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Best motorcycle for adult beginers? |
I am in the market for a motorcycle. I am a rank noob. I think that perhaps I would like a Yamaha (Virago or V Star) but I really have no idea where else to look for a bike. What would be some good bikes to look at for a complete motorcycle noob who is 6" and 210lbs. I plan on using it for shortish trips around town. No more than 20min at a time. I am not into sport bikes. Whats the best adult starter motorcycle? go and look at the vstar 650's. i bought a 650 custom for my first bike and i love it. they look great and ride great and i get compliments everywhere i go. i'm 5-11 and 195 pounds and very comfortable on my bike. sure, i put Hard Krome longshot pipes on it but hey loud pipes save lives and i'm satisfied with pissing my bothersome neighbors off. good luck! i would go with a HONDA 750 its a good reliable bike and its not to much power. its also light and easily maneuverable. Sorry but a two fifty street bikw will not haul a 210lb guy aroung for to long until something breaks. I ride motorcycles and i wiegh 250lb!! Get a 250 of some description because you definitely don't want to kill yourself on your first ride, they are light, very manoeuvrable & fairly forgiving. (The Virago's 250 are a good 1st bike, so is the Honda CB250 and so on & so forth, but if unsure look around and ASK) Talk salespeople at the motorcycle shops, try out the bikes to see what fits, for height & wieght (you will find what feels right and what doesn't, when you sit on it). Ask questions, because they will give the right information to you for the area you live in. Get kitted out with the right gear; helmet, gloves, boots, jeans/riderspants, jacket. Find your local motrocycle haunts (every Saturday/Sunday you will see all the motorcycles stop at this particular spot) and talk to the riders about their rides, they will give you the pro's & cons of the motorcycles. Go to you local vehicle licensing/registration office & ask what is needed and the restictions that might apply and do it. Do all the appropiate motorcycle courses availabe these will teach you the techniques that could possible save your life further down the track Stay Upright, Stay Safe & Have Fun. My first bike was a 76 Honda CB 750. It was easy to ride, balance, and maintain. I still own it and ride it every now and then. After gaining experience,(about 5 years) I moved up to an 85 Honda 1100cc Goldwing. I stayed in the general area of makes because of experience with Hondas. After about 4 years, I traded the Goldwing for my current ride a 2001 Harley-Davidson Ultra Glide. No matter what you start with, always start on an older bike your not affraid that might get damaged. I laid down the 750 about a dozen times, and the Goldwing only once, and the Harley never. I always wore leather jackets and chaps. I started wearing a full face helmet on the 750 and as I matured in experience. I now wear a trooper style half helmet. I ALWAYS wear a helmet no matter what anyone says. I was rear-ended on the 750 and there is a gouge mark on the helmet where the back of my head hit the hood ornament of the car. Anyway I'm not trying to scare you, just giving experienced advice. I ride alot more today than when I first started. I love to ride and I will ride till my great grandkids take away my keys! HA! HA! HA! That said, start simple and graduate to complicated. You'll be glad you did! By the way, I am 5'11" and 410lbs. If the 750 can carry me it can sure as heck carry you. Experience my first bike (many years ago) was a honda cb450. heavy, top center of grafity, all things typical of bikes of that time. my wife is a new rider and she liked the "feel" of the yamaha vstar 650. we are both 5' 8". the vstar series is extremely well balanced, helps you learn to go through the turns, low center of gravity, very wide range of gear ratios. i ride a vstar 1100 and love it. suggest that you go to your local dealers and sit on EVERY bike you can find. find the one that "feels" right, i.e. position on the seat to handlebars, seat to pegs/floorboards, seat height, weight of bike, ease of getting bike from the stand to an upright position, etc. MOST IMPORTANT!!!!!! take a rider safety class! best time and money you can spend. very few people who take the class are involved in avoidable accidents! check with your local drivers license office and they should be able to help you locate one. next, buy a good used bike for as little money as possible. most new riders find out quickly that it isn't as much "fun" as they thought and sell the bike. the rest of the new riders decide after a few months they want a larger bike. for insurance, GEICO motorcycle has the others beat drastically for us in Florida. we had quotes from $900-$1500/yr for both bikes. GEICO is $600 for both bikes and the identical coverage and deductable. once you settle on a bike, change the lubricants to AMZOIL or a similar product. they do a much better job and help the engine run cooler. good luck and RIDE SAFE!!! |
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