Kansas Girl

You are welcome. I am pleased step one has worked. I am not a fan of lowering bikes via the suspension links. My last bike a 1250 Suzuki bandit was lowered like that and bought it because I could flatfoot it. But on the first ride with my wife pillioning and the shock preload set close to max, the bike bottomed out when it hit a dip on a straight at 110 kmh. Sheer luck that dip wasn't before or mid corner. It would have been interesting. I got rid of the lowering link the next day and reverted to stock.
Now you can play with the suspension settings. And raise the forks. That will net you another half inch at least. These will not affect your load capacity or reduce ground clearance to an unacceptable extent. I have yet to ground anything through a corner even at a fairly frisky speed.
If you can, search you tube for Japanese policemen and women undergoing trials. One of the men is also tip toes on the bike but it doesn't bother him in the least. I got inspired watching those videos.

 

Welcome Anne.Marie. For my wife (she is 5'4") we did two things for getting her off her tiptoes on her 2008 VFR. First we sent the seat to Spencers Motorcycle Seats and they did an inexpensive seat mod which has helped a lot not only with lowering the seat but also with it's comfort. Follow link http://greatdaytoride.com/Home_Page.php

Second she bought a pair of Daytona Lady Star GTX boots. They come with a 2 cm insert. Making them a high heel on the inside, while looking like a regular boot on the outside. They are a bit pricey but there are a lot of great attributes to these boots other than the insert.

 

Is the ride noticeably harsher with the shaved seat? If you have good roads this question may seem strange, but here it is bump city.

 

I think that depends on how it was done. For my wife she said that the seat cushion improved greatly but she also had the Supercore added. See earlier link. She has done nearly 500 miles in a day with out sore but or inner tight issues.

As part of the lower mod she also had the seat narrowed slightly. The narrowing decreases the angle of the leg to the ground giving the feeling of longer legs because they are closer to the bike instead of spread out.

 

Maybe me but I had trouble finding specifics on the site. I am guessing Supercore is one of his harder materials?

 

My bad it is Supracor.

What is Supracor: Supracor is the new material that has replaced Flex Gel and is added to your seat in the "LD" (longer distance) upgraded modification. It is a "honeycomb" of thermoplastic urethane material that was developed for aerospace and medical applications where a form fitting, supportive,flexible, breathable, and shock reducing surface is needed. (please see the Supracor detail photo on the Gallery page) It is nothing like the normal gel pads used in most other motorcycle seats, it is not a solid block of material, it is "breathable", does not hold heat, it does not harden in cold weather, it is much lighter, more flexible and durable. It is used between the seat pan and reshaped seating surface to create "suspension" in the skeletal contact area, increasing comfort, reducing vibration, soaking up shock, and reducing fatigue. Supracor has the same benefits of the previously used Flex gel but is newer technology, much lighter in weight actually allowing your seat to be lighter after modification. It also allows more flexibility in application, allowing it to be used in even the thinnest sport bike seats. Its higher cell density also helps to eliminate any floating or rebounding feeling so that unlike the Flex Gel it can be used in passenger seats and the passenger sections of single piece seats. *For a full detail of the Supracor material please go

http://greatdaytoride.com/Supracor.html