Ever had your new to you bike scare the pants of you?

[Shaman]

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I love the gen 1 zx-10r. I don't *want* one because they're death machines... but I do love 'em. A friend of mine had one with a full system and a -1/+6 tooth sprocket setup, it would wheelie in sixth with just throttle and a tug on the bars. Ugly fun. In a OMGIMGONNADIE kind of way.

 

[MacDoc]

Only one that left me feeling like laundry hanging off the bars was the Kawi 750 triple two stroke way back when.
Hit 100 mph before I could blink. One ride was sufficient thank you.

Kid was scared of his YZ250 when he first got it - big step up from the Honda 230 but would have cost me less if he stuck with the Honda.
Still worth it for the grin once he tamed it.

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I'd bought a '73 RD350 that had been in storage since 1978 two years ago. 32 years in a garden shed. Brought it home and sort of checked the bikes weren't siezed, the fork seals where leaking and the tires had some checks in the sidewalls.
They need a charged battery to fire so I pulled the battery out of my snowblower and bungy corded it to the seat and wired some jumpers, poured in fresh gas and it sparked up on the fifth kick.
I took off down my subdivision court and the wheel came up going into third, it didnt want to stop at corner in the cresent and the rock hard tires slide beautifully, nearly crapped myself.
Came back up the street and my wife said, "its just here to be resold right?" , I nodded appropriately and a guy in Hamilton bought it a week later.

some memories there - my long use RD400 was way nicer on the powerband....the RD350 according to riders was ON or OFF.

 

[Red_Liner740]

my first bike the VTR1000 scared the beejeezus out of me at first. Definitively made me respect the right hand twist...just before i bought the VTR my friend bought a 98 GSXR600 and that was the first bike i took out....the thing scared me to hell in how it built up power. 6 months riding the VTR we switch bikes and now his 600 is boring as hell, precise and fast but linearly boring....just hammer the gas and listen for the shifts.

He gets of my bike and has to sit down. "Dude, i hammered the gas in first and the thing slapped me in the chest so hard with the tank that i lost my breath...." luckily he let go of the gas before looping it. The VTR was......exciting, to say the least....to ride. Hard to launch smoothly, didnt wanna stay on two wheels in first, hammer second and carry out the wheelie...good times.....totally different feel than a SS 1K which are pretty tame at low RPM in comparission.

 

[rich6969]

First time i jumped on a Cr 500 and the POWERBAND kicked in......i just remember saying OHHHHH **** this is going to hurt

 

[Alex_San]

Left GP on my new 1098 afew years back. Got on the 401 and opened the throttle. I will never forget that moment.

First time on my X7 was a real sphincter clencher as well.

Haha...I did the same last November...picked up my Daytona 675 from GP, hit the 401 (coming off of a cbr250r) and got scared sh**less by the insane acceleration and the fact that the speedo figure was well into uncharted territory for me on a bike...

 

[Shaman]

my first bike the VTR1000 scared the beejeezus out of me at first. Definitively made me respect the right hand twist...just before i bought the VTR my friend bought a 98 GSXR600 and that was the first bike i took out....the thing scared me to hell in how it built up power. 6 months riding the VTR we switch bikes and now his 600 is boring as hell, precise and fast but linearly boring....just hammer the gas and listen for the shifts.

He gets of my bike and has to sit down. "Dude, i hammered the gas in first and the thing slapped me in the chest so hard with the tank that i lost my breath...." luckily he let go of the gas before looping it. The VTR was......exciting, to say the least....to ride. Hard to launch smoothly, didnt wanna stay on two wheels in first, hammer second and carry out the wheelie...good times.....totally different feel than a SS 1K which are pretty tame at low RPM in comparission.

And that's why I couldn't sell my Tuono. I may own this thing for a decade or more.

 

[silverbullet132]

And that's why I couldn't sell my Tuono. I may own this thing for a decade or more.

Looks like I need to check out the newer sporty twins, loving the V4's so far

 

[Ripcord]

Just about every damn bike that was "new to me" had some surprises........isn't that what makes them fun?

Learn the ride, then learn to master it. Hopefully without scratching anything in the process.

 

[Andreas]

from 250 to r6 wasn't bad until I got my first head shakes. From r6 to 1000 was weird, I remember Going uphill onramp and it coming up in third gear during breakin... never scared me yet, the bike is beautifully balanced. it's a pussycat if you are smooth.

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