Thinking About Buying a Bike
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Nice bike. Looks like it was taken care of as well. The previous owner even took the ghetto license plate holder off for you. You may want to consider getting some flush-mounted turn signals added on the rear cowl, though.
Gotta love black rims. Constantly cleaning brake dust and melted rubber off my GSXR's white rims was a major pain.
Those things are soo effing fun.
Those are flush-mounted turn signals, its an aftermarket kit, already put on it. thanks man yeah i'm majorly excited
When you get it (because you'll be already excited and shit) any chance of a walk around video with a few revs thrown in?
This ^^^
Almost lost my dad 2 years ago after he got run off the road and crashed into a ditch on his Electraglide Harley. Lucky he is still alive.
Fuck bikes.
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Nice bike man. Have you harped on that shit yet? I appreciate all the feedback on this thread from everybody. Now I've got some ideas when I get it together to go buy one.
Hahaha
I bought an busted up dirtbike at the weekend - heres how it went
Came off hard on concrete
^ Cleaned up =) Also busted my leg, hip and foot. Was back on it 10 minutes later :xmas-smiley-010:
And yes, the back brake acts as a pedal.
ATGATT = All The Gear All The Time
sorry bout the fall, gravel sucks but at least it wasn't pavement
sorry bout the fall, gravel sucks but at least it wasn't pavement
planning on taking the next year to rebuild a 1975 honda750.
goal is by next summer to have also rebuilt a sidecar for it so my pup can come on rides with me.
goal is by next summer to have also rebuilt a sidecar for it so my pup can come on rides with me.
I've got the CBR and it's a great ride.
Got it from new and was taken out by a taxi driver after two weeks. He was coming out of a side street too fast, 3k damage to the bike, six months physio for me.
It was a couple of hundred from being a write off.
But that was a couple of years ago and I've still got it. Great bike.
If you're new to biking or returning to it after a while (me) then it's very forgiving. You can really mess up in corners and the bike will get you out of trouble. Accelerate or to a lesser extent brake and you're still good the bike goes where you point it.
I've only had a couple of wobbles on it and one of those was down to wet leaves on the road.
But get yourself some training as suggested above, if you're new to it or returning.
Can't fault it for the money and as the engines pretty much bullet poof you can pick up some older bargains.
Good luck.
This is by far my longest post.
Got it from new and was taken out by a taxi driver after two weeks. He was coming out of a side street too fast, 3k damage to the bike, six months physio for me.
It was a couple of hundred from being a write off.
But that was a couple of years ago and I've still got it. Great bike.
If you're new to biking or returning to it after a while (me) then it's very forgiving. You can really mess up in corners and the bike will get you out of trouble. Accelerate or to a lesser extent brake and you're still good the bike goes where you point it.
I've only had a couple of wobbles on it and one of those was down to wet leaves on the road.
But get yourself some training as suggested above, if you're new to it or returning.
Can't fault it for the money and as the engines pretty much bullet poof you can pick up some older bargains.
Good luck.
This is by far my longest post.
i'm not too sure if this has mentioned anywhere else.. but are there any tall guys here who ride? like 6'2+
I'm starting to get the itch for a bike but im concerned about the backpain i might get from riding. or just looking plain sloppy
I'm starting to get the itch for a bike but im concerned about the backpain i might get from riding. or just looking plain sloppy
I'm 6'3 and believe it or not it's pretty damn comfortable. The only areas that get sore are your neck (because of the position you're in, lurched forward looking up) and your wrists (but you can sit up on the bike a little bit and rest your hands pretty easily, esp at stoplights).
I was under the impression that a crotch rocket would be mad uncomfortable but surprisingly i fit the bike well and it's a lot more comfy than I thought it would be.
6'6 here and I rode a ZX6R fine.
I haven't read this entire thread, but if anyone is talking about getting a 600cc+ sports bike as their first its a disaster waiting to happen.
I haven't read this entire thread, but if anyone is talking about getting a 600cc+ sports bike as their first its a disaster waiting to happen.