Ladies and gentlemen, in a few short months and 7000 dollars this is likely to be the device that brings about my end. Ive wanted one for quite some time now, but just didnt have the funds to acquire it. Im selling my mustang for the infinitely cheaper stratus, and will likely buy this motorcycle for a daily drive, and keep my stratus for grocery getting. I tell myself that i wont break the speed limit or do anything crazy, but...yeah, im really just lying to myself. Thatll last for like two weeks im sure. If you have any comments, opinions or horror stories, please speak now before i purchase this fine peice of vehicular crafstmanship, whether it be good or bad, your input along with the cost of insurance will be a deciding factor on whether or not i want to risk my life.
Motorbikes are far more dangerous than cars. You're like 30 times more likely to die if you are on a motorbike than if you are on a car. If you fall off and your gloved hand hits the road at high speed, for every second your hand is in contact with the ground, several centimetres of bone can be ground off. Any small collision can put your bike off-balance at high speeds. The driver is totally exposed against the elements. I'd say that since I don't actually want you to die, you should stick with a car.
**** you Demonblade! :(
"I gotta get me one of these!"
If this is your first bike, just do yourself a favor. Go to the kitchen, put the 7k into a paper bag, write "funeral" on it, then grab a knife and slit your wrists.
If its your first bike, it is, quiet simply, too much for you. You WILL lost control with that much power. If you're lucky, you'll lose is at a very low speed and only manage to waste thousands of dollars getting your fairings fixed. If you ARENT lucky... well, at least if you do the bag thing, you wont have to worry about paying for a funeral.
You're better off buying something FAR smaller. A ninja 250 is a perfect starter bike. Its smaller, lighter (read: easier to control) and has FAR less power (read: less likely to try to be hardXxXcore and get yourself killed). Honestly, you dont need a 1kcc engine for a starter bike. The 250 does 0-60 in less than 6 seconds, which is Porche territory, to put it into perspective. Not to mention that it only costs 3k for a brand new model, and since its your first bike, and you WILL drop it, you should buy used anyway.
Basically, plan on droping it. Dont buy anything that you cant afford to fix, since in the first year of riding you WILL let the bike fall over at one point. And also, dont you live in florida? Having a bike here is great from like november to march, but once the rainy season starts and it can start to rain with no notice, being on a bike can be a huge hassle. I dont know if you've ever been on a bike in the rain, but even at like 30mph, it feels like needles being driven into you.
So start small, and start practical, or die. Its as simple as that.
Yeah, thats pretty much how i felt when i first though about getting a bike. I talked to a few guys at work, one of which has been riding for about 20 years and he said for a guy as big as me (215 lbs) id be better off getting the Gixxer 1000. I was going to start off with the 600 because i feel the way you do...though im slowly rationalizing the idea of getting the 1k, which could be a very dangerous thing for me. Im not going to buy brand new, because as you said i will most likely lay it down. Ive done a little looking on ebay and ive seen the 2001-02 models selling for around 6000 which is well within my price range considering im trading my car in. Either way, im not going to get a bike until september/october...and one of the guys at work offered to give me lessons on his cruiser...but the sportbike i want is a whole different spectrum. I dont know, i feel that i have enough repsect for my life to control my urges to punch it...guess ive just got a lot of thinking to do.
Jsut keep in mind that the more the bike weighs and the more power it has, the harder it is to control. You're better off learning on a smaller bike and then moving up.
I agree with what LoS said. A machine like that is like giving a drivers ed student a 911 GT3 to learn in. Start small. You're basically re-learning to drive on a much more intimate level with the road. You need to be well aware of every small change in road surface, weather, traffic, and you need to be able to predict what the idiots around you are going to do. You're practically invisible when next to cars because of your extremely small size. And above all, don't show off.
I do understand where you're coming from. If I move downtown, I'll want to ditch my car for a motorcycle too. But I'd rather start small (even if it's gimpy and not as cool) just to be sure that the experience would be as safe as possible until I have a few thousand miles under my belt.
You'll also be saving on motorcycle insurance. Minimum liability can be as little as $250/yr.
Yeah, i dont care how experienced i become...i dont think i will ever get to the level of confidence to go 150mph popping a wheelie...i value my life much more than that.
I definitely agree with what you guys are sayin in respects to starting off on a smaller bike. I just dont want to get to the point of feeling comfortable on it in a few months...then get bored with it. I certainly could trade it in for a more powerful one...but hell, its taken me a year to get rid of my POS mustang...who knows how long it would take me to get a different bike.
Which sounds more appealing:
1)firey, painful death in an accident
2)having problems selling your bike when you want to upgrade
On second thought...
Maybe I won't get a motorcycle! :D
Even going 40mph on a bike is going to feel amazingly fast at first. I wouldn't worry about getting bored with it.
Don't sweat it too much. My uncle has had one for like 20 years and never wrecked.
Still, precautions and safety come first. You want to be in the mindset that "it could happen any time," and keep yourself prepared.
Seriously, consider that its making someone like ME say safety first.
well just be careful my dad's friend died on one.....a truck ran a red light as he was coming and he couldnt stop becasue he was on his motorbike... his body went under the truck but his head didnt make it...he lost half of his face and died instantly....all i can wish u is good luck...as u will need it...ALOT
ProTip: Ignore anything a woman says about motorcycles, as they all see nothign but ZOMG DANGUR ULL DIE LOL.
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Suzuki makes a marvelous digital piano.
Yeah, pretty much not it for getting my face crushed.
I just look at pictures like these and find it so hard to say no to getting a bike. Honestly look at that and tell me that wouldnt be one hell of an adrenaline rush.
http://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/suzuki-gsxr1000-02-bikepics-439108.jpg
Oh, it would. But then again, so would free diving with great whites.
doesnt mean I'm going to do it.
As I said before - 40 mph is going to be a rush at first. You take a machine like that out and go flat out, even if you manage to hang on to the thing, it's going to get boring quicker than if you get a crap one, tune it or whatever, learn it and then progress.
This reminds me about a year ago when I was cruuuiising down LA's highways [crazy, I know] and the ****face from the other side decides to change three lanes at a time and hits a small truck in front of my and pushes the truck aside and his car spins out of control - if my father didn't stop in time, that guy was a goner.
While I condone the buying of a motorcycle, I am very anti crotch-rocket. I think they were invented by Japs to kill Americans.
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^I love those chrome skull mirrors :D
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It's a 2005 Yamaha V Star 1100 custom. I have added a couple more things to it since I took these photos. I also tore the gay plastic/chrome emblem off of the tank so it's solid black.
Anyway, if you are going to buy a sport bike, at least don't be one of those idiots who wears shorts, a tank top, tennis shoes/sandals, and a helmet. Those people look like total jack@sses. Get some good gear and wear it.
They make jeans with kevlar woven into the fabric that are supposed to be essentially drag proof.
I have to still say that a 750 is a bit big, but at least its not a 1k. :/
And rice is the way to go with bikes. Cruisers are so lame and boring. why buy a bike if you cant do mad tYtE cornering?:(
Kevlar jeans huh? Wow, wonder how much they cost. But, whatever the cost i dont really care...its worth it if it help saves your life. Yeah, i decided to go 750...1k would rape me on insurance. Just called and a 750 would cost me 105 a month for full coverage.
I just dont like the riding position and feel of them. Too big and fat and lazy.
True. But he still got lucky, as I have yet to hear of any riding gear that prevents your bones from snapping like twigs.
They are called Draggin Jeans, at least that is one particular brand...and here is the site
http://www.dragginjeans.com.au/productTesting/index.htm
pretty **** amazing if you ask me
Yeah, and remember that since you can't really put really really thick gloves on and control a motorbike, just put really thick gloves on and remember to not put your hands down. The only problem is that you just can't go riding in solid, really protective stuff like medieval knight's armour. Because, one, it cost a lot of money, and two, you'd look pretty gay in shining armour on a motorbike. Unless you dress your motorbike up like a horse.
