why you should never rush into upsizing your bike..

[Lou Girardin]

No one derserves that..

Self-inflicted. Too bad, how sad................never mind.

[Storm]

Ditto. Theres no mention of him getting track time or any serious riding tuition.
Thus him= idiot

[quickbuck]

Yep, never learnt to ride properly in the first place. Good on him for telling his story, but it doesn't do anything to my opinion of his mental capicity.

[flash]

could he ride again?, having no foot and all...

[Kornholio]

Fuck!!....who is his insurance company, I could have been a millionaire by now :\

[Macktheknife]

This guy sounds like a no longer complete idiot! lol
I dont have enough words for this kind of stupid!

[Test Pilot]

what an idiot, he was lucky there wasnt a car involved, and lucky he didnt hit those trees. Some people dont learn ayy "HDTBoy" haha

[Eurodave]

There are old bikers & there are bold bikers but there are no old bold bikers

[Colapop]

send him this link
http://www.atsb.govt.au/
(motorcycle skills video)

[SuperDave]

Sucks for him and he should consider himself lucky to not be dead I reckon.
I must say that I think the capacity restrictions here in NZ are good but would be better to be a power restriction like they do in Britain but with a bit more than 33hp limit IMO.

What the hell is the speed limit on the freeways/highways anyway? (In USA)

[Eurodave]

Motorbicycling can be a very unforgiving sport, the weakminded ,impetuous & foolhardy are soon eliminated

[flash]

send him this link
http://www.atsb.govt.au/
(motorcycle skills video)

link dont work

[Colapop]

How bout this...?
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/...ials_road.aspx

Sh*t it's the link to the Motorcycle skills DVD in the other thread.
Not funny anymore (sucks f*cking up punchlines)

[myvice]

I must say that I think the capacity restrictions here in NZ are good but would be better to be a power restriction like they do in Britain but with a bit more than 33hp limit IMO.

Don’t knock the 33hp limit, most 4 cylinder 250's are around this anyway and we (me) still manage to hurt ourselves.
I find I'll push a 250 a lot harder than any of the other bikes I’ve owned or ridden tho so maybe it is just me?
The old 550 XJ I had would have made a good learner bike even if it was a bit heavy.
What is the restriction for a first bike in Australia? Different states have different laws but I think it’s a power to weight thing they have instead of a cc rating.

[texmo]

ok that is interesting. he knew everything and wants it all now.
idiot. they are the types whom drive up insurances on bikes. idiot

Bike insurance is cheep, I pay $1k a year and $1300 excess If I crash $700 1st party and $600 3rd party, my brother who has been driving scince 15 and is 22 now with a clean record pays $2000 a year and $2000 excess, his car is only worth $1500 more than my bike s insured for...