Rookie Question

[WordTooYoMamma]

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I started on a brand new gixxer 750 that I road to my msf course with no prior bike experiance. Dont ride above your head, and as long as you have some hand eye coordination you should be fine. Practice emergency braking, imo if you know how to stop real quick you will be better off then someone just starting who is trying to rip around corners or go 100mph on the highway or something.

just my .02

[Cheese]

you will be better off than someone just starting who is trying to go 100mph on the highway.

Trying? You just turn the throttle and it happens. No skill required.

[WordTooYoMamma]

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you will be better off than someone just starting who is trying to go 100mph on the highway.

Trying? You just turn the throttle and it happens. No skill required.

well you will have to shift at least once on a 600 to get to 100, unless you went down teeth :/ , so that requires trying.

[scottieducati]

I have a Husqvarna SM610... stupid fun for anyone, wouldn't make a bad starter... it's a big dirtbike basically. Check it out: 2007 Husqvarna SM610 FS. If interested, PM me... I'll definitely have a "new rider / member discount" for ya....

[qqac]

With a sportbike, it's too easy to get into the bad habit of leaning on your arms, which will impair your ability to give proper steering input.

I suggest an upright standard bike or Japanese cruiser, with a low seat, low center of gravity, and wide handlebars to give you more leverage for turning as well as for holding up the bike in case you lose balance.

[Jaynnus]

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/mcy/1752702939.html

[newgixxerchic]

OK, Serious question here. I would appreciate serious replys only. I just passed the MSF course today and want some real advice on the best kind of bike to get some experience on. I have my wife's, (Duffy), '99 R6 available to drive around the neighborhood and town but I really don't want to be underexperienced on an overpowered bike and make her a widow. All help is appreciated. Thanks.

I started on a 2007 GSXR 600...

Many people probably thought I shouldn't have, but I was very very cautious when I started out and as long as you're not trying to pretend to be "cool" or super "fast", you'll be fine on any bike.... It's all about how you ride the bike, not just what the bike can do...

my .02

[Amyejean]

My husband just passed the class in Concord NH and he is now using my GSXR 600.

This is my first bike also even though I'd had my license for 7 years.

[Billy]

Pretty much what Oreo said. I myself started on a 99 CBR 600F4 in 2005. I had a couple ass puckering moments but I kept the rubber side down the two seasons I had it.

[nt650hawk]

Get an EX500..or a Hawk. Then track it. And never trade up. You'll never use all that power.

I'm still waiting for Doc to say it. He's biting his tongue right now. I can feel it.

[rbrais]

Get what you feel comfortable on. If you think you can't handle a sport bike yet and don't want to get a little sport bike like a Ninja 250, go with a little supermoto. They look sick and are very easy to control. Plus if you drop it, you're only looking at a few bucks to repair it, unless you take out the radiator or something major.

I had about 14 years of off road experience before I hit the street, but for my first bike I grabbed my uncles '88 Honda NX650. Good little dual sport. Next season I got my Superhawk.

[intergalactic]

Buy my starter bike. A 1992 GS500e.

No plastics to break when you tip it over. Dirt cheap, they made about a billion of them. Ok, 30,000, I hear. They handle pretty well and don't weigh much. And unless you are 4'8 or 6'8, you will fit, some people use lowering links, which are $20 on ebay.

Enough power to get you in trouble, but you are never going to wheelie unintentionally.

Not that there is any one right first bike, but this is a common one. And it is fully depreciated and I have done all the fix up work.

Make me an offer if you want.

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...-obo-s-nh.html

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...l-600-obo.html

[DankDirtyBird]

Get a liter bike. Its what I did, and look how great I turned out...

[Legion1440]

My first bike was a 2000 CBR 600F4 and absolutely love it. Bought it in 04 and still ride it way more than my other bike (VStar 1100). It was a very comfortable bike to learn on, and I would glady recommend it to a new (albeit careful) rider. As mentioned earlier, you just need to find a bike that you are comfortable with, and it sounds like you have the right mindframe to respect the bike for what it is. Good luck with whatever you purchase.

[Kham]

i would start with the little scooter.

[Duffy]

Buy my starter bike. A 1992 GS500e.

No plastics to break when you tip it over. Dirt cheap, they made about a billion of them. Ok, 30,000, I hear. They handle pretty well and don't weigh much. And unless you are 4'8 or 6'8, you will fit, some people use lowering links, which are $20 on ebay.

Enough power to get you in trouble, but you are never going to wheelie unintentionally.

Not that there is any one right first bike, but this is a common one. And it is fully depreciated and I have done all the fix up work.

Make me an offer if you want.

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...-obo-s-nh.html

http://www.nestreetriders.com/forum/...l-600-obo.html

2 dollars

[Duffy]

Well, for now he is just taking my bike out for short jaunts. He says it's not to bad. Probably next year we will look for another 600. Thank you to those for the good advice. Even though I may have said things along the same lines....me thinks he needed to hear it from someone else other than the nagging wife. He told me to shuddup and go make him a sammich....

[toocrazy2yoo]

Whatever you get, buy a day at the track and figure out the brakes, the lean and the suspension a little at the extremes where it's safe. Figure out at what point you're riding, as Word-Yo-Momma says, over your head.

Another good move out on the street is don't let another rider lead you down a road. Meaning, into situations, twisties or conditions that put you in the mode of riding over your head. You'll know when you're over your head-you're telling yourself, "I can't believe I'm doin' this shit". When you're scared, you're over your head. Everyone here'll tell ya, no matter the bike, you can do a LOT, but you can't do any of this shit scared. Scared is no way to learn to ride.

Good luck! Stay outta the newspapers, ya hear?

[jmer24]

i just started riding myself, and passed the MSF course. i bought an 2001 R6 and even though they aren't as forgiving as the beat up range bikes we used in the course, i have already gotten used to them and don't regret buying a 600 for my first bike

[Drewski]

Thanks to all for the advice. I really appreciate it. For the time being I think I am going to ride the wife's R6 and get comfortable on that.

Duffy, you are not a nagging wife and I know that you know what you are talking about, but the more input the better. As for your being sent to the kitchen......you do make a hella good sammich and your feet are small enough so you can get right up to the sink to do the dishes......

[Doc]

I'm still waiting for Doc to say it. He's biting his tongue right now. I can feel it.

Gino, I am trying to be good. Stop trying to draw me out.

[rbrais]

Well, for now he is just taking my bike out for short jaunts. He says it's not to bad. Probably next year we will look for another 600. Thank you to those for the good advice. Even though I may have said things along the same lines....me thinks he needed to hear it from someone else other than the nagging wife. He told me to shuddup and go make him a sammich....

Talking like that to ya, sounds like he's man enough for a ZX-14!

[Duffy]

Talking like that to ya, sounds like he's man enough for a ZX-14!

Maybe...he does go full retard at times

["Dangerous" Dan K]

YouTube- Full Retard

[JettaJayGLS]

Road dirtbikes/4 wheelers for years.

My first bike was an 87 cbr600 for $500....plenty of power, not as much as the newer 600s, but still like 70hp or something...plus, I was on a 600

Insurance was 100 for the year in MA.

Smoked a deer on it at about 40mph, fixed the bike for less than 100 bucks.

Dropped it not moving a couple times.

I learned how the simple mistakes on it, like forgetting to put the kickstand down or thinking you are in neutral, and learned to make sure I didn't make em when my bike actually looked good.

Road it for had a season, could have easiliy sold it for what I paid, but I passed it onto a friend so he could learn as I had, and upped to an 04 cbr600rr the next season.