Finally, my first bike! (discostu)

[dizcostu]

howdy all! so after saving my litl butt off to get a nice first bike, i was given a great (but annoying) piece of advice... get a c%*p first bike. theres no point buying a sexy 2008, when you DEFINATELY will drop it! which, seeing how useless i am at riding at the moment, is totally gonna happen. so i'm gonna take her advice and buy a sh*$#er. What are your guys thoughts on this? ... my bike was gonna be a 2007 hyosung GT250R, but it now looks like it'll be a 1980'something for under 1500 :crybaby:

[Rosie]

I don't know you'd necessarily need an old shitter, but I would agree that shiny fully faired bikes are much more likely to be damaged in a slow speed drop - which is a fairly common thing to do when you are learning to ride.

[avgas]

Yep - you were warned.
Thems the brakes kid, you made your bike what it is now - so all you can do is ride it.

[fireball]

let it be said that the old hands of riding still drop their bikes....... i wont mention names though!:buggerd:

but yeah being a learner you will drop and scuff paint but thats life as long as you ride mate even if it is a hyo is all that matters!

[chubby]

No, no,no,no,no

You are not going to get a c*/p first bike (lets play with your mind here). You are going to get YOUR first ever bike. This will be yours. Whether it brakes down, falls down, does a ton can't get past 50.. it will be your first experiance(s) on your own bike. Get the bike and love it. Make it yours. Paint it, personalise it but never, Never, NEVER call it a c*/p bike.

If you disrespect your bike it will be reflected in your riding and you will be a c*/p rider. What ever your bike does its yours, own it with pride and love the wee thing, even if it causes problems. Clean it up, make it a thing of beauty. You owe it that much. :argh:

Remember the bike gods are watching you.

[homer]

you will drop the bike some time , i used to wonder how you can ever drop a bike by not being stupid .
well i droped mine , actually hanging to it when it did happen
nothing at all i could do

[homer]

No, no,no,no,no

You are not going to get a c*/p first bike (lets play with your mind here). You are going to get YOUR first ever bike. This will be yours. Whether it brakes down, falls down, does a ton can't get past 50.. it will be your first experiance(s) on your own bike. Get the bike and love it. Make it yours. Paint it, personalise it but never, Never, NEVER call it a c*/p bike.

If you disrespect your bike it will be reflected in your riding and you will be a c*/p rider. What ever your bike does its yours, own it with pride and love the wee thing, even if it causes problems. Clean it up, make it a thing of beauty. You owe it that much. :argh:

Remember the bike gods are watching you.

very very good thread there and its so true .
+1
i put a couple of wee small stickers on mine and changed the indicator lenses.
hey it dosnt take a lot at all

the whole reason should be to ride , get out there and ride .
end of the day no matter what you have we all do the same thing .

[mowgli]

I'd just like to buck the trend here and say the dropping your bike is not inevitable. There are plenty of second hand bikes available that have never been dropped. Back yourself. Be diligent in your training and there's no reason to expect a bin.

Another thing worth considering though is how long will you have this bike? If it is a stepping stone through to something bigger then consider spending less on your first and concentrate on saving up for the minta that will follow. On reflection, I spent way too much on my first bike. Great fun owning a new bike but silly really for how long I owned it.

[NOMIS]

howdy all! so after saving my litl butt off to get a nice first bike, i was given a great (but annoying) piece of advice... get a c%*p first bike. theres no point buying a sexy 2008, when you DEFINATELY will drop it! which, seeing how useless i am at riding at the moment, is totally gonna happen. so i'm gonna take her advice and buy a sh*$#er. What are your guys thoughts on this? ... my bike was gonna be a 2007 hyosung GT250R, but it now looks like it'll be a 1980'something for under 1500 :crybaby:

Hey not always the case Ive had my bike 8months now, rode dirt bike a bit when i was younger, Only just droped it last Friday.. :-( al is ok if youhave insurance:yes:

[dizcostu]

yeah, Chubby, ur totally right, it is all about being able to ride. when i get my bike it will be my baby and get more attention than my girly... as my cars have.... i have always been a little superstititous about dissing my cars and causing them to break down... i'm still stoked that i'll be getting a bike in the next couple of weeks :yes: .... the sweet thing about getting a cheaper bike.... more money to spend on gear!!!! i'm heading out looking this weekend to the shops to try some stuff on.... i'm thinkin maybe leather jacket with in built armour, maybe draggins with velcro armour inserts.... i'm so excited i'm like a little kid!

[randyp]

I didnt drop my first bike once, however everyone else did though. I'm relatively new to riding, and the first bike i mentioned was a zxr (lovely bike) which did get scuffed up here and there, it's always going to happen i think. i now have a kawasaki balius which is a naked bike which i love dearly, i picked it up off a friend and he had dropped it numerous times and it still looks fantastic. If you're that worried about messing up your bike perhaps you should consider a naked bike?

[CookMySock]

nup, get the GT250R. Now get some proper training. Clean, polish, love, and respect it, and yourself (especially the cleaning and loving bit).

If you are not comfortable on it, then have someone take it to the park for you, for some basic slow-speed circles and figure eights on the grass until you are not afraid of it. This will stop most of the low speed oopses and dropping it in your driveway type of situations. Keep the bike accurately on balance point at all times.

You MUST learn to steer it properly before taking your speed over 80k. Push left bar to go left, and right bar to go right. Rinse and repeat. Embed in brain.

Learn how to do a U turn by placing your body weight AWAY FROM the center of the turn.

Learn how to take a corner at speeds over 30k by making sure your body weight is TOWARD and INSIDE the bikes' centerline.

Use a three second following distance at all times, and stay well clear of all motorists. Be really careful in the wet.

You will be fine on the GT250R, and more importantly, you will ground the rest of your motorcycling career with respect, training, and personal responsibility, which is what sport-biking is all about. I taught an brand new biker to ride her 250R (she was dead scared of it) and now shez as solid as a rock.

Now post here regularly, so we get to see the birth of a new sport biker.

be cool
DB

p.s. ah yeah, you probably will tip it over on the concrete at some stage. You will put a nick on a fairing, a bar end, and a mirror, and it will polish off just fine. You will not like it, and unlikely you will repeat it.

[Blossom]

I have a brand new 250 just cause it turned out to be a better investment in the long run for me. I have not dropped it, I dont plan to drop it but if I do then I will get up dust my self off and remind myself why I have insurance. Yeah its new but I would feel the same way about it even it it was 2nd hand or old. I would polish it and be protective of it and rant incessantly about it to anyone who will listen, why? cause its mine. Decide whats best for you, cause you have to ride it and its always good to love the bike you ride. No point in riding one you dont like.
just my 2c ..
scuttling off to the corner again now.

[Rosie]

p.s. ah yeah, you probably will tip it over on the concrete at some stage. You will put a nick on a fairing, a bar end, and a mirror, and it will polish off just fine. You will not like it, and unlikely you will repeat it.

Even a stationary tip over on concrete can cause a surprising amount of damage. And insurance isn't the magic wand that one might imagine - it took me 5 months and a lot of grief to get my previous bike fixed up after a stationary drop. The bike was still rideable, but it had a lot of fairing damage. If I'd had an unfaired bike, I probably could have spent that 5 months riding, rather than making endless phone calls to the insurance company and the bike shop.

And, as others have said, this isn't the last bike you will own, and you will love it no matter what it looks like.

[CookMySock]

it took me 5 months and a lot of grief to get my previous bike fixed up after a stationary drop. shit, did you "drop" it off the roof of the house ? ;)

DB

[hellnback]

I'd just like to buck the trend here and say the dropping your bike is not inevitable.
+1

I get sick of people saying you will DEFINATLEY drop your bike. What a load of crap, sure mistakes happen (eg. forgetting to put down the stand etc) but if you're careful, there is no reason why you would drop it. My wife had never even been on a bike before and she's learnt to ride without dropping it.

Anyway, go buy the Hyo.

[gijoe1313]

Hey, its your life - you make the choice! You been saving your pennies and decided on what you wanted. Lotsa good advice already been stated, just follow your heart and think with your head! (As useless as that sounds, it has always worked for me!)

Welcome to the crazy world of biking!

[325rocket]

I'd just like to buck the trend here and say the dropping your bike is not inevitable. There are plenty of second hand bikes available that have never been dropped. Back yourself. Be diligent in your training and there's no reason to expect a bin.



nup, get the GT250R. Now get some proper training. Clean, polish, love, and respect it, and yourself (especially the cleaning and loving bit).


agree 100% with both of the above. there is no magical rule stating you will drop your bike. i know people that have ridden for years (50+) and never dropped a bike. i also know people that have ridden for months and binned more times then you could possibly imagine.

as for spending lots of money on a first bike, you need to make that decision yourself. i did and dont regret it for a minute, yes it was a lot of money yes i will take a hit on the resale but on the other side ive had a hell of a year.

get the bike you want, be happy about it and enjoy the ride.

good luck

[325rocket]

and welcome to the site ...

[munterk6]

Welcome along Noob....good luck, and try not to hurt anyone k? :spanking:

[Swoop]

Welcome!

Have you ever helped your uncle Jack off a horse? (some might get it).:lol:

[faredce]

haha man i only got my bike a while ago and i remember people saying "you will drop it or crash" and i thought man i will not im guna be sooo careful but iv done both!! haha.
i had an accident taking a right corner to fast and slid onto the footpath effectively creating $800 worth of repairs and i droped it once but caused no probs..so dont get a piece of shit u want a sweet first bike to look back on and enjoy. but just be prepared to accept scratchs etc...

enjoy mate