randy1149
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My first couple of months any rides of an hour or so I got a pain in the base of my spine. A lot of other owners having the same problem. Many replaced the seat to correct the problem, along with replacing the foot pegs to floorboards. This fixed the problem for them.
As I analyzed the situation it appeared for me the angle of my legs to reach the foot pegs was causing the spine problem. In order to reach the pegs the angle forced me to sit back onto my spine. I could not lean forward to get off my spine for any length of time. It was unnatural. Yes the seat was in the equation but I did not want to increase the seat height 2"-3" inches with a Corbin seat.
So I approached the problem by bringing my feet back AND down using Kuryakyn Universal Ribbed Floorboard Gloss Black, part #4357 the 2" Kuryakyn offset adapter #8815 Splined Adapter. It was the offset adapter that put the icing on the cake... for me. Bringing my feet back and down along with a little adjustment of the handle bars placed me OFF my spine and more on my buttocks. I ride for hours now without back pain.
Like all modifications there is a compromise. If your a hard leaner around turns it easier to scrape the boards.
This worked for me, it may not work for you. Google for the best price for the ofsets.
As I analyzed the situation it appeared for me the angle of my legs to reach the foot pegs was causing the spine problem. In order to reach the pegs the angle forced me to sit back onto my spine. I could not lean forward to get off my spine for any length of time. It was unnatural. Yes the seat was in the equation but I did not want to increase the seat height 2"-3" inches with a Corbin seat.
So I approached the problem by bringing my feet back AND down using Kuryakyn Universal Ribbed Floorboard Gloss Black, part #4357 the 2" Kuryakyn offset adapter #8815 Splined Adapter. It was the offset adapter that put the icing on the cake... for me. Bringing my feet back and down along with a little adjustment of the handle bars placed me OFF my spine and more on my buttocks. I ride for hours now without back pain.
Like all modifications there is a compromise. If your a hard leaner around turns it easier to scrape the boards.
This worked for me, it may not work for you. Google for the best price for the ofsets.
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