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April 30, 2008 at 11:43 pm #1323kirkParticipant
Hello all. I purchased a Suzuki GS500F two years ago (Sept 05). The price rising price of gas was my excuse. Never having been on a bike before, I made the mistake of thinking that I could learn to ride on my own. Suffice it to say that did not go well. I lost control and took a nasty spill my first time out. Luckily the bike and my body only had a few scratches. My small accident put the fear of God into me and the bike sat untouched in my backyard for two years.
Finally last summer I just got a wild hair and I took the MSF course. I took my bike to the shop for some rather expensive repairs and here I am. For the first two months after I took the course I would only ride my bike around the block at a whopping 15mph. I didn’t even know I had a second gear.
Now I am all over the place. I love riding my bike and I am even looking to upgrade sometime in the near future. I was looking at the Honda CBR 1000. My friends advise me to not go beyond a 750 and even the bike dealer voiced some concern over the jump from 500 to a 1000.
Suffice it to say I ride as often as I can and I’m sad I didn’t start riding sooner. Any advise on an upgrade? Don’t plan to speed just work and pleasure riding. Thanks all and happy riding!May 1, 2008 at 6:54 pm #5923MattParticipantThe GXR 750 will do 168mph, and is one of the fastest bikes in production. Really think you need faster than that?
For the feelign of fast, you don’t need big power, just more torque than your 500 gives you.
Look into bikes with twin engines to give you more of that feeling of speed at less insane speeds. (One issue with litre bikes is that they need to be going very fast before they feel alive. Almost all will do 80mph in first gear! To have the engine in the power band, and be in third gear requires insta-license-removal speeds).
Some popular mid cc bikes: Honda VFR 800, Ducati Monster and Multistrada, Suzuki SV650, Kawasaki ZZR 600, Kawasaki Z750.
An excellent article on the whole “upgrading bikes = more happiness” can be found here on OneWheelDrive.Net Readsome of their reviews of mid sized bikes like the ducatis. When the review is having less fun on the 1000cc hypersport than the 650cc machine they are using as a camera mule, it says something.
Remember, bigger is not always more fun.
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