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Title: Anyone else find you don't need 'knee room' to ride a scooter?
Post by: Stig / Major Tom on November 07, 2021, 06:42:43 PM

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Scooters are not designed for Americans, because too many of us do not really 'fit' them. Some Americans do, I guess - and they are the lucky ones IMHO!

At a touch over 6'3", with a 34" inseam, I figured out a long time ago that if I'm going to take up scooter riding I'm going to have to learn to do it with little, or no, extra knee room!

I once took a picture, looking down, of how close my knees were to the front of my Honda Forza. One knee nearly touched, the other had may about an inch of room between my knee and the bar and buttons.

My Burgman 400 had a back-rest thing which could be moved back 50mm or so. (@2") - that was true luxury!

I don't know - at this point I do not think about the knee room thing - I just ride my scooters. If I need to make some kind of turn inside a porta-potty or something - I just move that knee out. No issues....carry on riding.
Shoot - I sat a Metropolitan and a Vino when first looking at scooters - and only did not buy one because the salesman said if I rode a 50cc in Ohio I'd not live long enough to get my pension . (so, I hopped right off!)
Stig

Title: Re: Anyone else find you don't need 'knee room' to ride a scooter?
Post by: klaviator on November 09, 2021, 03:32:48 AM

At 6-2 and 34" inseam I have the same issues as you do.  I have found that the European scooters (Vespa, Piaggio, Aprilia and BMW) have plenty of room for my knees but most of the Asian Scooters don't.  I was able to rotate the bars on my Majesty for more room.  On my Like I move my knees IN on tight turns. 

Title: Re: Anyone else find you don't need 'knee room' to ride a scooter?
Post by: Neil955i on November 11, 2021, 02:07:33 PM

At 6' and with a 32" in seam, my X-Town fits me well.  For that matter so did the PCX.  As the wife always says, that 2" makes all the difference...

Title: Re: Anyone else find you don't need 'knee room' to ride a scooter?
Post by: mrmike on November 11, 2021, 03:30:43 PM

   I'm 5' 10" with a 30" inseam. I have 2021 X-Town. Normal riding I'm fine, but I would love to have another inch or two of leg room. My previous GTI300 had no center console which made getting on and off easier. I'm 77 and it's getting harder and harder to get on and off. Hopefully I'll have a few more years before I have to give up riding.