Don't know if to get a bike or wait? College

[Derk4397]

This dude says he'll sell me his 500 ninja for $2200. He said he hasn't rode it in a while and it just has been sitting in his buddy's garage.....

[Gaolee]

If it runs OK, it sounds like a pretty good deal on a good bike. Check to make sure it isn't all dry rotted in the rubber parts. Chances are you will have to get a battery, and you should just figure you are going to replace the tires, change the oil, and lube the chain. Depending on mileage, you may have other maintenance to deal with, but you can use all these things as negotiating poings.

[Dr.K]

Location is Key. I go to college and have a bike but I live in a house with a garage, so Its different. If I was still on campus I wouldn't have the bike. Unless it was undeground parking or you could chain it to a pole that is covered or something. Id wait. Get a cheap car, its alot easier to bring a 12 of beer home in your trunk than on your back. You meet alot of people too doing beer runs.

[Derk4397]

Originally Posted by Dr.K

Location is Key. I go to college and have a bike but I live in a house with a garage, so Its different. If I was still on campus I wouldn't have the bike. Unless it was undeground parking or you could chain it to a pole that is covered or something. Id wait. Get a cheap car, its alot easier to bring a 12 of beer home in your trunk than on your back. You meet alot of people too doing beer runs.

I'm 18 dude

[VermillionX]

So that never stopped me when I was your age.

[GoIllini]

Originally Posted by Derk4397

I am transferring to a major state university in January, and I've heard bad things like bikes being stolen and stuff like that from people that live on campus in the dorms and such. For that reason I'm not so sure about getting a bike now and just wait until I'm out of college. Anyone have any advice?

Exactly.

Someone asked me once "Isn't parking your bike in Times Square a little risky? How do you secure your bike?"

"I secure it with comprehensive insurance."

\This dude says he'll sell me his 500 ninja for $2200. He said he hasn't rode it in a while and it just has been sitting in his buddy's garage.....

Sounds a little cheap for a Ninja 500. Have it inspected or bring a friend along.

[jimphunpants]

College = more opportunities to have intercourse with the opposite sex.

Motorcycle + (College x Alcohol) - fatties = sweet success


^There ya go, college boy, add that shits up and make your decision.

[Jahx]

I do not claim to know you.

That said, if you are attending a major university, you should not need a vehicle. It will be an added expense at a time in your life when you will often find finances to be very tight. It will also absorb quite a bit of time. Sorry folks, but maintaining a cycle is more intensive than a car. Cleaning/adjusting the chain, changing the oil, are all things we do ourselves because the dealership is too expensive. But they are also time consuming. Major work, such as carbs/valves is even more time consuming, and should not be naturally inclined towards such work, daunting. Also access to the tools can be a bit rough, as well as workspace. Over all it may be in your best interest to focus on your studies, and wait until you have your degree, and have settled into your chosen field.

[Derk4397]

Originally Posted by Jahx

I do not claim to know you.

That said, if you are attending a major university, you should not need a vehicle. It will be an added expense at a time in your life when you will often find finances to be very tight. It will also absorb quite a bit of time. Sorry folks, but maintaining a cycle is more intensive than a car. Cleaning/adjusting the chain, changing the oil, are all things we do ourselves because the dealership is too expensive. But they are also time consuming. Major work, such as carbs/valves is even more time consuming, and should not be naturally inclined towards such work, daunting. Also access to the tools can be a bit rough, as well as workspace. Over all it may be in your best interest to focus on your studies, and wait until you have your degree, and have settled into your chosen field.

nah

[Derk4397]

Also, I'm 6'4'', am I too big for a ninja 500?

[Goin Ape Nutz]

Originally Posted by jimphunpants

College = more opportunities to have intercourse with the opposite sex.

Motorcycle + (College x Alcohol) - fatties = sweet success


^There ya go, college boy, add that shits up and make your decision.

hehehehehehehehehe

worthy.

[sluijs01]

As hard is it might be to do, and as easy as it probably is for me to say, hold off. I wouldn't be caught dead up here at school with my bike. It would be stolen within a week for me. Granted I'm in Toledo, and I don't know how it is in Texas, but bikes do get stolen.
Montgomery County ranks third in stolen vehicles
I own the 3rd and 4th most stolen vehicles in Ohio, so maybe I'm just paranoid.
Also, bikes are definitely an expense. They're fun . . . but can be expensive.

All that being said, if you can keep the bike safe, afford it, and wear all your gear, go for it!

[DaleCaliente]

If you are in college, you probably wont have the time for the MAINTENANCe that a bike needs, especially an older 500. You dont wanna clunk around in some beater. Plus, college towns are pretty notorious for morons/drunks/vagrants.

I would do it, but i loved working on stuff in colllege. If you are a wrencher, go for it.

If you are not mechanically inclined, and also broke, dont do it, it may be a headache.

[Omahastylin16]

id be careful, when i was 18 and had a gf in college i was always tempted to steal mufflers off of bikes parked there for mine at home. colleges are a bad enviroment for bikes

[Nin 25]

I'm getting a cyclone alarm for my bike. Proximity sensor, kill switch, tilt sensor, paging system, the works. Park in bike-spots and at least try to lock it down at night.