Motorcycling isn't for everyone.

[Novaz23]

Well to all you new riders those that are just starting and those that want to get started MOTORCYCLING isnt for everyone. Once you get past the flash and bright lights of being on a cool two-wheeled beast. You really need to think about the risk you are taking that goes double for newbies with no expierence that want to get on a 600 powered beast just to get props or live out a fantasy. Trust me there are tons of ppl whose fantasy was short lived by getting a 600cc bike out of the box. So newbies take the advice of the vets when they say start of small, theres no gurantee that you will live to see a bigger bike but heh at least you will be learning to ride the bike and not having the bike ride you.

[VermontNewbie]

I took this advice and subsiquently my first street bike was a 77 GS400 haha.

It was a good idea.

[Clint]

WTF inspired that, Novaz? It's like suddenly you uncontrollably belched out what we've been feeding you all these months, then realized what you'd eaten when you examined the steaming pile.

J/K man. I just found it funny. Welcome back.

[LayinLo]

So you back with us, Novaz?


Where ya been?

[RookWV]

Originally Posted by RowdyRed94

WTF inspired that, Novaz? It's like suddenly you uncontrollably belched out what we've been feeding you all these months, then realized what you'd eaten when you examined the steaming pile.

J/K man. I just found it funny. Welcome back.

Now there's a mental image I'm not sure I needed

Very creative though, 10point bonus!

[leonpiper69]

i learned to ride on a ninja 250. then was dumb enough to let my wife(then girlfriend) lern on my cbr 600 f3 . she rode a 6inch wheelie on her first day and on day two she dropped it in the driveway, hit the gas, and spun it around i little @1,200 in plastic. but a week later i got hit by a dog going 20mph (me not the dog) and dropped it on the same side so she didnt have to pay to fix it. and that was probably the hardest thing i ever had to do..... ask if she was alright before checking out my bike. also my brother learned on the same ninja 250 and then one of our friends bought one just like it to learn too.

[Nexus242]

Well either way hittin the ground at 50mph feels the same if your on a 600cc sport bike or a 500cc buel blast.

how ever if you go down and loose your nerve then it's time to sell the bike and stick with the cage. But if you can go down and get back up, shake it off and mend what ever was bleeding, scratched, rashed and or broken and get back on with out fear then you should be on a bike.

[badkitty]

i took none of the advice..only cause i looked around and liked my katana 600 more than the other bikes and bought it. Now that i started going to this forum and reading advice from others...i guess i was smart to begin with . I would have gotten the 750cc katana tho , but my finance company only gave me enough for the 600. Hey i still love it

[Gixxerdale]

Nexus is right. It's a dangerous sport, but also addicting. After you've survived and gotten serious about riding, you find self wondering?

I know Re post, but good for the newbies to see their future.

http://www.abateofcolo.org/Tips%20&%...20Syndrome.htm

[87gsxrnut]

Damn straight.

Saw a group of squids last night. They could barely turn around under the highway w/o putting their feet down. Oh, but they "looked cool". Just like the guy on the new R1 who blasted by me last month on the road by my house. We then get to the turn-on ramp leading to the highway. Hell I wasn't even going that fast, just stayed off the brakes and dumped it in and gassed it through the corner.

I looked in my mirror about 100 yards down the road, and could barely see his headlight.

Yeah, but he was BAD-*** in a straight line

My bike is now 18-years-old. Take that you R-whatever, CBR and GSX-R BOYZ. Learn to ride or shut the hell up.

- Nut

[finch20th]

nut that was !!!!!

Gixxer that is great i think i said yes to atleast 10 of those. is that bad?!?

[GothamEMS]

I have been a professional firefighter/paramedic for almost 8 years, and have seen every conceivable way a person can die, including, but not limited to, motorcycle wrecks. For the record, most of the motorcycle accidents/fatalities, I've been to, have involved Harley Davidson/type, bikes. My theory, a street rider thinks that street motorcycle gear is “fashionable”, and there is a wide variety of "fashionable" gear available, including helmets, for street riders, thus a street rider might be more likely to wear gear. The Harley rider, traditionally "looks cool" with a leather jacket, and NO helmet. The end result, a squashed melon. I have to admit, my gear is pretty cool looking, but I selected it for practical protection, i.e. plating in the jacket, etc...as well as it's style, the best of both world. As a matter of fact, to prove the stuff really works, the last wreck I went to involved a 04 GSX-R 1000 which was cut off. The rider grabbed too much front brake, flipped the bike end over end 3 times, and slid 90 feet, wearing a flat spot in his helmet. This guy walked away, and refused treatment.

[tlwisner]

Good post Novaz. I suspect some people would be better off buying plastic full size Hayabusa replica to lean on - and that would fulfill everything they want out of motorcycling....

[themeatmanlandry]

. . . and keep your insurance rates down to boot!!

[GothamEMS]

Originally Posted by 87gsxrnut

Damn straight.

Saw a group of squids last night. They could barely turn around under the highway w/o putting their feet down. Oh, but they "looked cool". Just like the guy on the new R1 who blasted by me last month on the road by my house. We then get to the turn-on ramp leading to the highway. Hell I wasn't even going that fast, just stayed off the brakes and dumped it in and gassed it through the corner.

I looked in my mirror about 100 yards down the road, and could barely see his headlight.

Yeah, but he was BAD-*** in a straight line

My bike is now 18-years-old. Take that you R-whatever, CBR and GSX-R BOYZ. Learn to ride or shut the hell up.

- Nut

But for all the squids out there, you should recognize the need to have respect for the "R-Boyz" who can accually ride. The difference is simple, haveing respect for the bike you are riding, or not. After you scrape a few A$$holes off inanimate objects, such as trees, and pavement, you have respect. It took me almost three years to get the balls to buy my GSX-R1000, with many reality checks along the way. And yes I can ride, if sometimes conservative, so be it.

[themeatmanlandry]

Originally Posted by GothamEMS

I have been a professional firefighter/paramedic for almost 8 years, and have seen every conceivable way a person can die<snip>

My strangest one was an eroticist asphyxiation (I think that's the term they use). He was hanging from a rafter in the attic. The Sunday after T-Giving. Wife found him. The kids were at their G-Parents', thank God. He'd been there for a while, as lividity had set in. Right around the corner from my house. I was first on scene.

He had a hat on and he was wearing his glasses.

[EDIT: That guy popped up in several of my dreams for over a year. He wasn't . . . you know "at it" . . . in my dreams, he was just there, oddly out-of-place in many dreams.]

(sorry for the hi-jack . . . carry on)

[87gsxrnut]

But for all the squids out there, you should recognize the need to have respect for the "R-Boyz" who can accually ride. The difference is simple, haveing respect for the bike you are riding, or not. After you scrape a few A$$holes off inanimate objects, such as trees, and pavement, you have respect. It took me almost three years to get the balls to buy my GSX-R1000, with many reality checks along the way. And yes I can ride, if sometimes conservative, so be it.

I've been around the block a few times bro. Raced a few years, drag and roadracing. Ridden thousands and thousands of miles. Of course, there are those that ride within their limits, and guys/gals that ride very fast, but in control on the street on mega-sportbikes.

Practical experience has taught me that this is not normally the case with most motorcyclists that do own the liter-bikes, 750s etc. They really need a wakeup call when it comes to gear, learning how to ride smart and staying in control of their machine.

My rant is extended to the Harley riders as well. Take the guy I saw Wednesday night. No helmet, leather vest. Girl on back. No helmet, satin shirt, no gloves. Guy had no business being on the bike. You could tell watching him accelerate from a light that he had a hard time balancing that machine. I felt sorry for the girl on back. He tried to show off a bit by gassing it, then tried to slow down before a red light. His grasp of braking wasn't that good. He almost lost control coming to the stop. The girl was chewing him out for that too. Heh, heh. I wouldn't trust that MFer to ride me around.

- Nut

[Nexus242]

Originally Posted by GothamEMS

The rider grabbed too much front brake, flipped the bike end over end 3 times, and slid 90 feet, wearing a flat spot in his helmet. This guy walked away, and refused treatment.

yeah I've done that that.

[High Plains Thumper]

Originally Posted by Novaz23

Well to all you new riders those that are just starting and those that want to get started MOTORCYCLING isnt for everyone. Once you get past the flash and bright lights of being on a cool two-wheeled beast. You really need to think about the risk you are taking that goes double for newbies with no expierence that want to get on a 600 powered beast just to get props or live out a fantasy. Trust me there are tons of ppl whose fantasy was short lived by getting a 600cc bike out of the box. So newbies take the advice of the vets when they say start of small, theres no gurantee that you will live to see a bigger bike but heh at least you will be learning to ride the bike and not having the bike ride you.

I get some smiles from other bikers when I ride my 1971 CB100 around town with my Joe Rocket gear and FF helmet on. It doesn't get any better than this. I look at it this way, better high time on a small bike than small time on a big bike.

Havin' a blast, HPT

[themeatmanlandry]

Originally Posted by Nexus242

yeah I've done that that.

Man, when are you going to tell us what the @#$% happened??????????