Mizouse

and i dropped it

spdy0001

Oh that sux
Hope it wasn't a nice bike, and if it was it was his fault for letting you ride it. With new riders its not if they will drop it, but when will then drop it. Always learn on a junk bike

CL Platano

Yeah man..you need to take a class and if you get a bike start off with a 600, don't try and be a stud and get a 1000 or you'll die within a day.

spdy0001

I feel that even a 600 sport bike is too much for a beginner. Your talking 100+ HP at around 400lbs. Those bikes are no joke.

65 Fury Convert

What kind of bike? Even a drop while standing still can do some expensive damage on a full fairing bike. I remember I had just bought a Kawasaki 600R Ninja and a friend dropped it while making a u-turn, he wasn't even going 5 mph, and he ended up ruining the side faring, foot peg, turn signal and clutch lever. It cost him some $$$.

badboy

I want to learn to ride a bike too, but I will probably sign up for a course, which gives you a license upon passing their test.

I have drove scooters in the past but I don't want to take any chances on someone elses bike.

afici0nad0

it's cool, just pick it back up...

j/k

i too would like to learn to ride. but, i think i'll go with the class/course route...

zeroday

what kinda bike?

Crazy Bimmer

Lets hope you dont mess up that big when riding a girl for the first time.

phipark

Should have kept the training wheels on.

Mizouse

it was a 2003 Yamaha R6, but he already fucked up his fairings and plastics already so he was cool with that

i just need to buy him a new front brake handle cause it snapped off

yea i think im gonna take the route of taking the rider course instead.

Mizouse

Mizouse

well what happened was he was teaching me to slowly let go of the clutch in 1st to get the bike moving slowly and then slowly move to the right, then he was saying to rev it a little and then fully release the clutch.
what i did wrong was i reved it too much before releasing the clutch so the bike just jumped forward.

also i think because his handle bars arnt even (his throttle one sticks in closer to the body, its for racing so you get less drag) my natural instinct was to balance it out, like so my hands are even, but thats not the case w/ his bike, so it toppled over onto the right side of the bike.
i sorta learned the same concept on my friends 01 R6 and didnt have any issues.

zeroday

i think i did that when i was 6 years old. it's the one thing almost every new rider does; rev the engine too high and pop the clutch too abruptly. My childhood buddy almost ran over my dog with my xr80 doing that.

Bdog

Sport bikes are very hard to learn on, the way they are balanced you can't go slow or it will fall over if you don't know what you are doing. A friend couldn't pass the DMV course on is YZF 600 because the course was too tight and he had to keep putting his feet down or couldn't make the cones. He went and got a 650 cruiser and pass with no problems.

Mizouse

is it easy to transition from a cruiser to a sport bike thou?

srika

damn dude. I wonder the same thing, is it easy to go from a cruiser to a sport bike?

Teh Jatt

go take MSF course stupid..... :shakehead

they have 125cc bikes, and you'll learn on those better.

Teh Jatt

are you saying 600cc bikes are around 400lb or mizouse's weight?

65 Fury Convert

I found it difficult going from riding a sport bike, which is all I've ever owned except for some dirt bikes, to a cruiser because I wasn't used to putting my feet in front of me. When I ride my friends cruisers it still doesn't feel right.

65 Fury Convert

Mizouse you definatley need to get a bike - chicks love guys that ride bikes.

treyster

A guy I work had never been on a bike, took the course, learned on a 125cc, got real comfortable with a bike and only spent 300 bucks. Now he rides a sweet V-star and even get a discount on insurance

Mizouse

yea i know, i was hoping that i wouldnt have to go that route, but thats what im gonna do for sure

Mizouse

Mizouse

yea my friend with his R6 was saying that insurance on a bike is alot cheaper, he was saying hes paying something along the lines for 400 for a whole year.

anyways i just got back from a huge bike shop in san bernardino, checked out all the bikes there, and tried on jackets and a helmet, haha just curious what i would look like. looked at the kawasaki 250cc bikes, doesnt look bad for a starter bike, ill probably take the riding course sometime over the summer and then pick up one of those used or something and then move up when i feel comfortable.

but first i need to lose weight wearing an XXL jacket made me feel HUUUUUUUUGE

srika

damn so you mean I can go to the motorcycle class, get my license, and learn how to ride there too, all in one shot? Do they supply the 125's to learn on? That would be sweet to get it all done in one shot.

danny25

^^ yep. That's what I did. They supplied all the bikes. I took a 2 day course. 1st day was half class room half riding, 2nd day was all riding and final riding test. That exempted me from the DMV riding test so all I had to do was pass the computer test and got my license.

danny25

Bike insurance is great. I just bought mine for a year... $153 for a CBR 600.

evilone

the v-dot m class test is a bitch. If you put your foot down twice you fail. its all low speed turns and bullshit. i did the msf class and bipassed that stupid dmv test

evilone

its different for each state

Bdog

Yes, I think it's a lot easier to learn the fundamentals of a motorcycle on a smaller more cruiser like bike. Easier to go slower on and very easy to just move around in a parking lot being on a more natural seated position. When you take off a smaller cruiser your going 25mph in first, when you take off on a R6 your going 60 in first. Take the course, then start off easy on a 600cc sport bike.

srika

man, I want a bike now. must resist.... must... re... sist.... must.............

Teh Jatt

yeah but you are 25... I'm 22 with 2 tickets and it's killing me... don't even ask how much it is for R6...

Teh Jatt

good thing was that I went to India and learned on 125cc there. I did go down like 2-3 times while learning but I wasn't going fast or anything. Then I jumped to 350cc cruiser, then I came back and first thing I did was took the MSF course.

demolition_x

get an old crappy dirt bike for a couple hundred bucks and learn on that.

they make you very good at balance and what not.

i have never ridden a street bike, but i don't think i ever will.

good luck

danny25

I bought it in 2004 when I was 23 and the insurance then was about the same. But I have a clean record, and it's only liability since I own it.

srika

my friend has a 4-speed 110cc mini-dirt bike that I ride - and love. It'll do like 70. I guess that is a pretty good learner eh? I guess I might know a bit more about riding than I think. need to ride it some more this year.

another friend has a modded Yamaha YSR50 w/ 6-speed and everything else, I think that would be the next logical step. Forgot about these options.

GunnmeTaLCURA04

How Much?

Mizouse

how much is it for an R6?

danny25

if he got a loan for the R6 and has to have collision and comprehensive then it could easily be in the $2K-$3K a year range.