05-28-2008, 08:33 PM
Whatever you can find 
I disagree about the sportbike vs. cruiser topic, though. I hate riding my sportbike. It's no fun. It's tons of fun to commute on my "sport" tourer or motard, though. Sportbikes are uncomfortable, not practical to manhandle at sub-track speeds (although sportbikers will deny it, see how many of them have spent time on less "focused" bikes), and generally far more than you'll ever need on the street. I've got a sportbike, a motard, and a "sport" tourer now... and I haven't gotten the initiative to put the sportbike back together (it's been apart since December) because... it's just not as fun as I have on my other bikes. And I'd love to have some sort of scrambler. And no, you won't have problems keeping up
But sportbikes turn people on.
On a less cynical note: have you given proper thought to the safety considerations? Motorcycles are more dangerous than cars. You don't get to mess up. Please do yourself the favor and run that over - sitting in a hospital bed isn't a good time to do that. Not on a cynical or mean note - just throwing it out there.
If you choose to start riding, please remember assumptions 3 and 4. A lot of people say the first 6-9 months are the most dangerous period of riding. I think it's from 6 months to two years.... or longer, if, well, you know. Too many guys ride over their head because of group dynamics, the need to show off, prove they don't suck, maintain an ego, or just because they think they're better than they are. Don't succumb to that trap. I know a guy who's crashed his brand new 600 three times in just one year. On the street. I'm waiting to have to take him to the hospital one day, or worse.
I disagree about the sportbike vs. cruiser topic, though. I hate riding my sportbike. It's no fun. It's tons of fun to commute on my "sport" tourer or motard, though. Sportbikes are uncomfortable, not practical to manhandle at sub-track speeds (although sportbikers will deny it, see how many of them have spent time on less "focused" bikes), and generally far more than you'll ever need on the street. I've got a sportbike, a motard, and a "sport" tourer now... and I haven't gotten the initiative to put the sportbike back together (it's been apart since December) because... it's just not as fun as I have on my other bikes. And I'd love to have some sort of scrambler. And no, you won't have problems keeping up
But sportbikes turn people on.
On a less cynical note: have you given proper thought to the safety considerations? Motorcycles are more dangerous than cars. You don't get to mess up. Please do yourself the favor and run that over - sitting in a hospital bed isn't a good time to do that. Not on a cynical or mean note - just throwing it out there.
If you choose to start riding, please remember assumptions 3 and 4. A lot of people say the first 6-9 months are the most dangerous period of riding. I think it's from 6 months to two years.... or longer, if, well, you know. Too many guys ride over their head because of group dynamics, the need to show off, prove they don't suck, maintain an ego, or just because they think they're better than they are. Don't succumb to that trap. I know a guy who's crashed his brand new 600 three times in just one year. On the street. I'm waiting to have to take him to the hospital one day, or worse.
When it comes to Ryan Jenkins, the story ends with me putting him in the wall.
2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger
2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger