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Originally Posted by Ricochet Rabbit
Thanks for the feedback.
OK, We're both early 50-ish and 5'10" tall, but her legs are about 4" longer than mine, hence the idea of the lowered pegs to give her a bit more room. She's ridden both the 650 singles and 800 vertical twins on Edelweiss tours but was rather underwhelmed by both of them. This will be her bike, no 2 up riding. Her back has been giving her some trouble. I suppose one idea would be to buy a set of barbacks for mine, install, and let her have at for a day.
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Not that I care to get into the competitive sharing of our infirmities, but I am 63, 34" inseam and broke my back in the mid seventies, so we aren't that much different in what's needed for comfort. Please consider that comfort on the road for me is quite a bit better leaned forward some than sitting straight up. My lower back took quite a pounding on a '95 Wide Glide that put me bolt upright. No thanks. And then I also found myself looking for comfort on my R11RT by looking for lower bars so that I could be bent at the waist some. That's when I traded it for my first R1100S and have never looked back. Of course you can go too far to the other extreme which is why I had to get rid of the lovely Paul Smart Ducati I had. It found a good home so I'm happy with that. For my "new" R1200R, I've had to lower the bars some to get back to a good feeling but the pegs are perfect. If you decide to consider other alternatives, you might give the R12R a look.
And obtw, you are the envy of many of us having this challenge of helping your wife find a ride. A coveted task...good show.