Originally Posted By: hpb
Originally Posted By: WANG
Somewhat unrelated: I'm always disgusted by the phobic reaction that some people have to motorcycles. It's irrational, and a possible sign of some sort of mental illness that they should keep to themselves at least and seek help for at best. Seriously.
Yeah, lots of people on here telling others how to live their lives. I don't get why they even look at the motorcycle section if they're anti-bike? Makes no sense. I'm not into guns, for example, so I stay the [censored] out of the gun section, and I definitely wouldn't post anything negative there!
OP, good luck, the V-Strom 650 is an awesome bike.
HPB- Thank you for some reason and level headed thinking! If you don't like a certain type of inanimate object, IE; guns, motorcycles, power tools, etc, then keep your worthless opinions to yourself and don't even bother reading, let alone posting in those sections.
OP- Forget the naysayers and do what makes you happy. I started riding at 20 years old, having wives, kids and mortgages ever since. I took the basic MSF course but I am pretty much self taught other wise. I have been riding for 12 years now and at least 60,000 miles and I have never been down. I have only had one close call in that time and a quick, hard stop was all it took to avoid the collision. I do know several people who have been seriously injured or killed on motorcycles but every single one of them was speeding, not wearing any gear AND new to riding.
I highly support your like for the adventure bikes. Adventure bikes are pretty much all I have ever ridden and they are all I really like. The best part to the adventure sport market is that all of the offerings have been very refined over the years and all of them are pretty much excellent at this point. The only downside to them as I see it is the tall seat height. If your inseam is at least 32 inches, you will be just fine on any of them. The V-Strom or Versys 650 will make an excellent first bike in your situation. I started on a Kawasaki KLX 250 and while it was a great little bike, I would NOT do it again. Sure it was light weight and easy to ride but I was 100% out grown of it in 3 months, a total waste of money. A 650 or 800 adventure bike will work well for a beginner provided you are tall and strong enough to handle it and have the self control to not speed and out run your riding skillset.
Feel free to PM me if you want to talk more about motorcycling without all the naysayers and pandemonium.
Originally Posted By: WANG
Somewhat unrelated: I'm always disgusted by the phobic reaction that some people have to motorcycles. It's irrational, and a possible sign of some sort of mental illness that they should keep to themselves at least and seek help for at best. Seriously.
Yeah, lots of people on here telling others how to live their lives. I don't get why they even look at the motorcycle section if they're anti-bike? Makes no sense. I'm not into guns, for example, so I stay the [censored] out of the gun section, and I definitely wouldn't post anything negative there!
OP, good luck, the V-Strom 650 is an awesome bike.
HPB- Thank you for some reason and level headed thinking! If you don't like a certain type of inanimate object, IE; guns, motorcycles, power tools, etc, then keep your worthless opinions to yourself and don't even bother reading, let alone posting in those sections.
OP- Forget the naysayers and do what makes you happy. I started riding at 20 years old, having wives, kids and mortgages ever since. I took the basic MSF course but I am pretty much self taught other wise. I have been riding for 12 years now and at least 60,000 miles and I have never been down. I have only had one close call in that time and a quick, hard stop was all it took to avoid the collision. I do know several people who have been seriously injured or killed on motorcycles but every single one of them was speeding, not wearing any gear AND new to riding.
I highly support your like for the adventure bikes. Adventure bikes are pretty much all I have ever ridden and they are all I really like. The best part to the adventure sport market is that all of the offerings have been very refined over the years and all of them are pretty much excellent at this point. The only downside to them as I see it is the tall seat height. If your inseam is at least 32 inches, you will be just fine on any of them. The V-Strom or Versys 650 will make an excellent first bike in your situation. I started on a Kawasaki KLX 250 and while it was a great little bike, I would NOT do it again. Sure it was light weight and easy to ride but I was 100% out grown of it in 3 months, a total waste of money. A 650 or 800 adventure bike will work well for a beginner provided you are tall and strong enough to handle it and have the self control to not speed and out run your riding skillset.
Feel free to PM me if you want to talk more about motorcycling without all the naysayers and pandemonium.
