mega_stihl

Greetings ladies & gentlemen. I am new to this forum, but I'm looking for opinions/experience about the Firehawk (or Superhawk as they say overseas).

I am a rather tall person 1m92cm (or 6ft3) and I ride a Suzuki SV650S 2004. It's a great bike, easy to maintain, rides smoothly, ... Also: keep in mind that I am a novice rider, and far from a pro/competitive rider.
The only downside is that it feels like this motorcycle is too small for me. It sometimes feels kinda uncomfortable to manouver with it. What I am wondering is: how does the VTR1000F compares to that? I am not talking about power, because the superhawk will rape the 650s with regards of power, and I will probably never even use it's powerband to its full capacity, but what about riding position and handling for taller riders?

Kind regards

edit: great. Already a typo in the title

Wicky

'Yeti' in the UK with Moriwaki Storms is 6' 8" or so and seems to be okay riding even with rear sets - though his knees & elbows stick out to the side at a jaunty angle...

Older / less flexible riders tend to fit more comfy upright handlebars, and drop the footpegs an inch or so. Best get a test ride to find out wether it fits, and maybe look at at the taller Varadero with the VTR engine.

NHSH

Welcome to the forum, SV650 is a smaller bike and more compact, I can see why you have some issues of discomfort, not really a comparable bike to the VTR1000, comfortable for tall guys? Yes, and you can make it even more.
VTR1000 or SV1000 would be much better for your height, I rode both and they are comparable bikes, but the Honda is just much more refined and forgiving bike.

jefejrs

I have an sv for the track and a superhawk for the street. I can tolerate the sv for the track for the 20 or so minutes at a time. The hawk is better but a few comfort modifications have helped greatly. Namely a custom seat that is higher and I also installed a set of the Apex riser clip ons. (I'm 6'3" as well).

mega_stihl

Thank you all for your replies. About getting an SV1000. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the 650S and the 1000S exactly the same frame?

Wicky

Not exactly the same but a SV thou engine can be shoehorned into the 650 with some modification.

paulcmoore

Hey hey. I'm 6'4", have two Firestorms (Canada). One I welded dirt bike risers on the top of the triple, KTM high bars on that. Had to cut the windscreen
down. Its awesome! I bought another VTR, left it stock, find I ride it more, handles better. In closing, GO FOR IT!
Paul