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I guess I just don't see the point in trying to make a cruiser a sportbike. That's just me though. |
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oh that's funny. sad, but funny. i did ride the new vmax at last year's long beach motorcycle show, it's a beast! |
I'vw got to admit that as I get older I am becoming more and more of a fan of naked bikes. I never used to like them at all.
Strangely enough I pretty much just stopped riding again. Sold my bike even at the end of the Summer. Not sure why I didn't get out on it much anymore. Used to love riding. I guess it's just fallen lower in my priorities. Well that and having only a few months of weather where it's actually enjoyable to ride each year. I'm sure I'll get another bike someday and probably even stop picking sportbikes and go with some sort of a cruiser myself. Maybe I'm just missing the point of the VMAX. I did check out a 2009 when I was last in the show room and I have to admit it sure looked nice. |
I don't know how you can consider a 200 hp bike sluggish, especially for a beginner.
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i love naked bikes! i've owned several. been dreaming of picking up a used r1, the new one, and stripping all the shit off, customize it to my idea of a naked. totally stripped down with that sick motor and some trick bits...w00ty!
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Hayabusa's are big bikes, forget about those. Get a bike to learn on, say max 250cc, but i'd recommend 125cc. Keep it for a few months, learn the basics, move on to a 600cc bike, keep it for at least a year, after that you can start thinking what bike to get. Good luck.
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I'm just saying that I don't quite get the appeal of having all that power in a bike that's not ideally suited for using it. When I say sluggish I'm coparing a 650 pound bike to 400 pound bikes, that's all. I guess I'm just kind of an either extreme sort of guy; All comfort or balls to the wall performance. Not too much for the gray area in the middle. Like I said, personal thing. |
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whatever bike you buy, please sign your organ donor card. it will make someone (or more than one someone) happy some point in the future.
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I started on a 600 CBR and learned, loved it, painted it, rode it into the ground sold it.
Now I own the green Ninja posted earlier. 250 is all I need in a remote beach home. Get the 600+ imo if youre in a resonably safe urban environment. Def. keep the fear and don;t get too comfortable. Thats when accident happen. |
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i'm not so sure i agree with the riding in fear advice. it's more about confidence of skills and awareness.
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I ride with my eyes closed because it is so scary out there.
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start with a 125cc
Don't get a fast bike if you have no experience, or this is what will (probably) happen: http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wor...le-crash-2.jpg :Oh crap Honda shadows are actually great bikes to learn on: http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl...oq=&gs_rf ai= this is what i want next: http://i.imgur.com/4RRKM.jpg get used to the road, the danger comes mostly from other people ( driving cars) i would give it 6 month then get a bigger one :2 cents: Good luck |
These are cooler than any rice grinder, inexpensive and an easy bike for a beginner.
http://juliablue.com/xmas_3236_tn.jpg http://juliablue.com/xmas_3234_tn.jpg |
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Great bike for anyone who likes to ride. Beginners included. |
Ya practice, hone your skills, I totally agree. what I mean by don't get too comfortable.
Careful of the little old lady abruptly changing lanes or the semi spitting huge trunks of tire treads. Be aware of whos around you and don't sit next to vehicles. Leave the bike in gear at lights and space between cars so you don't get sandwhiched ny a drunk driver. Slow down for EVERY intersection. It could save your life by not getting too comfy while riding. As in life hope for the best but expect the worst and be prepared. I've seen / been aqaunted with 1 dead riders and another confined to a wheelchair for life. Both involved alcohol and speeding down residential streets. Cars simply pulled out in front of them at intersections... and boom. they were both teens. |
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the vmax was the bike of my wet teenage dreams - although i kind of remember the first one looked a bit smaller than the actual one
but i always ended up driving enduros and since i never did really long trips i found them perfect for me |
It's been so long I forget. But I often catch myself in neutral, breaking my own rule. Then again if it's a weekend party night i'm more aware of what's pulling up behind me.
Ya im pretty much a worry wart rider. 2 young kids that want bikes doesnt help. |
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Me and my GF own a buell xb 9 sx great handling not too much power but enough to have a great time and a v-twin sound, they probaly don't cost shit in the UShttp://www.i-worx.nl/gar/buell.jpg
i also love this bike but its about 50K US dollars http://www.motogpromagna.com/images/...ter_strada.jpg |
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royal enfield= king, but it's not sportsbike :-P
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They are very cheap, getting the bike registered in The Netherlands cost almost as much as the new bike, damn taxes here! |
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Rear foot on back brake, in gear, left foot on ground. If you have to accelerate to avoid a collision you're ready to go. You once said you though beanie helmets were safer than full face helmets too which is absurd. I'd love to hear how you have this one figured. |
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ya, what he said!
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If you are sitting at a red light in gear, there are many things that can happen that would cause the clutch to engage. Things like cables breaking. I am sure you have heard of a "suicide clutch." That is because it was considered suicide to sit at a red light in gear hoping the clutch did not somehow engage. I have experienced it and I have seen it happen to others. I remember asking some guy on a bike what time it was while we were stopped at a light. He twisted his arm to look at his watch and lost his grip on the clutch lever. Luckily, there was no cross traffic in the lane he ended up in. |
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It just makes sense to me. How often do you think people get rearended by inattentive traffic, or involved in a multiple vehicle pile up when someone gets rearended behind them versus how many times clutches fail and bikes shoot out in to insersections? I'm fairly certain one happens more often than the other. |
So i ended up getting a 200cc Kawasaki Ninja bike... lets see how it goes, if i die please attend the funeral lol
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How you can watch behind you well enough to be able to determine the car is not going to stop and that you should chance it with cross traffic is beyond me. |
i always split the lane waiting at a red light. safest spot at the intersection.
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