[megaspaz]

And such is the peril of those who start to learn to ride from friends or family and the dangers of ego. Glad to hear your friend’s ok, though.

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[megaspaz]

Sounds like a winner to me as long as it’s in good shape.

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[megaspaz]

FYI, you’re in the proper rpm range, you can upshift the bike without using the clutch and it doesn’t hurt the bike one bit done correctly. Of course the operative words being “done correctly”.

http://www.sportrider.com/ride/RSS/0704_sprp_riding_skills_series/index.html

Edit: to answer the op’s scenario (Again assuming emergency stop situation):

You can slip the clutch while you’re in the act of emergency braking. A little more to think about maybe, but I think preferable than trying to find 1st gear from a higher gear when completely stopped. As a matter of fact, as a “safety” feature, if you’re in a higher gear, most bikes won’t let you slip into 1st when stopped. The most you’ll get to is neutral, in which case you’ll have to release and re-engage the clutch lever to shift into 1st. Hence the reason, if you’re committed to stopping completely, get into 1st while in the act of stopping.

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[megaspaz]

Assuming by quick stop, you mean emergency stop, then you wouldn’t do all the “proper” downshifting. In a car, you wouldn’t downshift. The most I can think of emergency stopping in a car would be to maybe go into neutral, but the natural reaction in a car would be to grab a handful of steering wheel, engage the clutch and brake. After stopping, then go into gear and motor away. It’s kind of the same thing with a bike. You just grab brake, in a controlled way to not lock the brakes, and slip the clutch… which is just pulling in the clutch lever and downshifting to the gear you want with the clutch lever continually pulled in.

Heck, even in a non emergency stop, I still don’t do a “proper” downshift with all the engage/release the clutch lever.

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[megaspaz]

Welcome! Good to see you sticking to your guns. Hope to see you riding around soon. (-:

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[megaspaz]

I’ve heard mixed claims on wd-40 on O-ring chains. Some people claim no negative affects what so ever. I prefer to do it the way it’s been done with kerosene though…

As far as them commercial dual clean/lube chain mabobbers, I’ve heard they’re not very effective. YMMV, just relaying the things I’ve heard…

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[megaspaz]

I got the ABS model. I like ABS. Less to think about. I’ve heard arguments against ABS on a first bike as you don’t learn proper braking control. I prefer to maximize every advantage I can get. FWIW, tests shows with a professional moto gp rider (look around Suzuki’s .uk website for videos), that using ABS has more effective braking than a bike without ABS.

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[megaspaz]

Not sure if I get anything, so I’ll reply…

FIRST POST!

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[megaspaz]

for 2008 and on up, there is no sv650s anymore. it’s now going to be the sv650sf and will include the lower fairings. Anything 2007 and older will be the sv650s which only comes stock with the upper 1/2 fairing.

But yeh, you can buy the lower fairings for the sv650s, but they ain’t cheap.

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[megaspaz]

Hiya and welcome! I’m not too hip to cruiser or standard class bikes, but If you look on the site there’s a few reviews on good beginner cruiser bikes. For highway speeds, not sure what it’s like in Australia, but uncle_bernie started with an Suzuki S40 and he seemed to say it was fine on the highway. Not to sure what the cc’s on that bike are though, but he did write a review on the S40 vs. the S50! (-:

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[megaspaz]

Indeed. Just commenting on the fact that the MSF used to go over techniques for laying the bike down… I’m thinking it was more classroom kind of teaching as I don’t think it’d be in the rider portion… I hope not at least, but people certainly did cahrazy things in the past…

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[megaspaz]

GSX600R

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0-60 – 3 seconds
0-100 – 6.53 seconds
1/4mile – 10.69 sec @ 126.6 mph
hp – 100.5

’07 SV650

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0-60 – 3.65 sec
0-100 – 9.94 sec
1/4mile – 11.52 sec @ 115.02 mph
hp – 72.5

And to quote ben a couple of replies up… The GSX600R is NOT a beginner’s bike.

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[megaspaz]

The rest of the price is probably first year registration, un-crating and assembly service fees, and docking and transport fees. Pretty common practice. But 4100 otd for a ’08/’09 ninja 250 seems pretty good. Over here, I’ve been seeing people buying ’08 ninja 250s for 4900.00 or higher. Supply and demand…

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[megaspaz]

For tunnels, hit your high beams.

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[megaspaz]

Yes. The fender has been eliminated by a fender eliminator kit.

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