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thought it would be interesting to see the size demographics of who was riding our loved bikes.
I am 5ft 8 190lbs and ride Speedmaster.
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6 ft. and a quarter inch, 205 lbs.
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I'm 5'10 presently @ 215 lbs Been running lost little over 10 lbs since mid July. 38 are loose, but not in a 36 YET! Trying to get around 185-195. Um, that is what size you were refering to, right?  
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6'2 210 lbs aiming for 185...
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I'm 5'10 presently @ 215 lbs
Been running lost little over 10 lbs since mid July.
38 are loose, but not in a 36 YET!
Trying to get around 185-195.
Um, that is what size you were refering to, right?
Yes Matt, 
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Well, Mike you met me, so I can't lie. Dang it!  5'11" 250lbs. I'd like to say I was "working on it", but then I turned into the Popeye's Fried Chicken...and well...it was delicious.
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Geeze, Mike... save this kind of trivial stuff (not meaning to offend) for winter when there's nothing else to do. A lot of us are still out riding!  
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6'2" and 220 when I eat like a rabbit. A couple of decent meals and I'm back to 230, much to the chagrin of my endocrinologist. Diabetes can be a ******. Sitting in the car now while the wife shops. Blood sugar dropped to 48 and I had to eat something fast. General Tso chicken from the Wal-Mart deli ain't bad.
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I'll try and squeeze in here. 5'7" and about 155 lbs. Used to by just a bit taller & good bit lighter but life just kinda wears on you don'tcha know 
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5'9 200 lbs (Just lost about 25 lbs)
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 Oh boy, that title scared me..... Thought it might be a "Smiling Bob" question......
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5'4" 190, have to stretch to reach controls and put kickstand up before I get on, but still love it, floorboards. 
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1.85m and 86kg Just thought I'd state my 6'2" and 190lbs stats so the rest of the world could understand it. I'm SUCH "The International Man of Mystery", ya know! (...or as I always say:  "Keep riding, my friends!")
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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6'. 175. Felt a little boxed in until I got my hiway pegs. Inseams might be an interesting stat too. How much personal info do we want to share? ; )
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4.27 cubits,
jh
5'7" and 165lbs.
Trying to regain my "athlete" shape, but these beers have a way to find their way down to my belly!
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4.27 cubits,
jh
What?! Start up an Ark building business there in Montana recently, did we John?
(...btw, you forgot to give your weight...in "stones", of course!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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1 ell,1 cubit,1 hand.
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6'1" 224lbs on my way back up
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That's kind of a personal question isn't it?  Big enough that I haven't had any complaints. 
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Im supprissed to see so many tall guys on these bikes.
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Im supprissed to see so many tall guys on these bikes.
I aint seen any other tall guys here. lol
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Im supprissed to see so many tall guys on these bikes.
8" risers with drag bars and a lowered rear is how I bought it and I can ride it for hours with no problems.
With the stretch of the forward controls I'm surprised theres not more peg relocations going around for the shorter guys.
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6'3" and 290 lbs on a 2004 Speedmaster.
I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed
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Im supprissed to see so many tall guys on these bikes.
It was one of the only bikes (in the displacement range that I prefer) that fit me comfortably.
My PS250 is equally comfortable, but that's a whole 'nother story.
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6'1", 220# If I could get to 200 it would probably be like gaining 5 more horsepower 
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If I could get to 200 it would probably be like gaining 5 more horsepower
My thoughts exactly, thats why I stared running, I wanted to make my bike faster. 
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To circle around your question..., I wore the same jean size as I did as a freshman in high school for the next 20 years. A nurse once told me I had "the body of a runner". Then, at about 40, I went from 150 to 170 overnight. I needed the extra weight a little, but not all in one place!
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.btw, you forgot to give your weight...in "stones", of course!)
Well Dwight, I grew up with my parent's friends always asking "how tall are you?" Being a normal jr high smarta$$ kid, I figured out my height in cubits and answered same. It always struck me odd that asking how much someone weighs is considered socially out of bounds, but height is open season. Much of life has never made much sense to me, but it does have it's moments of humour.
BTW: since the so-called highway mishap 4 years ago, I did gain about 1.5 stone. But since getting a total hip replacement over the 4th of July and a few more months of rehabilitation, I'm hoping to return to fighting shape. Which reminds me, I need to ask the orthopaedic surgeon next week if the aftermarket titanium bits she installed weigh less than garden variety human bone removed
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8 3/4" helmet. 178 I.Q. Oh, and once made John C. Holmes blush.
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8 3/4" helmet. 178 I.Q.
Ha! 3XL helmet here, not sure about the IQ 
Currently 6' and around 260, I'm told I carry it well... I think it's the big head that keeps me in proportion I'd love to get down to 230 or 240 again... MS makes exercise in the summer tricky, and weather in the winter makes it tricky
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8 3/4" helmet. 178 I.Q.
No offense, is that a cranium typo? 8 3/4 would be a modern day ba.com record. I have a 7 7/8 noggin' and have to special order headgear, except for beanies. I remember my old high school football team got new uniforms & helmets, compleat with a cool blue mustang insignia. I was relegated to digging through the equipment storeroom and wear some old Knute Rockne era leather thing.
I ordered a cool union jack Davida helmet a few years ago and had to wait for xtra plastic to arrive.
jh
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Just a shade over 6' tall, 190 lbs. I wouldn't mind having a little more reach at the forwards with a 34" inseam but my 18" apes kind of stretch me out to fit my machine.
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About 5'9", 172lbs. Lean and mean. A few surgeries ago I was closer to 5'11".
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