Anybody ride a scooter or motorcycle?

[mercvrivs]

I recently got a permit and my SYM HD 200cc. Unfortunately, I skidded making a right turn from a dead stop 20 mins after buying it and caused some cosmetic damage. Luckily, I'm okay, and the scooter's mechanically sound. Needless to say, I'm taking it slow and practicing in my neighborhood, and I'm also signed up for an MSF class that will count towards my endorsement.

I'm very much looking forward to be able to ride more confidently and safely around in traffic and commuting. Any other riders on the boards?

I must say though, snusing makes riding my scooter (and my bicycle for that matter) much better than smoking.

[bmwgsa]

As you might figure from my userid - I ride BMW's (and have for about 20 years).

Just take your time and always remember that the folks in the car's DON'T SEE YOU! (even if they're staring right at you)....

[airwoodstock]

There's quite a few mercvrivs. I know Sagedil and a few others are. My wife won't let me have a motorcycle because she knows how I drive a car!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :shock:

p.s. there's a story behind this................

[beezle]

i ride an 06 suzuki sv650

[Condor]

I rode:
Honda Rebel 250
Kawasaki Ninja 500
Honda Shadow 1100
Honda Super Hawk VTR1000

just sold the hawk and I'm gettiong a Speed Triple when it warms up again.

[toekuttr]

I've been riding for 25 years now, currently I have a Kawasaki ZX-11 and, my newest bike; a MuZ Black Panther.

[holnrew]

I want one at some point, but I'm not incredibly sure it would be safe for me to do so. And winter riding doesn't seem like much fun.

[theillustriousHeather]

I want to buy cocsp one for our 5th anniversary next year.. and since he's out to sea for the next few months, I can ask this.. what's a good sport bike for a beginner, but something he'll be able to ride for a few years before he gets bored with it? Any suggestions would be appreciated

[Bruce]

Yeah. I ride an electric scooter with a Lithium Ion battery I put together from discarded laptop batteries. It has under 35% of the charge of the cells when they were manufactured, but it charges quickly and still has a better weight to energy ratio than lead acid batteries.

http://www.neoscooters.com/proddetai...=X-Treme_X-600

I got a used one from someone who had lost their batteries to sulfation and fixed it up. It's worked very well, probably saved me a few hundred in gas money (electricity is free since I live in a dorm!).

[Condor]

I want to buy cocsp one for our 5th anniversary next year.. and since he's out to sea for the next few months, I can ask this.. what's a good sport bike for a beginner, but something he'll be able to ride for a few years before he gets bored with it? Any suggestions would be appreciated

SV 650

[Jason]

I have a tendency to fall off of/wreck anything that has less than four wheels.

Examples:

-drove a three-wheeler (remember those?) into a tree
-drove another three-wheeler into a lake
-rode into a dip on a dirtbike and launched myself off of the bike and into a bush
-sat on a friends bike that wasn't even running/moving and fell off of it into a shelf full of tools

:x

[Amizzy]

Condor
PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:
theillustriousHeather wrote:
I want to buy cocsp one for our 5th anniversary next year.. and since he's out to sea for the next few months, I can ask this.. what's a good sport bike for a beginner, but something he'll be able to ride for a few years before he gets bored with it? Any suggestions would be appreciated Smile


SV 650

Believe me, if you are pushing an SV650 you wont get bored with it. I bought my 05 brand new and 3 years later I still love it as much as when I bought it. And I have no trouble keeping up with my friends on their 600s (unless we hit a long straight away). There really isn't anything better out there for the money!

mercvrivs; Glad to hear you are signed up for an MSF course. They do a great job of teaching you to ride.

[Pus]

I cannot compete with all of yours 400cc's++ but Im happy with my 50cc with about 18-20 horsepower ;-)
Does 110 km/h on the flat, although they are not allowed to go over 58 km/h.

Derbi GPR '06, google pix if you wanna see them, mine's black.

And wow, to a lot of you guys riding those bigger bikes, sounds damn awesome. Too bad Im only 16 and aint allowed more than 125ccs

[beezle]

sv650 rocks the front suspension is a little weak and the front brakes are a lil woody but that can all be fixed for under 500$ you can find em on craigslist occasionally going for around 4k checkout svrider.com lots of info

[sagedil]

I ride a Hyosung GV250. I am also a moderator on www.alternativecruisers.com. Y'all think I post a lot here?? I have over 4000 posts there in a bit less than a year.

Picture of Baby.... (10 minutes after a 850 miles ride down to Florida)