Sport bikes are not beginner bikes BUT...
- Thread starter sundancekid
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I have one and it's my first bike. Love it and it's not intimidating at all
Same here. Great beginner bike, but also a good commuter that you won't outgrow too soon (if ever). I'm on my 3rd season and still love it. Definitely a good bike to master your skills.
Sweet! Enjoy the ride!
i feel the exact same. it feels so much more solid than the cbr125. i got on a cbr125 at the motorcycle show last weekend at the learning curves stand and it just felt so small. so strange how this works out, especially since i felt that it was heavy and big during my m2 course..
i've got a blue/white 2009 model. can't really tell by your little display picture, but it looks about identical from here.
sundancekid
Banned
Yep mine is blue and white. With the exception of black, I'd be inclined to ride virtually any colour of bike as long as I'm visible. Thing about black is that it looks dirty easily (I had a black car and it looked dirty 24/7) and it would probably be really hot after being in the sun for a long time. When it's clean though, black is definitely very sexy.
Here's my ride:
Excellent choice! Now go out, have a blast and enjoy yourself! That's an ORDER, soldier
Thank you sir! May I have another sir! lol its funny you say that because I enlisted when I was 17 in the CDN Forces and stayed in for 4 years.
After putting in a few hours of riding over the past 2 days I can definitely feel myself improving and also recognizing areas which need to be worked on. So I'm all about trying to build my skill and confidence.
If you outgrow a 500 on the street you're asking to get 172'd
Is 172 police radio code for traffic fatality?...That's definitely not what I want! I can't even take the bike past 5500 RPM because it's still breaking in. I bought the bike with 0000088 KM on the odo. Previous owner was a short woman who found out the hard way that she didn't have the stature to straddle the bike properly. She only looked 5' 1".
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#BK255 Read section 172. Get familiar with it.
sundancekid
Banned
Will do thanks!
you mention being able to abuse your body while you're young, any injury you sustain now will come back to haunt you later.
sundancekid
Banned
Indeed, I just incurred an unrelated knee injury and chances are it'll be with me for the rest of my natural life...until I come back as a zombie! BBBRRRAAAIIINNNNSSSS!! Seriously though, my knee hurts a lot and I'll probably be able to tell the weather with it eventually. Now broadcasting hourly weather updates from my meniscus.
hehe it's amazing what a difference it feels when everything is in working order. The bikes at the courses are typically not in the best conditions.
See you on the road!
sundancekid
Banned
Yeah the ones they had were relatively new, even then they were banged up badly. One of the instructors was also very good mechanically, he had to change a clutch on one of the bikes because it was abused so badly; Sad part was most of the bikes had less than 500KM on them. I mainly used the CBR's but even then I could discern the difference between the ones who were OK and others that were screwed.
missusfinz
Member
I don't think it matters if you are on a 125. You can get hurt just as bad. You just need to be sitting at an intersection and have a cager run in to you from behind.
My point is, riding a motorcycle takes a lot of experience. If you want to live for a while, limit the possibilities of getting in a bad situation. Get training, ride within your limits and wear the proper gear.
Get a used smaller bike or start off on a cruiser.
If it's an ego thing you're already in trouble.
sundancekid
Banned
I agree that someone could be injured on any bike, but your example of being rear-ended also applies to someone with 20 years experience on a Shadow 250. I've already had proper rider training with RTI and obviously it doesn't stop there. I try to focus on honing my skill every time I ride. I'm not sure if you read the more recent posts, but I decided to go with the GS500F as it is more suitable for a new rider.
:agave:
Maybe you didn't catch my sarcasm.
polimene
Active member
sure 600 might not be the best bike to learn on...I did, just fine...but also you get bored of riding and 250 in 2 weeks, all my buddies who did that felt the same way...my 2 cents (flame me if you want)..just my view
