When I went to the BMW US Riders Academy to take one of its off-road riding courses, I never thought in a million years that I’d be riding a BMW R 1300 GS. Full stop.
I’m a person who likes to try new things, but I also have some sense of my own personal limits. Physically, there have been bikes that I legit have not been able to ride because I can’t reach important things, like the controls. If I can't even put the side stand down, that's also clearly an indicator that a given bike is not meant for the likes of shortarses like me.
A lot of riders (not all, but a significant number) are both taller than me and, even more importantly, tend to have longer legs. Even riders who are my same height tend to have longer legs. Maybe there’s a greater reason that my parents didn’t ride than I ever really contemplated, and maybe it has something to do with inseam measurements?
