You should buy a enduro bike and learn how to ride first.

Get use to it riding in the dirt them move to the pavement.

JMO.

not bad advie form kcbronc


one thing to think of

I have a 78 honda twinstar
and I have a bitch of a time finding parts
and you have to order everything
and they do add up

Ummmm.....wth? Why?

The only post from KCbroncoHater I have ever agreed with.

My first bike was too much for me, luckily I survived it but I dont recommend riding on the road first.

Because if you have never had a bike there are differences you need to get familiar with like accelerating out of corners.

Take the motorcycle safety course (MSF) offered through most community ed programs, and then spend a 1,500-2,000 or so miles on a 500-800 cc bike....over the course of a year or so....is a better option, IMHO. They teach the steering and turn and curve techniques.

:shrug:

Yea the other option is to go small. I agree. But I think like a 250 or 400cc. A 750cc bike is still a lot for a newb.

My first bike was TL1000. Bad idea. LOL. The good news was once I got used to it I had a lot of bike.

I'm just thinking the MSF course teaches the gyroscopic turn thing (push with outside hand, lean into the turn)....that a lot of newbs don't get. It makes such a huge difference, that with experience riding in an urban setting...offsets the need for a training-wheels type approach....but, JMHO.

But your way works too, I'd think.

nOObs have a steep learning curve and it isn’t uncommon for them to hit the ground. Dirt is softer than pavement for both you and the motorcycle.

I rode around town on a scooter for almost a year and after doing the MSF course I felt like that actually gave me a pretty solid foundation. Not that I haven't learned a lot since starting riding, but I've ridden pretty much every day, rain or shine, for more than 4 months.

love the sound of these bikes.
Vtwins rule.

I guess that is true. I was a motorcycle n00b, too. Friends told me you will lay it down within the first 6 months. Well, that never happened.

Sounds like you're due.

:)

(j/k Be careful!)

Ha ha ha ....... fugger! 4321

:p

Actually, that is the one thing that I am always aware of - safety. I am very careful. Have been since I started riding a bicycle around town 10 years ago. Drivers can be idiots.

Keep the dirty side down.