Reply To: need help with selecting my 1st bike
September 24, 2009 at 4:14 am
#22496
owlie
Participant
Have you sat on any of the bikes or taken the MSF class?
Be sure to do both before you make a decision. A little time riding will make a more educated decision about which bike is appropriate for you, from a personal fit standpoint. Also, the skills taught in the MSF class are invaluable when you get your first bike.
Unless you really know the difference, I don’t think that you’ll notice the lack of maneuverability from the longer wheel base in the Vulcan 500.
Also, you might get some feed back from people who own the smaller bikes and haven’t found excuses to move to something larger. The Rebel in particular has a loyal following and I think that they might argue about the bikes being “very unstable” at highway speeds.