The key is ride within your limits. MSF class is a must and after you get your license practice, practice, and practice. If you're into stunting, canyons, cruising w/e know your limits and resist temptation to do irresponsible things. We all take risks but just understand the consequences of your actions.
Holy crap is this thread full of fail. I've never seen more bad advice given to a new rider. This isn't even a riders forum its a civic forum, why bother asking here.
Heres MY advice:
Anybody can ride anything, 250s, 600s, liters, 4 cylinders, 2 cylinders. Of course you can ride the bike. The problem with higher displacement bikes is that they are alot easier to wreck, even if you're taking it easy.
Riding a bike isn't just a cruise on an empty rode. You'll be driving through traffic, and God knows that not everyone is a safe driver these days. Shit happens, people make mistakes. A larger displacement bike, and a four cylinder for that matter is much trickier to get out of a sticky situation than a smaller bike. When a car cuts out in front of you, and you're a new rider, you'll panic. Snapping back on the throttle, flipping your shit over..
Its just more dangerous.. and PLUS its harder to learn on a higher displacement bike as well.. even more for a four cylinder. Take a rider who's been riding on a 250 for 2 years, then take a rider whos been riding on a 600 for 2 years. Then give the guy on the 250 a 600, and in two weeks, the ex-250 owner will be a 100x better rider than the guy who started on a 600. The learning curve is much more forgiving and smoother on a smaller bike.
Its about being smart. You should be getting a bike to ride, not to pick up girls and ride fast. Get a bike to learn how to ride, so that you can enjoy it longer.. you will thank me later for this I promise you.
But like I said you can start on any size bike you want. My recommendation: An older Ninja 250/500, A Buell Blast, or A Suzuki SV650.
And its not about IF you'll fall/wreck/drop your bike. Its just when. Every rider falls.. it just happens.
Take your MSF first, buy your gear.. all of it, and then look into getting a safer, smarter bike.
Thanks man this was very helpful best advice i've seen
man my first bike was a Suzuki GSX-R 600. Everyone was trying to convince me to get something smaller or a katana. Nah man. I'm so happy i didn't get anything smaller. Definetly a fun bike just be very careful and take the motorcycle safety class.
One more thing to add, don't know if anyone has brought this up yet. If you grew up on a bike doing crazy $h!t, motorized or not, you will be much better starting off than someone who didn't.
One of my good friends rides a Suzuki Boulevard 1.8L. I do a lot of the work to my civic there.
If it’s a cruiser we’re talking about and not a crotch rocket they are two very different things. The Boulevard looks, sounds, and rides great; don’t try to ride fast around corners on it. Any crotch rocket; let the cops try and pull me over on my favorite road.
oh man thts incredible...thnk god im not THT big...or atleast i dont think lol yea im good oh man..thts one way to SLAM a ride hahahaha oh thts cool but yea idk ima have to see....is there a diff in size between the kawasaki's 250 500 n the 650? if not thn ill prob deff get the 250 cuz im young schoolin and need something cheap but very efficeint and even though the mileage on my 05 civic is great...no way am i gonna get 60mpg on it....
Havn't read all the posts, but a 250 ninja excellerates nicely??? Honestly..but its decent first bike.
I'd say go buy a cheap dirt bike and learn the basics on that. Don't waste your money on a 250 ninja becasue lets admit its a POS. It never idols right and has horrible electrical problems. Plus its boring after about the 1st hour of riding it.
If you trust yourself get a beat up but decent runnign 600 and dont rev into the throttle to much, always remember dont fear the bike but respect it. Fear gets you hurt so does lack of respect.
These are tips from a guy who races bike both drag and track, and has hit over 200mph a good number of times.
yeah im a noob rider too. But i was lookin at getting a Big bike to start with now i know that it will be hard but i think ill be fine.
i need to know which of the following would be the best bike to buy money isnt an issue right now.
suzuki-gsxr1000
or
jonda-1000RR
or
kawasaki ninja zx-10R
or
yamaha R1
or
ducati 1098 R
also can anybody find out how much the ducati costs.__cant find it
