[Rab]

If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, you might want to pick up a copy of the April edition of “City Bike” which you can usually find at motorcycle dealers in the S.F. Bay Area. It’s free, and is a good read and resource for those of us who live here.

The April edition has been designated as the beginner’s edition, so as well as the usual fare, it has a number of articles aimed specifically at motorcycling newbs.

Amongst others, there’s an article which again re-iterates why a 600 c.c. sport bike is *not* a good choice for a beginner and includes such pearls as “but I don’t want something I’ll grow out of”, to which the reply is, “would you put your toddler in an adults size 9 shoes?”

Anyway, there’s a lot of good info for beginners in the April edition, so pick up a copy and enjoy…

[Sean_D]

on a Fuji D-6 Time Trial Racing Bike for toddler because he might outgrow a Big Wheel

BTW is that available for reading online? Or only in print?

[Rab]

They have a web site but it’s not very good and you can’t read the newspaper; only selected columnists and such:

http://www.citybike.com

Other nuggets from that same “Why not start on a 600?” article:

#1 Would you rather learn the circus high-wire two feet off the ground or 20 feet off the ground?

#2 Imagine someone saying “I want to learn to juggle, but I am going to start by learning with chainsaws. But don’t worry, I intend to go slow, be careful, stay level-headed and respect the power of the chainsaws while I’m learning”.

…you’re still juggling chainsaws!!!!!

#3 Maturity has nothing to do with learning to ride a motorcycle. Maturity is what you should use when *deciding* what kind of bike to buy so that you may learn to ride a motorcycle safely.

[owlie]

That comment about Maturity is priceless. I’ll have to remember that one.

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