Raise the seat???

Hey all,

I have a 2015 F800gs Adventure and a torn Medial Meniscus (*sigh*). The way it is right now I can only ride it for about 40 minutes before the pain in my knee gets almost un-bearable. Was talking to my Dr. and she suggested I try a different style of bike (cruiser). I'm not very interested in cruisers but she got me thinking....what if I raised the seat and lowered the foot pegs so that my knee are less bent. I managed to find lowered pegs from Knight Designs (http://www.knightdesignllc.com/Produ...Foot-Pegs.html) and they help. Now I need to find some way to get my seat higher.

My question (I got there eventually):
Other than the Touratech comfort seat which has a high seat option that raises from stock 0.8 inches are there any other options? If the flat F800gs stock seat would fit I would gladly use it but apparently it won't fit on the gsa. Any ideas?

Steve
(A.K.A. Mr. Owie knee according to my wife)

I bet highway pegs mounted on engine crash guards would alleviate your problem.

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mawhite said:

I bet highway pegs mounted on engine crash guards would alleviate your problem.

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They do. I've done that and can attest to the viability of using them to relax my left knee. I finally did have surgery to repair it, but some old highway pegs from a past cruiser were just the right accessory to help me get from the Big Horn mountains back to St. Louie last year after a mishap on the Continental Divide trail... Good Luck!

mawhite said:

I bet highway pegs mounted on engine crash guards would alleviate your problem.

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Welcome to the forum!
Gary

Steve - I was hit by a truck when crossing a street in 2006 and had a meniscus tear. I hobbled around for a couple of months (didn't ride then), then had arthroscopic surgery and the Doc fixed the meniscus. It was not a big deal surgery wise. I had a hip replaced five years later, and that was a bigger deal and was keeping me off the bike a lot. Three months after the hip replacement, I rode 8K miles round trip to CA from MA.

The meniscus repair was day surgery. No overnight. General anesthesia. Felt fine.