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It’s a great bike for beginner who are tall.

If you are used to downhill/freeride mt. biking, the size/height of the Pegaso shouldn’t bother you.

It’s a big bike to be taken off pavement though…

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See any resemblence?

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I have the original registration at home and a copy on the bike under the seat.

Whether or not your bike has current registration the LEO could pull up on their computer pretty easily, or radio in for that information… that long with your driver’s license status.

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Katana may be air cooled, but it has a tried and proven engine, less maintenance require, no coolant to overflow or replace.

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Speed could be your friend to stability when traveling on gravel roads.

Personally, I like to keep it above 15 mph.. when I start to feel teh tire slipping, I give it more throttle.. not a whole handful, but enough to stabilize the bike, just like the MSF class taught.. if you feel that your bike is going down, more throttle.
Look where you want to go, if you look down, you go down.

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Kids in cars hide behind the windows, pedstrians turn and point.. nobody ever cut me off when I wear this:

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/01/23/medusa-hat-goggles.jpg

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I think the Suzuki Katana is a better bike that’s will last a long long time over the Ninja 500.
If you can get comfortable with its riding position, weight and engine performance.. Katana is rock solid.

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I found out that speedo on most bikes display 8-10% faster speed than actual speed.. I wonder if the tripmeter/odometer also reflect that kind of accuracy.. if so, your fuel economy record may be off by 8-10%.

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Not having earplugs/headphones in his helmet may or may not have saved him, but looking ahead where he’s going would have saved him rather than staring at the accident scene on opposite side of the highway.

My father once told me to look five cars ahead every few seconds while traveling on the highway, that had saved me from a few mishalps.

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I liked my 1st gen. carburated SV650S also, more HP/torque output than the fuel injected ones.. better fuel eco could be obtained also.

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I’m 5′ 10″, about 160lb. with my riding gear on.

I owned a Buell Blast for little over 4 months, put approx. 2000 mi. on it.

The single cylinder is rather viby at highway speed, wind protection is rather poor.

Riding position could be a little cramped for someone with long legs, I have 34″ inseam, it starts to get uncomfortable about 45 minutes in.

The seat is narrow at the nose/front, and tilted slightly forward, so it is difficult to sit near teh rear portion of the seat where more/wider padding are located. I felt like I was sliding forward everytime I brake.

The Blast was inexpensive, used ones are pretty easy to find on Craigslist. I wouldn’t buy a brand new one from dealer for sure.

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The Nevada Classic 750 and Breva 750 are great beginner bikes.

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The 2nd Generation of SV650’s with fuel injection are reputable with poor throttle responce. The delay in acceleration that you’ve experienced is not uncommon among SV650 owners who are not used to the throttle responce.

Personally, I would avoid a fuel injected SV650 as a first bike, but look for 99-02 SV650 that are carbed, or go directly to a SFV650 Gladius if you can afford it. The Gladius has much of the throttle/fule injection problem sorted, an very easy ride for beginner.

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I park on the sidewalks whenever I can, as long as my bike is not taking up the whole sidewalk that pedestrian can not get pass my bike. I’ve yet to receive a ticket for parking my bike on the sidewalk for over 3 years.
I leave my dead bug covered helmet and jacket on the bike, it serves well as a theft deterant, I havn’t washed my jacket for over 8 years, it probably has its distinct smell by now, but when I’m riding I don’t notice.

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