Adjust the fitLowering kit, bar risers, rearsets — see how mods change your posture›
What-if only — simulates common aftermarket changes, not the stock bike.
Seat height820 mm
Forward lean0°
Knee angle82°
Hip angle115°
Data confidence: HighWhoever opens it sees your size and fit adjustments on this bike.
The Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+) has a 820 mm (32.3 in) seat height and a 1485 mm wheelbase. For an average 175 cm rider that works out to about 0° of forward lean with the knees bent to about 82°, and that rider can get the balls of both feet down. See the riding-position diagram above, and enter your own height and inseam to see your fit. The Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+) is LAMS-approved (learner-legal to ride in Australia).
How tall is the Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+) seat?
The Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+) has a seat height of 820 mm (32.3 inches).
Can a 175 cm rider flat-foot the Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+)?
On its 820 mm seat, a 175 cm rider (about 80 cm inseam) can typically get the balls of both feet down on the Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+). Taller or shorter riders differ — use the simulator to check your own ground reach.
What is the riding position of the Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+)?
For an average 175 cm rider, the Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+) riding position (also called the seating position) works out to about 0° of forward lean with a 82° knee bend. See the riding-position diagram to judge the posture for your own body size.
Is the Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+) LAMS-approved?
Yes — the Harley-Davidson X500 (2024+) is LAMS-approved, so it is legal for learner and provisional riders in Australia.
Seat height & wheelbase come straight from the manufacturer’s published specs, verified across the maker’s site, media reviews and spec databases.
Handlebar & footpeg positions aren’t published by any manufacturer. Where a true side-profile photo exists, we mark five reference points on it (front & rear axle, seat, grip, peg) and convert pixels to millimetres using the known wheelbase as the scale. Where it doesn’t, we research the grip and peg heights and estimate the horizontal reach from class-typical geometry.
Every result is cross-checked against how reviewers describe the bike’s posture (upright / sporty / committed), and each bike page carries a data-confidence badge so you can see how solid its numbers are.
The drawing is a clean schematic — one shared template per bike type (naked, sport, cruiser, adventure, touring, dirt), anchored to each bike’s real seat, grip and peg coordinates — so you compare riding positions, not paint jobs.
Your figure is a stick model built from your height and inseam using standard body-proportion ratios, then posed by inverse kinematics — hips on the seat, hands on the bars, feet on the pegs — with the same posture solver for every bike.
Bottom line: seat height & wheelbase are hard data; handlebar/footpeg geometry and ground reach are calibrated estimates (see each bike’s data-confidence badge). Always sit on the real bike before you buy.