Folks,
I reckon that you've had plenty of these questions in the past, but I do hope you will humor me. I've signed up for CSS at Miller Motorsports in June and am super excited about it. I have a whole bunch of questions though, and I hope someone here can answer them and put me at ease.
Here goes nothing:
1. As mentioned in the title, I am super-short - meaning all of 5 feet, with an inseam of 28". I wear the Frey-Daytona Ladystar boots that have an inset of about 2". I've been riding a slightly lowered 2001 SV for about a year now - stock seat, it had lowering links put in at some point to lower it about an inch, and then it was raised back again, but it is still lower than a stock SV.
I went to the Kawasaki store to try the ZX-6R, but it was really tall for me. I couldn't even touch the ground with my toes. If it were lowered an inch, I might just *barely* touch the first mm of my toes to the ground.
I know that everyone says that being able to flatfoot isn't important, but I'm very nervous about getting adjusted to riding such a tall bike in a matter of hours. I don't do well under pressure. I've also never ridden a sportsbike before and am not used to the positioning of the handlebars and the rearsets. [i do have a lot of touring/commuting miles under my belt on a cruiser/standard.]
I've heard that your mechanic can do wonders, but what exactly can he do for someone like me?
(Riding my own bike to the track is not an option, as I live in WA state.)
2. Will I be able to ride the other instructional bikes inspite of my height? I mean the various stationary bikes that are supposed to teach leaning/counter-steering etc.
3. You guys came to Pacific Raceways last year. Why aren't you doing it this year, and do you anticipate coming here anytime in the future?
Thanks in advance!