So, the catchy title caught your attention? i'd like to share with you the story of my flatmate and his dream bike, which also happens to be his first.
last month, i moved into my flat in chatswood on the north shore.
there are 6 of us living here, it's a beautiful house which overlooks the city. all of my flatmates are really good, down to earth people,except one guy in particular,so this story is about my flatmates desire for the best, let's call him Johnny...
Johnny has been asking me about my bike for the past few weeks, (06 hyosung GT250R) asking bout it's stats, how fast it can go, is it fun to ride and such, id gathered that he wasn't a rider himself, but i asked anyway, "are you interested in riding?"
'yeah' said johnny, 'i've never ridden before but i'm keen to get into it'. joy! i love to hear that people are keen to get into riding. the pleasure that i get from riding is immense! and the idea that other people can experience the same feeling of freedom, adrenaline, and pride excites me!
"truly", i said, "have you seen any bikes that you like the look of"? johnny then presents his i phone with a book marked page of a trademe listing for a 2009 CBR1000 Fireblade, i was impressed, they're really nice bikes to look at and honda being one of the largest motorcycle manufacturers in the world, i am sure that the fireblade would be a quality ride, "cool bro" i said, "i'm pretty sure they make them in a 250cc aswell". in hindsight i'm thinking that i really should have talked up my hyosung, i was very honest with him when he was enquiring about it, i told him that it's a good entry level bike, and that i'm beginning to get bored of it's limited power and speed, that i would definitly reccomend these bikes to a beginner. but Johnny is a pretty stylish sort of guy, he likes expensive clothes, he works out alot, i think he likes to be 'the man
"i'm not interested in a 250" i want a 1000... oh dear.
so i'm thinking, if he learns to ride a 1000cc sports bike, then, sure he will be used to riding a big bike, no harm in that, i mean, he won't be able to get sit his license on it, but im sure he could find a bike to borrow for that. the thing is, i had that the joy of learning to ride on suzuki dr200, in a paddock, with lots of nice, soft, grass to land on, with no hard, moving combustion driven traffic to get in my way. i think it was the perfect way to learn, Johnny having no experience at all of riding, i feel he needs somewhere safe to kearn the basic(how to go fowards, how to stop, how to change gear)
in remembering the first time i dropped my hyosung (3 times in total) i was highly pissed off with myself, she is my pride and joy and i slammed her into the ground, but she was only $3000, so the thought of him toppling off his $10,000 fireblade into the street or carpark... i feel bad for the bike.
it's been a week now, since he told me he was keen on the fireblade, and every day i've been showing him trademe listings, motorcycle trader articles anything which makes a 250 look good! but to no avail.
the thing is, i dont want my flatmate to get wasted, and even more, i don't want to see such a sexy machine(the bike) all scratched up, or worse sitting in the garage coz he's shit scared to ride it.
what do you guys recon? is this a bad idea, to learn to ride on a 1000? he's put up a good point, that he will get used to it, having had nothing else to compare it to.
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his brand of hair gel & Hugo Boss wipe on wont impress the cops to much 
It's as good a choice as he can make though... they practically ride themselves... even a noob would have a hard time stalling one (it applies a little gas for you, and the clutch assist makes it a doddle to use).
Originally Posted by nodrog
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