely!

Mr Objectiv - seat height is around 32.5”

motanelustelistu - these are the Cyclops aux lights. I really like them, but will probably get Clearwater lights next time. They’re much brighter.

@@motoikandi Well,aproximately how big are they ? Can you "wrap" your hand around them ? Also,do you have a video showing their power and spread ? How do you know the clearwater are brighter ? Are yours and clearwater waterproof ? How much were the cyclops compared to clearwater ? Do they have any other name then "aux lights" ?

I am 5’2” and the seat height on this bike is around 32”. My current bike is around 33”. It’s hard at first, but gets easier with practice.

Good question, B. I actually didn't know the answer to this question (one of the reasons I don't really care for DCT), so I reached out to my friend and off-road trainer, Bill Dragoo (with D.A.R.T.). He offered the following: "As luck would have it, we’ve had several DCTs in our classes. We have adopted methods for them to achieve a fair replication of the procedures we teach for conventional clutch bikes in most exercises. For the hill fail recovery, we teach them to pull and hold the parking brake as they stop. It doesn’t matter if the engine is off or not. Release the brake in the same manner as they would a clutch to allow the bike to smoothly reverse. Using the parking brake instead of the rear brake prevents the issue of losing balance to the right, stepping down and releasing the rear brake. When that happens, the reflex is to grab the front brake to hold the bike on the hill. We all know how that ends on a loose or hard packed, steep hill. The parking brake, being the rear, has the same (downhill brake is most effective) application as releasing the clutch against engine compression only without any thumping through of a compression stroke. It actually works quite well." I hope this helps!

Yes I had guessed that would be the answer, I worry about damaging my parking break, but absent an alternative, I guess that would be it. Thank you.

This one is a low suspension.

In my opinion, it doesn't matter what you ride, as long as you're out riding! Happy riding, Jay!

It’s big, no doubt. But if you practice enough, it becomes easier.

AngelFace MotoRider - I sure do!

NICE.! I Live & Ride up here in Canada. (peace sign)

No one needs a bike that big. Think about it this way: if you ride offroad, you will drop it eventually. Do you really want to lift all that weight? Or ask for help every single time?

I am 5'2". It's always intimidating at first, but with practice, you can do it!