Buell Blast low seat

[jixaw]

My lil brother has a buell blast that he got second-hand....

He is complaining that it is too low for him....he is about 5'10....he says when he stands with the bike under him that there is about 4 inches at least between him and the seat....and that he feels he is sitting really low on the bike.....

How can he tell if he has a low seat?.....do you think someone would want to trade a low seat for a high seat??

[MarcS]

IIRC isn't the blast a pretty short bike to begin with?

[Paduan]

I rode a Blast during my MSF course.

I'm about 6'4".

The seat was about knee high.

When sitting on it the handlebars were about knee high too....

[subvetSSN606]

I do understand it does come with 2 seat options, but sorry, I don't know how to tell which it is.

Granted I'm a cruiser rider, but it doesn't seem to me that 4" is that much. Does he have a need to be on tip-toe at a stop? What really matters is how it feels moving with his feet on the pegs. Otherwise, being lower than he needs is just gravy as far as stability at a stop is concerned.

Tom

[midknyte]

Uh, you could just go to the Buell website (http://www.buell.com/en_us/bikes_gear/accessories/index.asp?Menu_ID=4&ID=77) to see the difference.

The standard seat has a straighter profile from the back to front and covers the backside of the tank plastic.

The low seat has a noticeable dip in comparison and exposes the lower back strip of the tank plastic.

[Java]

We have both seats for ours. Like Midknyte said, the taller seat is more or less flat from front to back, and the shorter seat has a pronounced "step" in it....The front is about 2 inches lower than the back. I bought the bike with the low seat on it, thinking my wife could learn on it. I'm 5'9", and I felt like my knees were up to my ears. Obviously I exaggerate, but I really felt folded up on the thing. I broke down and bought the other seat for it (they swap back and forth with no tools, in about a minute), and I'm fine on it now. It's only 2 inches, but because it's flat, it also allows you to slide back to find a comfy position.