who has regret buying a motorcycle

bigaudiofanat

Loved mine and can not wait to get my next one, "had a wreck"

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tr0n

i love my bike also... my word of advice is that the 250 will be fun at first but you will soon grow out of it. At least start with a 500 or 600, the 600 is plenty of bike and unless you have a death wish, it will last you a few years. You can pick up a used 600 for around $4k pretty easy if that is in your price range.

370Zsteve

Completely disagree. The guy is doing the right thing learning on a 250. A modern 600 is a very powerful machine, not for a beginner.

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Jordan777er

, learn on something more forgiving, build a strong set of skills, then move up to something more powerful. Despite having my 600, and looking into purchasing a liter later this year, I still have and ride my 250, and its just as good a bike as the day I bought it.

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gsxr750

I've ridden and owned all types of bikes for the last 42 years and still enjoy sport bikes and flat track or super moto style of bikes.

The only thing that gets old on a bike quick, is long distance interstate driving for long periods of time.

Even senic twisty roads get old after about 2hrs. in the saddle.

Most rides if kept with in the 2 hr max one way drive are enjoyable with a decent place to relax or do something for a couple of hrs. etc.

Your best bet for an enjoyable bike is one that is lite weight and has a lot of torque down low, you can enjoy all the speed and torque with in the legal speed limit and not draw unwanted attention from cops.

I currently have a 07 gsxr1000, buell xb12r, 1200 sportster with 90hp engine and I find my self taking out the sportster most of the time.

The main thing to remember with bikes is that they are really meant for leisure or weekend driving, life span of most sport bikes is 20k -40k and most will be needing some expensive engine repair around that mileage.

Cruisers are good for about the same amount japs more , harleys less.

Some of the jap 4 cylinders touring and bmw touring bikes can easily get into the 80-100k mileage range.

So here are some basic fact about owning bikes.

1. riding in bad or cold or to hot of weather just plain sucks.
2. riding long distance is quite boring and women hate it.
3. most women hate riding on the back of a bike longer that 15 minutes, if you want to share riding with your girlfriend of wife, then get her a bike to.
4. Helmet head and all the extra safety and riding gear required really suck.
5. If you ride fast or a sport bike most cops will be drawn to you like flies on **** etc.

azn370z

I thought I would update this thread for anyone thinking about riding. This is my first year riding and I have 15k miles, most from riding the back roads and not the highway. There were 3 new riders that I started riding with. I think all of them stopped riding. Riding isn't for everyone.

I guess I was planning to buy a cbr 250 but got a zx6r instead. When I first started riding the power of the bike never got me in trouble however my inexperience with throttle and brake did. There were a few close calls but I regained control and never hurt myself. I started practicing in a parking lot and I still practice today, but in the twisties. I like riding so much I practice the twisties on wet roads, but near the speed limit.

Before I bought my bike I had no idea how fun it is to ride. When I ride my bike I have one objective, a spirited ride in the twisties. I think that's where the car and bike differ.

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