My wife is 5'2" and rides our Full Throttle (fitted with a standard Flat Track seat) no problems.



The gound here slopes from left to right, the right side is lower.

If reaching the ground is an issue it can often be solved by making the seat narrower between the thighs. Lowering a like should be a last resort as it has negative affects on handling and ground clearance plus if lowered too far there can be issues with the stands hitting the chain on compression of the rear shock. I know somebody who had a nasty crash when that happened to him.

 

This sort of thing can get pretty involved (I know from going down this road with my other bike, an R nine T)....

Here's a good article, to get you oriented: Lowering a Ducati Scrambler Note that the author is dealing with a 2018 model. (If my understanding is correct, the current "re-born" Scrambler is now on its 3rd iteration, and the 2018 is from the first iteration.)

To answer your question: The author of the article was able to lower her bike by about 2 inches. But, again, her bike was a 2018 and there are differences between the model years. Also, from your other thread I gather your inseam may be even less than hers...

For myself - at 5' 5" - I'm okay with just the OEM low seat (a reduction of 20mm, I believe): 96880171A - LOWERED SEAT - SCR . For my R nine T I got custom Nitron suspension through Fast Bike Industries in Hendersonville, NC, and a thinner seat from BMW, and put it all together. Last I checked, Nitron doesn't make suspension for the Scrambler, but you could try calling the people at Fast Bike, or Ducati Omaha. Fast Bike also handles Matris suspension, and Ducati Omaha might have some ideas.

But all things considered, for your size and weight and that 27" inseam... Well, you might just be better off looking at something like a Kawasaki Vulcan S, with their Ergo-Fit system. It's supposed to be a very good bike, and you'd be hard-pressed to beat that seat height, at 27.8 inches.

Hope that helps!

 

I’ve got a 5’4” friend who can easily get both feet down when the bike is fitted with a skinny seat, like the one on the Cafe Racer or 2019 Full Throttle.

I would treat lowering the bike as an absolute last resort, really hard and expensive to not dramatically alter the wheelbase and geometry, ruining the dynamics of the bike.

 

I have a brand new nitron ntr r1 lowering shock. It will shave off an additional 1.5-2 inches. I got it for my wife who was 5'0". Never was able to install it because the bike was totalled before the shock came in. Still have it in box. I paid 800 but will massively discount it for anyone in need.

 

I am interested in your shock, but i am new to this forum and can't figure out how to private message you. Can you tell me the spring weight and confirm the eye to eye length please?

 

My Partner has a Full Throttle & is 156cm (5' 1"). We had the seat shaved & re-upholstered with the original cover. We also softened the rear spring to sag a little more with her weight. Lot more foot on the ground, she also wears boots with higher soles so that she now gets her feet all on the ground.

 

You can take all of the pre-load out on the rear (ie. make the spring as long as possible) and maybe lower the frame on the front forks about an inch. I'm not sure what low seat options are available and what they give you though.

 

Have someone who understand spring rates and sag adjustments check your suspension. If you are vertically challenged, then you likely do not weight enough for the factory springs and sag settings. With proper springs and sag, a petite rider could lower the bike more than 2 inches, not including the lower seat option

 

I'm 5'3" with a 26" inseam and I bought a Desert Sled with a 34.9" seat height. I could barely get on it and was on extreme tippy toes when I did. I rode it like that for over a year and dropped it twice, once on each side. I've been riding for 40+ year and of course, have always been short so this has been a perennial problem for me. But I've never lowered any of my bikes as I never wanted to compromise the purpose for which the bike was designed. But the Sled was just too high for me. I started by modifying the stock seat and that got me about an inch. And it was stilly highly uncomfortable. So I got a Ducati Low Seat, cut another inch out of that, and put an inch of gel pad in place of the foam. Then I got a lowering bracket from Wildhairaccessories.com which lowered it about another inch. Overall, I'd say I've lowered it about 2.2 inches. It's still tall but at least I can get some good footing.

 

Do you still have the shock?

 

Yes you can