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New Rider ForumsJust joining the motorcyclist hobbie? Looking to get some information about a first bike? Or have some newbie questions. Are you new to the website?
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My experiences as a newbie
Well,
Picked up my first street bike on Wednsday night, and been having a blast ever since. Been staying calm and not doing stupid shit. Haven't brought it past 8500rpm, and that was on an open backroad by myself this morning in 2nd gear. Been a really good experience for me. Had my dad take it home the 130ish miles the other night, and he's been watching me pretty close. He has like 150k miles on bikes, although hasnt owned one in long time. I find myself almost fighting for saddle time on the bike when we're both home!
Bad or squidly things I'm doing:
My shifting is still on the rough side, both down and up. It's definately getting better tho.
Lug'n the motor on starts, not all the time, but its still happening.
Winding 2nd gear out to 8k'ish on straight back roads .
Not riding with gloves. I have a set of Icon Hooligans, but I just can't get comfortable riding with them yet, working on breaking em in.
The bike I started on
I'm 19, took the MSF, and I do wear gear. I got an Arai RX7 and a Joe Rocket Ballistic mesh jacket. I've been out on the road 3 times (go ahead, laugh at me ), and 2 of those times my dad followed me in the car to let me know what to improve on. I just wish there were more hours in a day, this going to work and finding time to ride sucks!
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Probably not the best first bike (nice BTW), but you sound quite responsible. If you're still a little uncomfortable on your bike compared to the one at MSF, take yours to an empty parking lot and practice the MSF drills until it's all smooth. It's really easy to get in over your head on the street especially with traffic, so take it easy.
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Originally Posted by RACER X
best of luck, how do you afford ins.?
Honest answer? I don't have much of a social life . I paid for the bike in cash and my truck is cash, and between the two of them, state farm gets almost 3k out of me a year. Mommy and daddy give me nothing except pay for part of my tuition and give me a place to live rent free. I have to hold almost full time hours, even when the semester starts to pay for it all. After hopping off the bike when done riding, it makes it all worth it. Hopefully knowing that its my money, I wont do something dumb with it.
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Honestly dude, you need to get those gloves on NOW. There was a poll on this forum a while back if I remember right that asked "What one piece of gear (besides a helmet) would you go with if you could only pick one" the overwhelming majority picked gloves. Riding without gloves is dangerous in way too many ways. Also, I'd highly suggest picking up AT LEAST a leather jacket, because that mesh jacket isn't going to do anything except make a pretty design in your flesh as your skin peels off on the roadway!
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I have been looking at the Alpinestars Stunt jackets, I think I may pick one up when I get paid again. I had planned on replacing the mesh with leather when money permitted.
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Tow Vehicle: 2007 Chevrolet Silverado
I have been looking at the Alpinestars Stunt jackets, I think I may pick one up when I get paid again. I had planned on replacing the mesh with leather when money permitted.
Good stuff, also I see we have similar taste in trucks, mine isn't a Z71, just a 2WD ext cab, but I like it, and my bike likes it too!
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Wear those gloves, probably the first things that going to hit the ground and brace you for impact. The only way you are going to break in those gloves are wearing them while you ride.
$5250 for it, 3200 miles, perfect condition. Never been down, all that good stuff and a few other things included.
That's good. I paid 5900 for mine last year at the stealership. I didn't want to deal with the hastle of buying the bike then having to get it on the road though.
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Question for you guys. Ultimately, I'd like to ride it to work, but I work retail, so the parking lot naturally has people all day in and out of it. What kind of security do you guys or girls use to lock the bike up. I've been looking at disk locks.
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Congrats on the bike. Take it easy and try to avoid any squidly urges.
For sure, WEAR THEM GLOVES! I don't know how many times I've had big ass bugs, pebbles, etc... bounce off my gloves at highway speeds. If I wasn't wearing any, that would've been a lot of hurtin'.
My experiences as a newbie
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), and 2 of those times my dad followed me in the car to let me know what to improve on. I just wish there were more hours in a day, this going to work and finding time to ride sucks!
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