RE: I 100% disagree with a popular advice for new riders
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RE: I 100% disagree with a popular advice for new riders - 3/29/2007 7:27:13 PM
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fakemeoutrepsol
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ORIGINAL: EPNF4i
Yer drunk
niice, i hate when people missuse "your" or "you're" and especially when prefacing the word "drunk" whereas "yer" would be the correct conjugation. you get a gold star! :)
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RE: I 100% disagree with a popular advice for new riders - 3/29/2007 7:33:25 PM
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fakemeoutrepsol
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ORIGINAL: fakemeoutrepsol
i stated 90% of new riders could benefit from a "starter bike" not 90% of riders drop their bike.
i say 90% because there are so many different benefits from starting out on a cheaper "starter bike" not just the cost involved in repairing one if dropped......although that is certainly a benefit monatarily speaking, i think "Starter" bikes are recommended for "safety" moreso than "overall cost"
you have expereince the negatives of a used bike, not the positives of learning on a more foregiveing bike. i on the other hand experienced (potentially)both negatives.
sorry for your misunderstanding :)
its hard to say what caused my accident, i will let my ego take full responsibility for not riding to the fullest capabilites....i.e. beeing new, not taking the motorcycle safety class, and anyother precautions i ay have missed due to lack of expereince. but there is always that slight chance that the bike malfunctioned.....who knows...
Sorry if I sounded like I was attacking you. I never want anyone to fall off their bike. Because you shared that problem with your bike that may happen to mine one day. I will always remember this because I don't want it happening to me. I'm saying this and leaving the whole thing alone. New riders should have a few lessons on a smaller bike and finish with the bike they WANT to ride. Thats my opinon and I am agruing no more. FAKE, may you never fall again and have a long life enjoying what I have come to love RIDING BIKES!!!!
thanks, i sure hope so, i would hate to spend all the money just to fix the bike and ride agian just to die on it and leave my credit union with so much unpaid debt :) i had second thought of riding again, but waht the #$^& . to quote Alfred from "Batman Begins" "why do we fall?.......so we can pick ourselves back up" well there is no good reason to ride again other than the fact that i wanna (*^%ing ride again!
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RE: I 100% disagree with a popular advice for new riders - 3/29/2007 8:51:46 PM
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ChrisMcD
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Hmmmm ok let me put my 2cents in on this one. There are valid points in most of these posts...other than the "Yer Drunk" one, we'll put that out as just another member not having anything valid to say! lol
The point here is if you feel the need and can afford the cash then so be it...buy new. BUT understand that a high percentage of "Sportbike" riders DO crash their bikes. Ask yourself...what do you want to do on your bike....? Do you want to simply cruise and be on a sportbike? Or do you want to stunt and pull wheelies and do stoppies and go FAST and drag your knee? If that is what your after....I will put safe money on the fact you will eventually drop the bike the more you push it and push yourself. That my friend is a fact of life....and I don't know about you, but I would rather drop a used less expensive bike than a new shiny bike! I myself don't have the extra cash to just toss away.
I commend you on taking the course and learning to safely ride your bike! And whether you choose to stunt or cruise as long as you play it safe you will be ok and things will be ok. I am sorry to hear your bike died.....we will talk about that in a minute. As for used bikes though, I have purchased MANY over the years. Most were what I paid for.....if there was a problem I had to fix the problem and believe it or not most problems were easily fixed when you know what to look for.
NO one on here is attacking you....you had frustration when you wrote your first note and some of these replies are based on members frustration as they may have felt you were attacking them. You are right, you didn't single out anyone or any topic you actually singled out the entire forum! But we are mostly mature members and can let it roll of our backs and understand your a new rider with your bike down. I would be upset if mine was out of commision and I couldn't ride. I live in Maine and we get even fewer months than you do in NY. So it's all good....
As for the bike....a few ideas. Do you have a friend with a truck you can pay $20 bucks to bring your bike to the shop? Or even in that BIG town find someone a stranger with a truck and offer 20 or 30 bucks to help you out.....you would be amazed at what people will do for money. But before you take the bike check a few things. You said it runs and dies when the RPM's get low....I am assuming it's carbed being that it is an older bike so check the idle. Thats the easiest thing first. Then if that doesn't work runs some carb cleaner(available at any VIP or Advanced auto or NAPA) and keep that throttle cranked so the bike runs and let the cleaner go through. If that doesn't work and feel mechanical, pull the carbs. It really sounds like it is starving or not getting enough gas. There are things you can check before you spend the cash your talking about....Take some time it wont take long....you obviously have a PC, you can look up any questions you need online. And believe it or not the members here can probably walk you through anything from troubleshooting to full repiars! I wish you the best of luck man! Keep us posted!
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RE: I 100% disagree with a popular advice for new riders - 3/29/2007 9:20:27 PM
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kodiak1122
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ORIGINAL: Musichyp
Hmmmm ok let me put my 2cents in on this one. There are valid points in most of these posts...other than the "Yer Drunk" one, we'll put that out as just another member not having anything valid to say! lol
"Yer drunk too!!!"
just kidding, Please don't lock me out!
Keep us posted, we don't want this thread left unresolved.
On a serious note, we hope you get it running soon and start enjoy riding.
PS: I LOVE the tella tubbies!! <--- ha ha ya got me Musichyp
< Message edited by kodiak1122 -- 3/29/2007 9:36:03 PM >
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RE: I 100% disagree with a popular advice for new riders - 3/29/2007 9:46:03 PM
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ikhoudvanu199
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im sorry...but i 100% disagree w/ wat ur saying...i did just wat u recommend...bought a brand new 06 f4i last year...my first bike...then, being a new rider...i did wat almost all new riders do...went down/dropped it a couple of times...learned my lesson(s)...but now i have a bike which i still owe ~$8k on and is so scratched up its prob worth ALOT less than that, even tho it only has 2700 mi on it...so i would completely reccomend buying a used bike, so that way it is 100% yours when u hop on it...i have had nothing but love for starting on a 600...and honestly think i would get bored w/ a 250...so my recommendation is to start on a lightly used 600...and always make sure the person has maintenence records or u completely trust them...and get a mechanic to check it out before u buy
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RE: I 100% disagree with a popular advice for new riders - 3/29/2007 10:01:59 PM
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Illushun
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Haha, you admitted you are new to the bike world, so apparently you should have had someone look over the bike before you bought it thank new something about them. Is it carburated? If so, you may need to clean them and get them synced. Also, it could be connections somewhere. But your right, none of us know what we are talking about. But then again, we havent had a problem and all of our stuff is running (for the most part). You need to take it to someone that knows what they are doing. I guarentee that you take it to a dealer service department, and it will be fixed. And you being on a 250 for 2 days in a class doesnt teach you everything that there is to know or let you feel the ability of it. So you dont know jack after 2 days of being on one.
Stop assuming. If you really need me to prove it to you I can scan my paperwork with the school on it, how much I paid for each lesson and how much time I've had on the bike. They keep a log and they give their students a mini log to keep track of all of their progress. I am a short lesson away from my road test. Its still night and day from riding my CBR. Its not bad for a newbie to have one feel of a 250, but after that he or she should be riding that bike they want to be familar with.
One lesson shy from a road test aye? That should explain this whole thread! Hahahahahaha.
I been riding 25 years and learn something different every time I'm out. Some may say, I'm a step shy of a full staircase, but at least I aint one lesson shy of a road test. Hahahahahaha.
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RE: I 100% disagree with a popular advice for new riders - 3/29/2007 10:47:46 PM
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yardstickninja
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Wow....one lesson away from a road test, yet you seem to be decades away from understanding an analogy. But with you completely arrogant line of thinking, you should get a brand new bike, and since you seem to think that riding carefully will always prevent an accident, let that be the first thing you think of when you hit the pavement. Because that is what I thought, after I had the notion that my uncle had been riding for over 40 years with out an accident and that I could do the same. Luckily I was going like 5 when I dumped mine, but not everyone IS so lucky. But I am done with this thread, sometimes the only way people learn is the hard way. Good luck kid.
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