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03-29-2007, 2:35 PM
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| Join Date: 03-22-2007 Location: Florida
Bike(s): none yet but looking for one Posts: 3
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| Advice for new rider So I'm going to be forty soon and one of the things I've always wanted to do is ride a motorcycle. Hopefully, I can work my way up to a fireblade. The last motorized bike I rode was a scooter in Miami Beach  . I am looking for some advice as where to start. A bike school, perhaps? I am in South Florida so maybe some local members can recommend things down here? | |
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03-29-2007, 2:46 PM
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| 2-Up SISSY    Join Date: 02-10-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa
Bike(s): 2002 CBR 600F4i Age: 29 Posts: 2,528
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| Re: Advice for new rider Start by finding a local MSF course (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) that is probably the one part that everyone will agree upon. As far as bikes you will hear everything from Ninja 250 to just buy the Fireblade now. I don't think the Ninja 250 is necessarily the right place to start but the Ninja 500, or Suzuki SV 650 are great places to start. I would prefer the SV650 personally. You could go with used F3 if you really want a sport bike and are going to be responsible with it.
__________________ If it has wheels, I've crashed it, and some things that don't razor scooter, skate board, roller skates, roller blades, skis, snowmobile, card board box on stairs, giant inner tube, nissan sentra, dirtbike, lawn tractor (wheelied it over), grandmas bread tray on stairs, kayak, canoe, rubber raft, bicycle, wake board, kneeboard, waterskis, tobaggan (plowed a pine tree), horses, ATV's |
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03-29-2007, 2:47 PM
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 Join Date: 09-13-2006 Location: Southern Indiana
Bike(s): '04 Black 1000RR Posts: 757
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 | Re: Advice for new rider There should be a MSF Safety Course for Beginners. I am not sure exactley how to arrange things in Florida. I would say a BMV may have the information or any websites. Try searching it. That is the best place to start. Plus it gets you taking your tests for your license.  |
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03-29-2007, 2:49 PM
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| Join Date: 01-23-2007 Location: Indiana
Bike(s): 2002 CBR600F4i Age: 26 Posts: 3,876
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| Re: Advice for new rider Don't skimp money on gear, it can keep your skin on your body and I don't know about you but to me thats worth a lot of money!! MSF +1 Bikes - if you like the sportbike look and feel and like slick said are going to be responsible with it, get the CBR600 |
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03-29-2007, 4:25 PM
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| Join Date: 03-22-2007 Location: Florida
Bike(s): none yet but looking for one Posts: 3
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| Re: Advice for new rider Thanks for the replies. I'm going to check out MSF first thing. |
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03-29-2007, 4:42 PM
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| Join Date: 09-13-2006 Location: Southern Indiana
Bike(s): '04 Black 1000RR Posts: 757
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| Re: Advice for new rider Thats the best idea...the cool thing about that is you can use their bikes and if you wreck them it doesn't matter when you are learning. I think of the several people that had never rode once in my class, only one fell and she just didnt put her foot down fast enough. |
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03-29-2007, 5:34 PM
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| Join Date: 03-22-2007 Location: Florida
Bike(s): none yet but looking for one Posts: 3
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04-02-2007, 4:21 AM
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| Join Date: 02-28-2007 Location: Horsham, West Sussex, England
Bike(s): 1996 Honda VFR 750, 1978 Honda CB750F2 Posts: 357
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 | Re: Advice for new rider Good start |
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04-16-2007, 10:40 PM
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| I'm groovin b**ches   Join Date: 05-19-2005 Location: Bronx, NY
Bike(s): 95 VFR Age: 92 Posts: 1,613
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| Re: Advice for new rider to da org and good luck on your soon to be addiction.
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