dakar legroom?

[taylors]

anybody know how the 'legroom' on the dakar compares with the 1150GS? I'm considering a swap and at 6ft 3 with long legs found the legroom tight on the 1150, had to have peg lowerers on it. Dont really want to pay for another set of lowerers.

cheers,

Ian

 

[AndyB]

Ian,

I borrowed a Dakar the other week when my 1150 was in for service and found it very small - kept looking around for the piza delivery box on the back! Rather than spend the day out and about on it I parked it up until it was time to go back and pick up my GS and then did an extra 40 miles to get home

I'm 6' and found it small, you are taller than me and will probably have even more problems.

 

[robD]

I've just had the opposite.....

I had a brand new 1150gs as a courtesy bike whilst my dakar was in for service. I'm about 6' 1" tall, and the 1150 felt quite a bit lower than my dakar, I could easily get both feet flat down - the dakar's a bit tippy-toe sometimes . I took the 1150 for quite a bit of a run... as you do and found that whilst the 1150 is a lazier, less frantic experience than the dakar, come the end of the day, I felt cramped in the leg room department on the 1150.

Further investigation required....

Well I would have done, except the 1150 decided to dump most of it's petrol on my garage floor overnight - the fuel union below the right hand lobe of the fuel tank had expired ...... necessitating a ride back to the dealer in the recovery wagon.

-Rob

 

[Jon]

I'm 6'2" (6'3" in the mornin' ) and have no problems with legroom on my Dakar..........

The seat on long journeys tho..................

Having test rode an 1150, I found it felt lower than my 650........and that was with the seat on highest setting.

Best bet is to test ride one.