I hope you get your shoulder pain sorted and solved. Take care of yourself.

Hope your pain vanishes and that you find your perfect bike, because riding we love.

I am going to miss you! Our paths to find our bike was similar and I was hoping to see a lot of videos from you! Get well soon and start riding.

Wishing you progress toward recovery and some relief until then

Good luck with your recovery

Good luck! Hope the classic ride goes well!

I certainly don’t suffer from the ailments you are struggling with, but I do find that many bikes and positions produce symptoms that make riding difficult and barely worth doing. Risers, seats, pegs, you name it, have all been an ongoing part of my modifications on nearly every bike I’ve owned - always searching for an improvement or “fix” for the reoccurring niggles in my back and shoulders, and, as I age, my hips as well. I will offer you one other suggestion that I didn’t toss out there before and one I haven’t seen in the comments yet. A number of years ago I took some rides on a bike just because it was offered to me and that began a quirky love affair that continues to the present day. You may dismiss it outright, some folks do. Or, you can let your curiosity and nature to explore get the better of you. Go find a Vespa dealer and ride a new 300 or 310 or the Piaggio BV400. These bikes (scooters one and all) have been nirvana for me. I have owed at least a half dozen over the years and have three in my present fleet to the one motorcycle. I still enjoy shifting to the extent of keeping one traditional motorcycle on hand but the scoots are the cat’s pajamas and will keep me on two wheels long after I give up the ghost of the last motorcycle. I’ll leave it at that. But you’ll ever know what you may be missing if you don’t go give it a shot. I’m absolutely hooked on scooters in general and a couple of brands in particular. All the Best!

Best of luck. Been there and done that.

Take care of yourself and i wish you the best of luck in finding a solution to these issues.

Hope you can get sorted soon, i am 69 and have a Royal enfield Bullet 350, very comfortable, and i have been on some long rides.  I have arthritis in my neck shoulders etc, and it has been fine up to now done about 1,600 miles.  I do suffer from that burning pain right at the top of my spine when i drive the car a long way.  I was thinking about getting a 650 meteor, but perhaps I better go for the 650 classic.  Take care, from Wales

Terrific, full game-plan on how to get wife approval to upgrade / switch bikes, love it apart from the “break from riding” bit. Hope you do recover soon and enjoy riding again soon

I would expect that it's possible to replicate the Classic's riding position on the SM. Shotgun footrests and a classicesque handlebar bend. Seem to recall someone on YouTube was setting up a sort of footrest swapshop between SM & SG owners.

I hope your shoulder recovers well then you can get that 650 classic and back on the road .👍

Two words. Weight Room. Even at an advanced age, our body still responds. I know this from my own experience. I, two, have had shoulder and mid back pain and, after some PT and some quality time in the weight room, I was able to eliminate the pain as I gained flexibility and strength. Just a thought...

Sorry to hear about you medical issues. My Kawasaki W800 does similar things to my shoulders and back on longer rides as well as my old knees and hips. Bar risers helped to some extent but the foot pegs are a bit too far back for the knees and hips and at 500 pounds the W800 is getting a bit heavy for my 71 year old body. For these reasons I will most likely be trading for a Royal Enfield Meteor 350 Supernova. It may not fix all my issues but we shall see. Perhaps you should have kept your Meteor. I will have a hard time parting with my W800 but I have to do what I have to do if I am going to continue riding as I age.
Cheers: BJ

I have full depth rotator cuff tears to both shoulders and its 24/7 pain for me, surprisingly it doesnt bother me when riding my re 350 classic but.....i had to switch to a scissor lift for chain maintenence i cant use the rear stand anymore. I hope you find a solution and can continue to ride and enjoy your bike. 😊

I have the Black Rey Interceptor. I experienced lower back discomfort after about 30 minutes into a ride. I also had similar shoulder issues. I did three things that alleviated the pain. I installed bar risers that raise the bar by one inch and one inch closer. I bought the GT 650 touring seat and increased the preload by 2 notches. The ride is way better and the pain is gone. Good luck in your quest.

Luv, luv, luv the Super Meteor... don't care for forward controls!

I do understand how you feel. Ive had various similar probs with my bikes. I have 3 currently one of which is a honda monkey. This bike is by far the best for riding comfort bar none 😊 hope to see more from you in the near future

You need to try a Meteor 350 again and confirm that it is still good for you (pain wise).