How did you choose your two wheels?

[shazza]

My first bike was a gn 250 and got that as a learners bike I got my ducati purely cause it looked good and suited me heaps of people told me they are expensive to service but I didnt care I liked the bike its custom and it suited me and still does love my duc i think I choose well as you know women choose with their eyes lol

[Lula]

For those of you looking for a second bike I just tested the Suzuki Gladius 650. Very ideal bike for the novice rider, light, low and comes in pink!

Check out the pic on my profile if you want to see how it looks.

[Maha]

Talking about this very subject yesterday.
I wanted to flick the Triumph and went through (in my mind) a number of bikes. First was a Daytona, then it switched to a FZ1, then onto the big nakeds...I settled for the CB because, there was brand new one here in town, it would do everything I was looking for in a bike, the price was just right, the sales service was bang on, I needed to look no further.

[Thani-B]

For those of you looking for a second bike I just tested the Suzuki Gladius 650. Very ideal bike for the novice rider, light, low and comes in pink!

Check out the pic on my profile if you want to see how it looks.

Thats what I was thinking of getting but only have a GN at the moment and am unsure of moving to a 650 from a baby 250. Have been looking on trademe at 400's as I think a "middle bike" might be the best thing.

Opinions on this?

[LBD]

upgraded to the latest model af an earlier bike I was satisfied with.....S4 to S4RS

Did you know when you hod the shift key down and type S4RS you get S$RS....how fitting

[ital916]

Thats what I was thinking of getting but only have a GN at the moment and am unsure of moving to a 650 from a baby 250. Have been looking on trademe at 400's as I think a "middle bike" might be the best thing.

Opinions on this?

Doesnt matter what you jump to...the right hand controls how quick you go. Funny how people think that a 200cc difference will be the difference between a frothing at the mouth beast of a bike and a nice novice ride. A 400 can kill you too if ya mess it up.

Test ride lots of bikes, find one you like and makes you go "ooooh yummy". Dont listen to the scaremongering.

[Maha]

Thats what I was thinking of getting but only have a GN at the moment and am unsure of moving to a 650 from a baby 250. Have been looking on trademe at 400's as I think a "middle bike" might be the best thing.

Opinions on this?

If you are comfortable/confident with where you are on a bike, dont be put off by a 600 for your next purchase. I went from a GN to a YZF600 inside 12 months. Not saying that jumping to a 600 is right for everybody, only you can decide that, just test ride one, you may be suprised.

[Beemer]

If you are comfortable/confident with where you are on a bike, dont be put off by a 600 for your next purchase. I went from a GN to a YZF600 inside 12 months. Not saying that jumping to a 600 is right for everybody, only you can decide that, just test ride one, you may be suprised.

That's true - I went from a Suzuki RG150 to a BMW F650CS - a little heavier and a lot faster - but I didn't get any tickets on that (I did on the RG!) and I didn't fall off or kill myself either. Basically, buy what you feel comfortable riding is the best advice.

[CookMySock]

Doesnt matter what you jump to...the right hand controls how quick you go. Funny how people think that a 200cc difference will be the difference between a frothing at the mouth beast of a bike and a nice novice ride. [....]. Dont listen to the scaremongering.

The right hand doesn't control how fast you go at all. It's a function of the right hand times the torque curve times the engine rpm to the ^^ of the brain lock. Newbies will shift into mild brain lock at about half throttle and 5,000rpm on a 650 vtwin, or a third throttle and 9,000rpm on an inline four. If they are concentrating on cornering at that time, you had better hope like hell they have the presence of mind to wind that throttle off in the next 1.5 seconds or they are about to double their speed - a concept foreign to them beforehand.

It isn't scaremongering, it is real concern. They will be fine - just watch the brain lock with the tap open more than half, and don't be an arse with the speed - especially anywhere near corners, or they will have the next stage brutally foist upon them - "push HARD on the bars NOW son, or meet your maker."

Steve

[sinfull]

The right hand doesn't control how fast you go at all. It's a function of the right hand times the torque curve times the engine rpm to the negative power of the brain lock. Newbies will shift into mild brain lock at about half throttle and 5,000rpm on a 650 vtwin, or a third throttle and 9,000rpm on an inline four. If they are concentrating on cornering at that time, you had better hope like hell they have the presence of mind to wind that throttle off in the next 1.5 seconds or they are about to double their speed - a concept foreign to them beforehand.

It isn't scaremongering, it is real concern. They will be fine - just watch the brain lock with the tap open more than half, and don't be an arse with the speed - especially anywhere near corners, or they will have the next stage brutally foist upon them - "push HARD on the bars NOW son, or meet your maker."

Steve

Only for that first time though lol it's amazing how a fast heart rate slows ya down !

[Happybug]

I've always chosen my own bikes. Ex hubby used to make suggestions, but since he preferred the smaller bikes and i liked the bigger ones, it was always up to me. My first ever bike was a beautiful gsx250 with spoked wheels, then i went straight to a GS1000S, which was a huge whale of a thing. I did have hubbies 550 and 400 to try, but i never felt right on the smaller frames, and i never enjoyed having to work the gears as much on the smaller bikes. I'm definitely a lazy rider. i've always made sure i could touch the ground with both feet flat, that i could pick it up when it fell over and that i felt confident riding it.

[Thani-B]

Doesnt matter what you jump to...the right hand controls how quick you go. Funny how people think that a 200cc difference will be the difference between a frothing at the mouth beast of a bike and a nice novice ride. A 400 can kill you too if ya mess it up.

Test ride lots of bikes, find one you like and makes you go "ooooh yummy". Dont listen to the scaremongering.

I wasnt only talking about the difference of cc's. Also the riding position, style of riding, weight etc. Until last weekend I had only ever ridden the GN, hopped onto a ZXR250 and found that Im going to have to change my riding style and everything. It scared the shit out of me. Stalled it 3 times and then almost started crying cos I was too scared to actually go. Once I was moving I was ok, its just the prospect of pretty much having to learn to ride again that I think I might struggle with on a higher cc bike.

[Pussy]

Gladius would be a great bike for you, Thani

[The Stranger:Me]

Most important thing is it must be a sleeper.
If you buy an XT660 with a whole 41hp no one expects you to be fast.
You go on a group ride and take it easy, no loss of face - that's what everyone expected.
You give it shit and clean up more than a few sport bikes and egos get deflated as they can't work out why they just got whipped by someone with a 100hp deficit. Penises shrink fast.

[crazyhorse]

You either like a brand or you don't.

Or its about the looks of a bike - or the sound.

Choose something you like. So long as you fit ion it and its within a horsepower you can handle.

Happy riding