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I tell all beginners dirt bike first. Learn to control an out of control bike, slide, fall over, crash, lots of times and you will start to learn body position. You just dont learn that quickly on the street and when you do go down it hurts your body and wallet |
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04-19-2014, 12:58 PM | #32 | |
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I learned on an old Ninja 250R that I bought for $2800 used. I rode it for about 2 years and sold it for $2500. If you're not riding it on the highway, it's more than enough to learn and have fun with. And they hold on to their resale values pretty well.
The point of a beginner bike is to learn the basics of motorcycling, but the major point is to learn how to always be aware of your surroundings and how to plan ahead on how to avoid dangers that pop up like animals or the idiot in oncoming traffic that will make a left turn and say that he didn't see you coming. The thing that I do miss about the smaller bikes is that you could ring out each gear to red line and still be legal and having tons of fun. You can't really do that on the larger bikes. There are always tons of debates on all the motorcycling forums about what to start on and what bike to get. The best advice I can give you is ride for your own enjoyment of riding and not to impress. Stay within your abilities and take your time and you'll live long enough to ride all kinds of bikes. Learning throttle control on a beginner bike is a hell of a lot easier than on a sportbike where minute inputs have large outputs. |
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I wouldnt use it on the freeway, just as a back country road toy, and to get around town in
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Took my bike in for service, they gave me this little guy as a loaner. Hated it at first due to the size, but I learned to like it after beating it like a red headed step child for 3 days. Great bike for a beginner, or a bar hopper that you can really man handle.
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Here's my last 3 bikes.
I hit sand in the road on my Hyper, crashed hard and got hurt pretty bad. After that I found I wasn't riding much any more, so I sold my bikes and put the money into my BRZ. |
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Bumping this up just found this thread! who else is riding on here?
Started with this guy: Sold it, had this pos for a very short period of time (I did not do any painting) bought this guy, great deal Did some riding Got hooked, sold the r6, bought a race prepared 06 CBR600RR. Should have that for awhile Painted and raced it, 4th place in my second race
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Started on this 1982 Yamaha Virago
Then got a 2003 R6 (which I cannot seem to find any pictures of right now) Then bought this 2006 Honda CBR1000RR But sold it after a year because I didn't really enjoy having to change my underwear after each ride. I now have a 2003 SV650 which is undergoing a GSXR1000 suspension swap And an old beat to death scoot |
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Does this count?
It has 1/3 the HP of a CBR300.. actually a little more than that... and it's even eye-tail-ian. I actually do need to sell that darn thing though, it's just taking up space. Once I figure out my storage situation (ie too much shit in a too small garage) I want to find a CB500 or CB550. 70s of course.
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