Short rider on CBR250RR , Whats minimum height for it?

Question

hi , im only 5,5 - 5.6 , and thiking to get cbr250rr , can i ride this bike without tip my toe during stop? if not what lowering seat/mods i should get

thx

Answer 1

Its always hard to tell without getting on a bike, the CBR has a seat height of 28.9 inches. The width of the seat is a factor & your inside leg measurement is your limiting factor.

There seems to be little on offer in the way of seat height lowering on offer. Normally you have the option of a cut down seat but on this bike thats not really an option as its already so thin.

Its a poular model in Japan & the Japanese are generally not known for being tall so you would probably find it pretty manageable.

A big consideration is the availability of parts for these bikes, I'm in the UK & its not an officially imported machine so getting parts is a bit of a nightmare, take this into consideration before you spend your money.

Answer 2

I agree with uncle fester i am in NewZealand on the other side of the world and parts are hard to get here for them too as they were only made for the Jap market and then only for racing .
your height is not a problem that would only be a problem if you were tall, but these bikes are like 2 strokes in that they rev to 20000rpm and wear out quick and need pistons and rings done at regular intervals otherwise they don't go,(lack of compression)
so i would probably advise some other bike like maybe an impulse 400 that would last you longer and have parts readily available and are about the same height

Answer 3

you can easily modify any bike to fit by fitting shorter torque bars to the suspension linkage, this will lower the rearend off the bike and if you drop the forks thru the yokes so there is more of the fork above the top yoke than normal you will lower the frontend of the bike. only problem with these methods are you reduce the machines ground clearance.