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Yea, I didn’t mean to sound like there should be no accountability on his part. Even if he had a gun to his head the final decision does come down to him on doing what is right or wrong.
July 1, 2008 at 5:51 pm in reply to: I have 2 years to go b4 i make my well-informed purchase! #8160acidpopeParticipant120! I hope you’ll only hit this if you’re trying to outrun say… a nuclear explosion. Don’t turn a mid-life crisis into a mid-life funeral.
acidpopeParticipantMy jacket has bike armor right in it for the back. It’s visible, with the areas pronounced, but you can get jackets with it all but invisible. Next to your head and neck I’d say your back is the next most important thing to protect. Even slight back injuries can lead to major pain and discomfort for the rest of your life (truely and fully recovering from a back injury is a rare thing). I think when it comes to protection, looks should take a back seat. Thankfully with motorcycle gear, for both sport and cruising, there is plenty of gear that protects and looks awesome too! After you’re injured you don’t want to be stuck with irreparable damage because you placed looking cool over dressing safe. What people you don’t know thinks doesn’t matter (ironic, I know), and the people you do know who are worth anything will want you to dress safe.
I have a cortech jacket. There are plenty though with back armor in them made by most manufacturers. I’d suggest checking out somewhere like the motorcycle superstore website. It’s almost guaranteed to have something with back armor that will fit the bill for both protection and looks. You can also check out review sites like webBikeWorld.
acidpopeParticipantI wouldn’t fault him for not saying no to his dad. Especially if he looks up to the man. When it comes to parents or pussy a more primal urge tends to take the place of common sense.
It’s his dad’s fault he didn’t drill simple concepts into his sons head before he even sat on the bike. Like clutch in = no power transfered to the rear wheel. I think the best thing for him to do is get himself on a bike asap, one that fits him better like a 125 or 250 (sorry but I think 500cc for a borderline child is too much), so he can see the right bike for his skill level and size and get his confidence back. Seriously, putting a 16 year old kid on a 1600cc motorcycle is tantamount to reckless endangerment. His dad needs a beatin’.
acidpopeParticipantChain cleaning video up in the video forum.
acidpopeParticipantI’ve found the toughest parts of learning to ride are the parts where I’m told to overthink simple concepts I already know about. Counter-steering is a good example. Another is when you’re told, for example, look both ways when you stop. Naturally this is something I would do. I know it from driving my car, riding my bike and heck, walking across the street. When I’m told to though, I obsess on it and end up making a mistake in another facet of riding I wouldn’t have messed up on if I wasn’t told to concentrate on something I would have done anyway. I’ve taken to just having the person who’s teaching me to ride to just tell me what he wants, and not how to do it, and if I get it right my way – lesson learned. If I don’t do it right my way, he gives me a brief explanation of how to achieve the outcome he wants and I do it that way. It’s much easier for me.
acidpopeParticipantI’d be all for a system that made riders earn their way up the cc ladder. I also think it removes the ego factor, since it’s tough to talk down to someone who’s doing what you had to do as well and is being limited to by law. It just makes sense. Both safety wise, and capitalism wise. Since people would have to purchase new bikes at each level. I also think it’s lame that all the cooler looking bikes are the bigger bikes. But with any luck, things like the Ninja 250 (and hopefully the ninja 500) and GS500f, this cycle (pun!) will eventually be broken.
acidpopeParticipantYou can try using kerosene and a brush to remove the rust. Mind you it’s messy, and you need to wear gloves while using it and cover the other parts of the bike that might get kerosene on it if you do it while it’s on the bike. Some people use WD-40, but this can and does damage your chain after prolonged use. You can see what it will do here (scroll down to the update):
http://www.webbikeworld.com/t2/motorcycle-chain-lube/
Or you could just buy a new chain.
acidpopeParticipantIf you’ve rode a bicycle, you’ve done countersteering. It should come naturally, or naturally after the first time you flew off your bicycle. I’ll post a video of an explaination of it in another thread so people will see the topic as “How to Countersteer”. I’ve found most things motorcycle are explained as if the new rider has never been on two wheels before and can barely chew their food without choking. Which for some is fully warranted. Counter-Steering for most though is just a big fancy term for something you’ve prolly already done thousands if not tens of thousands of times before.
acidpopeParticipant2000 or newer I’d say poorly maintained.
acidpopeParticipantI live in MA too. Most of New England gets moderate to heavy. But atleast we aren’t as bad off as the people in say, Buffalo. I have never seen a motorcycle on the road in 28 years after the first snowfall.
acidpopeParticipant600’s are generally all sport and no touring, so they can get uncomfortable on longer rides. You can also refer to GSX-R bikes as “gixxer” and it will make you look like you know more than you really do.
acidpopeParticipantNew GS500F msrp is $5199 I think. Not sure if it’s going up for ’09.
acidpopeParticipantThe Laconia bike rally in New Hampshire just happened last week. It’s the only major rally for New England that I know of. I’m from MA.
acidpopeParticipantThat guy looked like he was doing a 180 quick stop like he was driving a kart.
I didn’t know that, swede. I’ll put that in my cell phone first chance I get.
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