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Should I get a Bike ? (pg. 3)
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| Orbax |
depends on how yah fall :D there is the braking into a corner fall where the wheels lock up and the bike slides out from under you. Its something you can usually react to fast enough to get a leg out and you just slide for a bit. No dmg except aesthetics to the bike.
The scary ones are highsiding and the devils wobble. Throws you off like a buckin bronco and you hit hard. then slide. and hope the bike doesnt hit you.
Hard to do if you arent reallly pushing the bike though. |
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| Vaedyn |
Take Orbax advice! He helped me purchase my first bike, a 1990 Kawasaki Ninja 600R. His advice is extremely helpful. Just be patient and do not buy the first bike you find. Don't forget your gear either!
-Vaedyn |
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| blazed it |
| get a scooter like a vespa. |
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| getfoul |
My friend was getting an oil filter for his 04 R1 today and he was hitting on teh girl at the parts counter. Well he overheard a lady ask the salesman what is a good bike for his son to get as a beginners bike.
What bike did the salesman suggest? You guessed it, a brand new R1. :rolleyes: :whip: :whip: :whip: :whip:
****** should have been selling her a casket too cause that's what she's gonna need after he gets on that bike for the first time. |
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| Orbax |
I started out on my VFR 800. It .03 slower than the R6. The R6is actually a little more deadly than an R1 because its smaller and easier to turn/flip.
Im all for starting out on the bike you want. Why waste 6-10k on something you dont want? |
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| TwoPlow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
I started out on my VFR 800. It .03 slower than the R6. The R6is actually a little more deadly than an R1 because its smaller and easier to turn/flip.
Im all for starting out on the bike you want. Why waste 6-10k on something you dont want? |
Because that's a pretty damn big/powerful bike to learn on. I'd say buy something small and ty to get use to what it's like riding a bike, and then drop the money when you know what you're doing.
Ducati Monster-darks make me hot. |
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| DJ Rat 187 |
| Orbax thanks for the advice man, really helpful, it's my Birthday today, and I got bad news, my mom, last night turned down the whole bike idea and said a dead set NO. I don't think I've ever been pissed off in my life, god damn it wtf is wrong with her, she always does this , I propose something that is "out there" and she says something like "ya, maybe" or some like that and then I keep talking to her about it until when I come to something like "I'm going to wheels world to look at bikes tomorrow" and then once it's a reality she tells me that there is no way in hell, she has her mind made up from the time I propose it and she just alludes from the decision for as long as she can, god damn it. This is a ty birthday, I'm just depressed I guess :( , last night I was pissed off but now it's just disappointment, I'm not getting turntables for my B day and I can't even get a bike, I still want one though, even if I don't want one later on, I'll still buy it when I'm 18 just to piss her off. I mean I understand her concern but she just refuses to analyze the situation, like a damn bull, she just refuses to consider the facts, the roads that I would be driving on, the speeds I would be doing on the bike, all the safety gear, armored gear, spinal cones (like Orbax told me) but she just talks right over me and doesn't listen. I apologize for the rant guys, it's just not a good day for me. |
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| DJ Rat 187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Rat 187
Orbax thanks for the advice man, really helpful, it's my Birthday today, and I got bad news, my mom, last night turned down the whole bike idea and said a dead set NO. I don't think I've ever been pissed off in my life, god damn it wtf is wrong with her, she always does this , I propose something that is "out there" and she says something like "ya, maybe" or some like that and then I keep talking to her about it until when I come to something like "I'm going to wheels world to look at bikes tomorrow" and then once it's a reality she tells me that there is no way in hell, she has her mind made up from the time I propose it and she just alludes from the decision for as long as she can, god damn it. This is a ty birthday, I'm just depressed I guess :( , last night I was pissed off but now it's just disappointment, I'm not getting turntables for my B day and I can't even get a bike, I still want one though, even if I don't want one later on, I'll still buy it when I'm 18 just to piss her off. I mean I understand her concern but she just refuses to analyze the situation, like a damn bull, she just refuses to consider the facts, the roads that I would be driving on, the speeds I would be doing on the bike, all the safety gear, armored gear, spinal cones (like Orbax told me) but she just talks right over me and doesn't listen. I apologize for the rant guys, it's just not a good day for me. |
disappointing :sadgreen: |
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| Orbax |
yeah, my parents were against it for a while too. Then I rolled my 24,000 dollar car off a cliff and couldnt afford anything any more. I actually still owe them about 1000 bucks :\
I need to get a job |
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| MykonosBoy22 |
| I had a nice 250 Ninja, great starter bike.. to bad i had to let go though :( nothing beats a bike though, there's no substitute for it unless you know and you've ridden one. |
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| quote: | Originally posted by fastmp3
sorry dude i think you should get a new nickname before getting a Bike :stongue: |
look whos talking.
tzatzikiboy :p |
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| DJ Rat 187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
yeah, my parents were against it for a while too. Then I rolled my 24,000 dollar car off a cliff and couldnt afford anything any more. I actually still owe them about 1000 bucks :\
I need to get a job |
damn dude, did you roll it off a cliff like an accident or like intentionally in an evil scheme to get a bike?
I don't know my mom is pretty dead set, I could swing her the other way but it would take some major work, now that I got the idea of a bike in my head I am utterly obsessed, spending hours looking at safety gear etc.:eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: :eyespop: |
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