An older bike with ordinary suspension and high kilometres that you have to work hard to ride well?
Or a newer bike with great suspension and handling that is easy to ride?
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An older bike with ordinary suspension and high kilometres that you have to work hard to ride well?
Or a newer bike with great suspension and handling that is easy to ride?
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Good one......you still have to be a good rider to ride a new bike with all the trimmings and I guess new bikes are safer as they handle / brake better.
You can have a lot of fun with an oldie and again you still have to be a competent rider.
If you fuck up on either you will know about it.
I personally prefer a bike that goes and handles well so you can concentrate of road skills etc rather than having to tame a beast.
That's why I like the SV because it is new etc but the handling still needs sorting although it is okay.
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I don't know...Originally Posted by Keystone19
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Intelligent lad aren't ya...
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yes Sir!
a bike that makes you corner fast to keep up with your mates (eg a 250) will make you a fast rider...
a 1000 will make you a hooligan!
a 600 will make you lazy...
Down with bouncing!
before you can answer that answer the older question of what makes someone "better"?
If by "better" you mean "faster" then modern bikes certainly are eaiser to ride faster than older bikes.
If by "better" you mean "more confident" then older bikes that dont handle so well that offer good feedback through the bars and suspension without throwing you off are quite good for learning.
I ride my zx9r alot faster than I every rode my gsx600f. Only I "felt" like I was going faster on the 600f.
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One hell of a ride.
The next step for your career would be a dirt bike.
Crossy up slidey stuff experience worth much come F3 day.
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Would a quirky handling bike make you develop bad habits?
Wanna give a for-instance Jill?
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But I also think a new bike that you have the confidance in to push past your limits will make you a better rider faster
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She already has enough bad habits. No need to add...
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an older bike with suspect suspension wont improve ya riding skills.I ride em cos they slow me down.
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I'd say the trick is being able to jump on any bike and be able to figure out pretty quickly its characteristics and ride it hard - no matter what, you are learning skills doing it. I jump from road to trail all the time and when I ride the trail bikes on the road like up the 'takas, I take quite different lines on the trail bike just because of the soft suspension and type of tyres they have - it all comes naturally when you are used to them.
So ride old, ride new, ride good, ride crap, ride road and ride trail - they all teach you something.
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