Motorcycle performance
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When considering a motorcycle's performance, smoothly tilting the body from side to side is crucial.
First, imagine a pole fixed to the ground.
To tilt this pole easily, should you hold the end or the base? Of course, applying the principle of leverage, you should hold the end.
Applying this to a motorcycle's riding position, you'll understand that a higher seat makes it easier to lean (bank) and change direction.
A higher center of gravity also benefits maneuverability.
A clear comparison can be made by looking at the same model of motorcycle, comparing its stock form to its racing counterpart.
Racers all have higher seat heights than their stock counterparts. This is due to the reasons mentioned above.
Since foot reach is also important for production bikes, the difference is even more pronounced.
From this perspective, looking at the seat concepts of various manufacturers, companies like Y tend to be quite extreme.
They have outrageously high seat heights, while companies like S have relatively more subdued figures.
This applies not only to sport bikes but also to motocross bikes.
On the other hand, for production bikes, the seat's challenges are how to improve foot reach and reduce fatigue on long rides.
While this discussion wasn't directly related to 8ft products this time, if you're pursuing performance,
it's about adding padding, not reducing it! That's the idea!
This might become a trend (or maybe not, haha).
First, imagine a pole fixed to the ground.
To tilt this pole easily, should you hold the end or the base? Of course, applying the principle of leverage, you should hold the end.
Applying this to a motorcycle's riding position, you'll understand that a higher seat makes it easier to lean (bank) and change direction.
A higher center of gravity also benefits maneuverability.
A clear comparison can be made by looking at the same model of motorcycle, comparing its stock form to its racing counterpart.
Racers all have higher seat heights than their stock counterparts. This is due to the reasons mentioned above.
Since foot reach is also important for production bikes, the difference is even more pronounced.
From this perspective, looking at the seat concepts of various manufacturers, companies like Y tend to be quite extreme.
They have outrageously high seat heights, while companies like S have relatively more subdued figures.
This applies not only to sport bikes but also to motocross bikes.
On the other hand, for production bikes, the seat's challenges are how to improve foot reach and reduce fatigue on long rides.
While this discussion wasn't directly related to 8ft products this time, if you're pursuing performance,
it's about adding padding, not reducing it! That's the idea!
This might become a trend (or maybe not, haha).