SQUID, NEED YOU HELP!!!

[WordTooYoMamma]

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I threw my leg over a 08 750 for the first time and I did fine... right up until I totalled it...

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

then I found NESR, started riding with some knowledgeable riders and rode happily ever after.

Does your story make mine any less true? does mine make yours any less true? does either have ANY affect whatsoever on Woodsy's buddy?

No, no, and no.

NESR saves lives,

[OreoGaborio]

NESR saves lives,

NESR: If we don't do what we do..... people die.

[Hauptman]

I didn't mean it as a scare tactic and nobody had provided an actual event where a new rider trashed a brand new bike off the dealership floor. It was just meant to show that it does happen and really a..."be careful".

[Currently]

Ask him if he wants to have fun or be scared to death of the damn thing.

Next look up prices for fuel tanks ... $1300 sound right? Price of plastics? Parts are rare in salvage yards for Ducati's. You can find them but availbility is not like other bikes.

Insurance will cover it but his rates will go up.

Cheap jap bike like the SV, lots of parts available, mods like crazy and cheap to fix when broken.

Does he understand that he has to lay out some serious money for good gear?

Tools, will need stands, metric tools, Ducati dealers love seeing noobs come in for valve adjustments ... can he do the maintainence or will he just swipe plastic at the dealer?

Well off or not, he is looking at serious cash.

[BLACK SQUIRREL]

Ask him if he wants to have fun or be scared to death of the damn thing.

Next look up prices for fuel tanks ... $1300 sound right? Price of plastics? Parts are rare in salvage yards for Ducati's. You can find them but availbility is not like other bikes.

Insurance will cover it but his rates will go up.

Cheap jap bike like the SV, lots of parts available, mods like crazy and cheap to fix when broken.

Does he understand that he has to lay out some serious money for good gear?

Tools, will need stands, metric tools, Ducati dealers love seeing noobs come in for valve adjustments ... can he do the maintainence or will he just swipe plastic at the dealer?

Well off or not, he is looking at serious cash.

Or Insurance

[Jaynnus]

We still don't know.....

Where is he taking the MSF??????

[OreoGaborio]

WHERE THE FUCK IS HE TAKING THE MSF COURSE????

[toocrazy2yoo]

Live and let live....tell em to get a busa with turbo. Leave him the fuck alone, who are we to judge?

Twice in one day with wisdom from this guy DayTrade...

If he was 16 he ought not go big-bike, but Jeez, grown peeps might have judgment.

Look what the "F" I just did after all, hardly a wise-judgment, even if it IS the best toy I ever had, bar none:

[lrrs428]

My roomate thought it would be a good idea to buy a 07 Monster 1000 and totaled it and him self the 2nd day he rode because he got flustered when a car was coming faster then he tought while pulling out onto the main road. needles to say he wrecked into the curb across the street and lost a chunk of his calf.

[Doc]

My roomate thought it would be a good idea to buy a 07 Monster 1000 and totaled it and him self the 2nd day he rode because he got flustered when a car was coming faster then he tought while pulling out onto the main road. needles to say he wrecked into the curb across the street and lost a chunk of his calf.

I see that "flustered" everytime I teach an MSF BRC. (and these people are in a parking lot doing 20mph max). Not all noobs get flustered but alot of them do.

[seth399]

NESR saves lives,

If it weren't for nesr, I'd be decapitated...

[SSearchVT]

I didn't mean it as a scare tactic and nobody had provided an actual event where a new rider trashed a brand new bike off the dealership floor. It was just meant to show that it does happen and really a..."be careful".

During college I worked as a parts guy at a dealership. The record was 12 miles from brand new to junk - a 17 year old kid bought his first bike - a GS500. Less than an hour later we got a call to come pick it up. He wheelied it into a cinder block wall at the mall. Luckily he fell off the back before it hit.

[mzdagrl]

I say let him get the bike he wants, but pressure to get a smaller one to learn on, too. If he is that loaded, he will probably end up wanting a track bike at some point anyway, so might as well get it now. Then, he can learn on the smaller bike while admiring the shiny new Hayden Duc in the garage, dreaming of when he will be ready to ride it. And then when he does, if he feels overwhelmed, he can go back to the smaller bike again and try the Duc when he is ready. Again. When he finds he is riding the Duc full time he can sell the 600 (and if he buys smart, probably for close to what he spent on it), or make it track-only.

Just make sure he takes some of his oodles of cash and gets decked out in appropriate gear. Skin can't be replaced.

[seth399]

I say let him get the bike he wants, but pressure to get a smaller one to learn on, too. If he is that loaded, he will probably end up wanting a track bike at some point anyway, so might as well get it now. Then, he can learn on the smaller bike while admiring the shiny new Hayden Duc in the garage, dreaming of when he will be ready to ride it. And then when he does, if he feels overwhelmed, he can go back to the smaller bike again and try the Duc when he is ready. Again. When he finds he is riding the Duc full time he can sell the 600 (and if he buys smart, probably for close to what he spent on it), or make it track-only.

Just make sure he takes some of his oodles of cash and gets decked out in appropriate gear. Skin can't be replaced.

let him get ANY BIKE HE WANTS??? are you nuts! This is NESR...it has been proven that you will die if your first bike is anything over 500cc. It has been proven 100%, 60% of the time...

[mzdagrl]

let him get ANY BIKE HE WANTS??? are you nuts! This is NESR...it has been proven that you will die if your first bike is anything over 500cc. It has been proven 100%, 60% of the time...

Yup....just like I loved my starter bike (Ninja 250)....

[Pittenger5]

If it werent for NESR, Id have herpes.

[obsolete]

Funny, I have herpes because of NESR.

[ChrisNoF4i]

I vote for a tiered licensing system. It's the right thing to do for you friend.

[kb1]

I bought my Z1000 as my first bike...I had ridden a little bit before but nothing significant. Other than a practically stopped tip-over in my driveway a few weeks after I got it that hardly left a mark I've never had an issue.

Couple of points though, I don't ride like a grandma but I don't ride like an idiot either. I only ride with a few guys, and I respect their advice (they've been on bikes a lot longer than me) and I follow their lead.

The only time I've "ripped it up" is at Loudon, I never try to hit twisties on public roads and pretend to be Rossi, and I never rip around at 80+ mph in 40mph zones.

I've had some close calls with cars, but don't we all, they just don't notice us. The most important part is to be in control of the bike your riding. It may have a lot of power, but so long as you can control it, and know YOU and YOUR BIKE's limitations you'll be a lot safer. A bike like that will accelerate to 150mph in probably less than 10 seconds, but it will take it a lot longer to come to a controllable stop when someone pulls out in front of you.
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[G21forme]

Funny, I have herpes because of NESR.

My crabs have herpes because of NESR.



(k I stole that)

[Currently]

Funny, I have herpes because of NESR.

From Denno or Pete?

[richw]

I have been riding for 45 years my comment

DEAD MAN RIDING

I have known at least 60 people DEAD from bike riding. I think that50 of them were in their first two seasons.

Even a 500 will out accelerate any car he will see.
Girls only know Harleys any other thing is a Jap bike
Riders will just think he's a dumb assed poser


TODAY 1 21 year old dies in a memorial for another 21 year old :death: