momodu7;931466 said:
this may be a stupid question for some, but in your opinion (and i say YOUR as in the experianced bike riders) what would you guys think is a good beginner bike. Im a beginner and my uncle said that if i get a bike, he would teach me how to ride. Id like to hear of some of your opinions. thanks
My opinion, buy some thing old/used that has some scratches already. Buy that 1st bike with every intent of selling it in a year or so. Biggest mistake I always see is people buying their dream bike the first time out.
After that it depends on the kind of riding you want to do. If you want a cruiser get something that has a nice low seat height you can easly put both feet Flat on the ground. The weight of cruiser is usually heavier and is a problem learning slow speed stuff, so you want it low.
If you want something sporty look into the ninja 250 or 500. I dont care what anyone says about the 250 lol its fast for what it is. The 500 will give you more power and still be very forgiving and let you learn not just hold on. With sports bikes the weight is all up heigh again making slow speed stuff tuff, so you want an over all smaller bike.
Its more fun to learn to ride the wheels off a slow bike than to be afraid of a Fast bike. You wont 'out grow' anything no matter what people tell you. As long as your out to ride for yourself and not to show off/keep up with your friends on SS bikes. Anyone who says 250s are slow, look at the motoGP 250 class and tell me they are Slow.
Your first bike should be a learning tool, not something to go out racing with. I also would take a riding class not have your uncle teach you. Nothing against your uncle but its better to learn from pros than family I think. Alot of small bad habbits are hard to unlearn later on, might as well learn the correct way First.
In my riding class we had some people.... One guy was taught by his friend to literally lay on the gas tank(owned a new super sport). Of course that technique looked funny on a rebel250 cruiser. He also would stretch his knee way out to the side when he turned. A bunch of guys were coming from dirt and wanted to use pinky/ring finger on the levers, not good on the street. etc.
Buy the book Sport riding techniques, It teaches alot of stuff.
