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What is a good beginner road motorcycle? |
I need to be able to ride on the freeways, but not have TOO much power. This will be my first motorcycle. Otherwise I ride a road bicycle. I have a budget of up to 4000 dollars, but that includes clothing and helmet. Something that will be cheap to maintain and user-friendly. Thanks. My choice would be a Honda Shadow. If you do some research you'll notice that almost everyone agrees that Hondas are the most user friendly motorcycles. They are very easy to ride. As for maintenance, a Honda will run forever. They're very reliable. Those courier guys use Hondas for some reason. a one owner, mint condtion 1974 Harley Davidson FLH HydroGlide dresser which I just so happen have up for sale. if air cooled cruiser....would be best to be at least a 1200cc. they'd be about medium sized. water cooled cruiser...800cc's u'd be able to handle without a problem. just stay away from the sport bikes. they dont ride long distances well, and 8 out of 10 of them have too much power for u to handle as a rookie. btw, as a rookie, u cant be on interstates....interstates would be just a bit too much for u to handle. if something goes wrong, ur reaction time is measured in seconds...or fractions thereof. look around on cycletrader.com....u might get lucky on a deal. My first bike is a Honda Shadow Aero 750. It is used and I paid $5000.00 for it and found it on cycletrader.com. I took the motorcycle safety course and got my license endorsement before I bought it. You can find some good deals at cycletrader.com. Check it out. Pre-owned Harley Sportster That should be right within your budget. Just make sure that it is 2004 or above because they are really smooth and trouble free. They are powerful enough to travel safely on any highway and they are very easy to handle. (even an average woman can handle a Sportster) There are also lots of after market accessories available too. And an ancillary benefit is that Harley's are a chick magnets as well. ~Addendem~ At least the Harley and Triumph owners all stick together and will always help you out unlike the freaktard jap cruiser riders. Go ahead and take their advice and get a jap cruiser and see how long it will actually last and how fast it depreciates in value. I just laugh at these Harley and Triumph haters because I know that my bike will always be worth as much as I paid for it and theirs won't. And I can always get the really cute girls to ride with me and they can't. Where as the rocket riders are regarded as being decent fun loving good guys, most of the jap cruiser guys are known to be a bunch of cheap poser dorks just like the ones that gave me the thumbs down for giving you my opinion which is why they get no respect from other bikers. Only hot women that ride jap cruisers get a pass. I agree with the Honda. I started out learing to ride on a 1983 Honda Magna V45 750cc. This was in 2001 and the bike was still going like a champ. 2 of my brothers borrowed it to learn to ride on and now we all have bigger bikes and love riding. I upgraded to a 2000 Honda Valkyrie which in my opinion is one kick azz cruiser. Can't go wrong with a Honda! Best bang for the buck! Yamaha V-Star 650, but at your price you probably can not get anything newer then a 2004 with less then 10,000 miles on it. Figure on setting aside $500 for decent riding gear and a helmet. P.S. Take the back roads for the first 3 or 4 months after you get out of your MSF course. You are planning to take an MSF course first, aren't you? |
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