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Female wants to be become licensed and buy first motorcycle. Advice? |
I am a 21 year old female looking to get my first bike this spring. I am very athletic, 5'6", 130 lbs. My boyfriend has a bike and has been giving me some tips. Any suggestions on a bike? Preferably a cruiser. I drive a stick shift car so is learning to ride a motorcycle similar? Is it hard to learn how to drive it and shift the gears? Should I get a bike for under $1,000 to learn on, since I read most people will crash their bike while learning. Will I crash? Do you think it is too dangerous for me to learn? Help! Thanks! here's a typical mistake a rookie will make. grabbing the front brake when the bars are turned and the bike is at very low speed...under 5 mph. if u do, the bike instantly drops to the ground like it became magnitized, and once it starts to drop, there's no catching it. so, rule number 1: never grab the front brake with the bars turned at low speed. rule #2: the bike will go where u look. never fixtate on anything u dont want the bike to hit or run over. this can save ur life in an emergency situation where u have to duck that azzmunch cage driver that almost left-turned u. never look at the cage, look at ur escape route to bypass the idiot. what makes riding dangerous is the amount of cell phone cagers that are out there....watch for them cause they sure as hell aint watchin for u. with ur height, u could easily handle a ultra classic or a gold wing. shifting is a snap. is the same m.o. as u would in a standard shift car. just remember, ride like ur invisible, and u'll bring her home in 1 piece everytime. always respect the bike...it wont respect u. i prefer a cruiser over rockets. the cruiser's are easier to see, the rockets have much slimmer profiles, and them dam things are a ***** to spot in heavy traffic. the reason why peeps crash....they get a super high powered rice rocket and they've never been on a scoot, they ride beyond their skill level; like, trying to blaze 50 mph in a 30 mph corner. they fail to ride as their invisible, and instead ride like they own the road and not ride defensively. if u do get a harley, belive it or not, u would enjoy how the road king handles. very smooth ride, and the low center of gravity makes low speed turning effortless. if u cant afford a harley, a bud of mine rides a kawasaki vulcan 2000, and he says it rides like its on glass. dont let the size of the cruiser intimidate ya. the bigger bikes offer the smoothest ride, they're usually low slung, and even the big ultra classic is very well balanced. i'm used to a sportster, and the ultra feels very balanced with my style of riding. i would recommend u gettin a video or 2 from ride like a pro. the instructor is an ex florida highway patrol motor cop. using his techniques, i can easily handle threading the sporty in very tight places. the link will be below. enjoy the road. Source(s): ride like a pro: http://www.ridelikeapro.com My advise is to increase your life insurance first. U have my full support. Girls who ride bikes are great. Especially at your age, its more affordable. Its not like you are going to ride it till you turn 60. Yeah. But im not residing in US so i dunno about the bikes there. But if you could afford one, u could try the y2k. Or vespa. It would be a thrilling experience. ps: Nothing is too dangerous to learn. The ability and desire to learn is what makes us intelligent beings. you could get any size bike, i have friends your size that own full size Harley's. a word of advice though. take your drivers license road test on as small a bike as you can. it will make the cone course much much easier. they have you perform maneuvers on the cone course you'd never have to do on the street. also i would advise a guy to do the same thing. You shouldn't have problems learning to ride. It's similiar to shifting a car. What I suggest is taking a riders safety course. You use their bikes so if you drop them it's not your bike. They'll teach you all you need to know to stay safe and to ride. Plus you'll get your licensing one you pass. It takes a while after that to get road experience and be careful of other drivers. I wouldn't say people crash while learning. You're more apt to drop it. It's the slow moving stuff when you're less experience where people goof up. Getting a cheap bike for the first year isn't a bad idea. That's what i did, then got a Fat Boy. It's a cruiser. I always tell women not to let their smaller size stop them from riding a bigger bike. If you know what you're doing it's not a problem. Take the course, buy your bike and welcome to the family!! I would stick to a car at first and then get you a bike...just practice around an area that you know very well and I think it is too dangerous only because i am not that type of risk taker you are more likely to die on a bike if you crash vs. the car and having a seatbelt on plus the weather always tells you if you can ride it or not so yeah i think it woul dbe cool to get one and learn but not use it as primary transportation...good luck to you and y es you should buy a cheap bike first or why not just learn on your boyfriends bike? good luck |
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