[madjak30]

Two kicks in the shorts in a row…man, that sucks…

Remember, this is peer advice…(atleast that is what I thought)…and I never said that he shouldn’t get the 250cc, just that he would probably be looking for more accelleration quite soon…but as you know better than I, it’s not all about the stop light race…and I don’t feel my GS is under powered, just not as powerful as I would sometimes like. As for the drooling over 1500cc bikes…doesn’t everyone drool over bigger and (perceived) better? I always seem to, but if you read that post more closely, I am more concidering the 800cc M50 cruiser…and that is for next year, after riding for one season (I know, still a realative newbie after only one year)

Yes, I have been riding for just over a month…but after researching (and begging the BOSS) for over two years before the purchase and rider training, it feels longer…I appologize if I sent anyone away from the general direction of the site, that wasn’t my intent…I am just trying to be an active member of the community instead of lurking like I did for about a year before joining…

Thanks for the kick though, sometimes I do need one…even if it is a double whammy…lol

Later.

[eon]

Didn’t mean it to be a kick, just an observation. At the end of the day it’s up to you to decide what type of bike works for you. My experience has been different than yours but that’s not to say one of us is right and the other wrong. I seem to recall you mentioning the roads near you are pretty much straight. In that situation my mindset might be closer to yours but I don’t know. Just was a little concerned that your words would convince someone to start larger than they needed to as “they would get bored”. I know you started out on a sensible bike but I think people with no riding experience do not appreciate how fast a 250 actually is. You only have to look at the comments in the “why 600cc is too much” section to see how much bad advice is out there.

I honestly do not lust after a large engined bike. At one time I was looking at a V-Strom for my next bike and time and again I read how the 650 is a better bike than the 1000. In all aspects it is the same bike but the 650 is lighter and has more than enough power for most circumstances. Read the same advice for many different bikes. My next road bike will be 650cc but I am inkling towards some off road riding and for that I am looking at a 250.

Keep posting your thoughts and experiences. I am in no means trying to stop you doing that. This is just one of your peers making an observation based on your posts.
And if you disagree with anything I say please feel free to say so. I make plenty of mistakes and welcome people telling me where I go wrong. For example, after my recent advance cornering class someone (eternal?) asked me if I was feeling more confident. Well, I am feeling overconfident, almost invulnerable and I need to dial things back a bit. I read somewhere before that this is a pretty common feeling and it allowed me to recognize that I have fallen foul of it. So much to learn…..

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