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Originally Posted by Broc  No worries... my skin's not thin 
What I mean by that is that you get so use to a bike that you want more. Say for example you get a Virago 250 as your 1st bike. That is a small bike and something very easy to learn on and handle. Where it will be a great bike to learn on, you will want more real quick once you get use to it and become a better rider.
There will come a point you will want more.... more speed, more power, whatever.
With me... where my warrior is quite large, has a lot of power, after a year and a half, I want more. More speed, more acceleration, and so on.
To break the everyday routine, I found out that these bikes can wheelie, I am trying to learn to do that on this thing for something different. Waiting to get this thing paid off so I can get a busa.... I need more speed!!!! LOL
Does that help explain my statement a bit better? |
I'm with Rick on this one...
When I think of outgrow, I think of a child outgrowing their clothes,
necessitating a new set of clothes. Now, if you apply this logic to motorcycles:
When does anyone really outgrow a bike...to the point where they NEED a larger, faster, etc...? Unless it's a 250cc or less, I don't think any of us really NEED a bigger, quicker, faster bike, it's a matter of WANTING a new bike. Even then, some of the 250cc bikes out there aren't anything to joke about, they're still capable of delivering quite the performance for such a small machine.
So, when you say you need more speed...do you really NEED more speed, or do you just want more speed? Have you really outgrown your bike, or have you just merely got bored of it? I'm sure your current bike could get you into some situations where it would challenge your skills to the fullest.
The reason I own a 600cc sportbike isn't because I "outgrew" a smaller bike, it's because I
wanted a 600cc sportbike (not to mention because I made a dumb choice on a 1st bike and didn't know what I was getting into at the time
despite warnings from various members of this forum). If I ever upgrade to another bike, I highly doubt it will be due to me outgrowing the performance of my bike, because that will NEVER happen. My bike will always be capable of doing a lot more than I'll be able to handle, even 5 years down the road.