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Ben
Participanthaha, Tell us how you really feel eon
lol.
I hope to eventually have a large company one day, and it seems like this sort of company culture even infects companies that try desperately to avoid it. Such is life I suppose.
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantHey Ranette,
Sorry for all of my assumptions, what I laid out was the most common scenario. Honestly as soon as I read “Are you married” I knew exactly what you situation was and I can completely sympathize. I’m not married, but I have been in very long term relaitonships where we were close to being married and everything is a compromise.
BBM doesn’t have a policy against posting links to other places, I started the site to help people find the info they need so post away!
I also know what you mean when it comes to the scooter feeling a bit shaky at high speeds compared to the bike. My old Honda f2 was an OK bike, but once I sold it and got my current 2001 ZX6R that thing felt like a Cadillac compared to the f2, soooooooooo smooth.
I still stick by my opinion that riding a slow bike (i.e. Gs500, or even some 650 or 600 cc bikes) is much more fun than riding something like a hayabusa. But that’s just me and my opinion. I hope I didn’t offend you at all. Stay safe and wear ATGATT!
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantHey Ranette,
You said this in your post, and forgive me if you explained it elsewhere:
“Unfortunately, purchasing a starter bike would not have been an option unless I had no intention of upgrading in the next decade; the bike that I purchased was going to be the bike that I lived with for quite a while. That pretty much put very small bikes out of the question, even if that might be the best way for a beginner to learn”
I’m confused why you would be stuck with a bike for 10 years, the only scenario I could see that being the case is if you lived on an island and only went to the mainland every decade. I have a sneaking suspicion that the reason you said that was because of finances, and that you would end up paying off a bike for a few years before you could sell it. If that is the case then I am super surprised that you bought a Ducati for your first bike, those things are pricey!
I’ve never bought a bike with a loan, i’ve always used cash and bought used, but I”m assuming you had to put at least some money down to get it correct? And if that was 1,500-2,000 dollars then that would have been more than enough to buy a used Ninja 250 or something similar off craigslist to start on. You could have gone around and sold it a few months/years later for maybe 100 or 200 less than you bought it for originally.
That is all my hypothesis, and it doesn’t really matter now that you have the bike. I guess i’ve always been of the mindset that it is more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow.
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminSeptember 15, 2008 at 9:38 pm in reply to: Should u learn to drive in a car and then get a motorcycle? #12208ParticipantThat’s a good question.
I would probably recommend to learn to drive a car first (a manual too, not an automatic) for at least 6 months to a year before hopping on a bike. That way you can get the rules of the road down before getting on something without a protective steel cage around you. Most road bikers I know (and I’m one of them) don’t follow all the rules of the road when they are peddling away, for example, I will often just coast through stop signs on my bicycle if I can see there are no cars or if I can piggyback on a car that had stopped and is now going. On a motorcycle I don’t do that at all.
I think it’s great you’ve started on bicycles though, I think that will give you an edge up since you already know how dangerous cars can be.
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantGlad you got a bike!
Be sure to post some pictures once you get it.
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantMUST…. RESIST…. KILLING MEGASPAZ…. AND TAKING HIS BIKE!!!!
*ARRRRRRRRRRG!!!!! Restrains own hand!!!**
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In all seriousness that is awesome man! I’m glad you got it in white, that is my absolute dream bike! I pray you won’t be like the salado rider with the 1098 that has bigger chicken strips than KFC.
Also, since you’ve nickenamed the SV blue balls, what have you named the duc?
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantI just got confirmation that Ray will be joining us as long as nothing goes wrong with his chain/sprocket replacement that is happening today.
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantWow, I don’t even know how you would ride that thing!
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantRight now the ride is just me and Megaspaz. I’m hoping ray will join us, and I hope you can make it too Jiriki!
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantWay cool
I just added myself!
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantBeautiful!
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantI agree with megaspaz.
1. You only save time if you can lanesplit, and I believe california and texas are the only states where it is legal.
2. Motorcycles are dangerous. 95% of riders that ride for 20 years have crashed at least once (that was a study, but I can’t remember where from).
3. I’m of the opinion that motorcycle cost the same, or are even more expensive than cars. The only caveat to that is if you were to get a pre 2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250, or maybe a Ninja 500/gs500. Those bikes can all my purchased used for less than $3,000 and they get such good gas mileage that you continue to save even though they go through tires/consumables a lot quicker than a car.
Modern 600cc sportbikes are NOT more economical unless you don’t buy any gear and you don’t take any safety courses. Even then it is borderline. That is just my opinon though, and I own a ZX6R and I started on a GS500.
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantI’ve been rocking these for the past few months and they kick ass, and they are only 30 bucks.
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminParticipantI haven’t dragged knee or scraped a peg yet. I just don’t feel comfortable going balls to the wall on public roads, you never know who is coming around the corner or if there will be a truck stopped in your lane right after the blind turn (that happened to me once!)
Ben
~Best Beginner Motorcycles AdminAugust 16, 2008 at 10:31 pm in reply to: Good first bike for a ridiculously tall/big guy? 6’11” almost 400 lbs #10681ParticipantMaybe check out the V-strom 650???
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