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Need advice buying first motorcycle? |
I am looking to get my first motorcycle, I want a sport/touring bike, so I can drive it long distances on vacation or with my friends no problem, dont want an all out crotchrocket, I would like something like a Honda st1100 or a Honda VFR750, I would like the engine to be at leasty 700cc, anyone know of a good model sport/touring bike I should look for? the 2 I mentioned are hard to find. Don't buy the bike you want for your first bike. You will be devastated when (not if) you wreck it. I would buy something Japanese and used because it will be cheap. You can't just hop on an 1100cc bike and ride it like you are a Hell's Angel. You need to practice. Good luck. FJR1300A Thats Yamaha's sport touring bike. http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/produ... A friend of ours had a yamaha, but I dont think it was this one exactly. Its was a yamaha s/t though. He really enjoyed it for long trips, but it was pretty useless for riding the turns etc. If you are looking for a s/t only then yamaha seems to be popular in this area. Here's an article about the 06. http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/article_pa... look at the honda shadow 750cc models, good smooth ride nice price tag also Truth be told, most of the bikes in the 750 - 1100 cc range are all pritty good, the Honda Shadow, Kawasaki's Valken and Suzuki makes one on that line also, although I don't know what they call it. Harley has the 883 (which is a great starter bike) in several different configurations. The absolute best thing for you to do is go out on an afternoon, see every dealership in your area, sit on a HUGE number of bikes and decide what you want. the safe answer? Unless you want to end up a Pavement waffle, don't buy anything above 400cc(motorcycle Safty foundation), dont buy until after a motorcycle safety course, and don't buy a bike because "I don't want to be laughed at!" you might want to check out the links below, and make a truely informed choice. a lot of squids (Stupidly Quick, Underdressed, Immenently Dead) and posers will tell you that a 600cc is a good choice as a beginner's bike, they are half right. a beginners bike, not a 1st bike. most Motorcycle Safety Courses use the Kawasaki Ninja EX250 for their classes for three reasons. 1) it is small enough to fit the criteria the MSF set forth for the bikes to be used. 2) it is big enough to be 50 state legal, not big enough to get you in severe trouble because of inexperience 3) since 1988 the bike has not undergone any major facelifts, it is still the 250cc motoGP bike it was in 1988 when Kawasaki quit racing the 250cc class. what does this mean? a fairly safe alternitive to what the posers will tell you to get, with a lot of oem parts avaliable when you drop it. and you will drop it. there is a nice video on YouTube with a camera mounted on a 250 canyon carving. the MSF link to find a Safety course in your area, a review on good beginners (1st timers) bikes, and a link to the Ninja250 Rider's Club website, click on FAQ and you will get alot of Knowladge on the bikes, some (very little) is EX250 specific. and it is all good knowladge to have. also a new EX250 with gear and insurance will cost you $5000+/-. but that is new, never buy your 1st bike new, and figureing in the cost of purchasing equipment that you most likely do not have, and Insurance (full coverage) for one year. those 600+cc bikes cant offer that, anywhere near that. Also, I am 6'0" 210lbs and I rode the ninja 1600 miles from upstate NY to southern Mo, and never once felt like I had "Sore-bum-itis" it is a very comfortable bike. Here are reviews on good starter bikes. http://motorcycles.about.com/od/roadtest... Find a Motorcycle safety class in your area: http://www.msf-usa.org More info on the EX250, and basic motorcycle know-how that every rider should know: http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/new_riders.... YouTube video, twisties vs. EX250 vs. Gsxr 1000 vs. Touno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkgwilmkd... (Camera mounted on EX250) I've been riding since I was 12 and I've never even straddled anything smaller than a 600. I believe you start on what you can afford. A 250 can kill you just like a 1300 can. It's all about the person. Now I'm not saying go out and by a Hyabusa but whatever you end up with just TAKE YOUR TIME. Don't worry about what others think about you or your ride. Get to know your bike and once you feel comfortable practice more. Never believe your too good a rider not to go down, because life happens. |
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