Originally Posted by Nomadmax

Low seat height via lowered suspension OR ground clearance; you get one or the other. Buy the bike you want and are comfortable with, then learn how to avoid it's limitations. On low GC bikes all the rider has to do is lean forward and in with the shoulder and head toward the inside of the curve to reduce or outright avoid the chance for dragging hard parts. Most inexperienced riders want to lean the bike into the curve while their body remains upright. This technique uses the most ground clearance of all the ways there are to ride thru a curve.

Of course, weight, pre-load, road camber and not using up suspension travel with the brakes are all factors as well. Like I said, get the bike you want and learn how to ride THAT bike.

Originally Posted by JD HD

I'm curious of the inseam for some of the folks buying the "Low"? I have (what I consider) short legs with a 29 to 30 inch inseam and have absolutely no problems with my Limited in stock form.

Originally Posted by Bikerscum

I'm 5'9" with a 30" inseam. It's not that I can't hold the bike up, with boots I can sit almost flat footed. It's that the Low has a HUGE difference in feel compared to the regular. It feels 150 pounds lighter. If you put the same force into getting it up of the stand as you do the regular, you'll almost flip it over the high side. As an earlier poster said, it feels "flickable".

You feel like you sit in it, not on it. In parking lot/garage maneuvering it's like night & day.

Disclaimer... I haven't yet ridden either one, just my impressions from climbing around on them at the dealer.

Originally Posted by bzb123

The reason it feels lighter lifting it off the stand is BECAUSE it is lowered.

If you put a longer kickstand on a regular Ultra it will feel the same.

I put the premium lower front end on the wifes SGS and at times the bike looks like it is standing straight up.

She will sit on mine, and can barely lift it off the stand. No problem lifting her own bike. (she is 5'4" and 110 pounds!)

Originally Posted by p51bombay

Except the Low has a different (presumably shorter) stand. I'm sure it does feel different though, lower center of gravity if nothing else.

Originally Posted by bzb123

I was under the assumption that it was the same stand...just added the "easy reach extention" option

If someone can verify the shorter stand. I would purchase one for the wife.

The extension does help with shorter legs

Originally Posted by Bikerscum

Well, another option has popped up.... one local dealer has '14 limiteds for $3000 off sticker. I could maybe lower the back an inch & have the seat redone... might be the best of both worlds.

Anyone lowered their Ultra?