And hella heavy too
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Best Starter Sports Motorcycle for a tall guy
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And hella heavy too
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The same reason a Ford is a better starter car than a Ferrari?
A cruiser has a lower center of gravity and isn't hyper responsive to input.
And more comfortable. I'm always amazed at people who recommend sport bikes for starters. Really a standard is probably best.
This^^ While I caught on quick and was told I was a "natural", it would have been ugly had I started out on any type of sport bike. I would have managed but I would have been a much larger ball of nerves. I started out on a honda shadow and from day one, I never felt uneasy or tipsy. VERY low COG and easily manuevered at low speeds. Great great great starter bike IMO.
the best is what the person riding on it it is most comfortable. Cruiser are indeed slow and lazy but heavy, sports bikes are light and nimble, sometimes too nimble and snappy.
everyone shold learn on scooters, argument over
This is a very good suggestion. They also have enough power that even someone like me (6' tall but with a 36" inseam by the way) can have a bunch of fun on them. My favorite bike to take to the track is an SV650
I agree, but people slump a lot of bikes into the cruiser class too that aren't cruisers, like the old honda nighthawks and other UJM's that handle very well, aren't as intimidating, and are much harder to total because they don't have all the plastic on them.
My first choice would be an old UJM, honda nighthawks are good (the 80's models CB700SC nighthawks are awesome) Yamaha XJ and XS series bikes are good (I prefer the XJ's over the XS, S was a twin, J was a 4 cylinder, otherwise the same bike)
If you must have a sportbike the SV's are great, and the YZF600R (which is NOT an R6, the R6 is the YZF600RR6, anyone who tells you different doesn't know what they are talking about) is a GREAT bike, very torquey for a 4 cylinder, VERY comfortable for a sport bike, and other than color Yamaha made no changes to them from 97(96 in canada and Europe) all the way to the end of production in 2007. They made what most people call a fox eye or spidey eye'd model in 95 and 96 that were styled very differently but the engines and transmissions were essentially the same. Yamaha introduced a ram air system to the 97+ models and updated the style of the bike. They also have a cult following (http://www.yzf600r.com/phpBB2 ) with more knowledge and how too's than you will ever be able to use
everything from small stuff like changing bulbs to full engine and transmission tear downs and rebuilds. more than a few members have over 100K on their bikes. Watch out for second gear problems in the YZF though, they are prone to failure as a lot of 600cc sportbikes from that era are.
I agree that Modern 600cc+ sport bikes are not beginner bikes (with the exception of a lot of the new 650cc twins that are geared towards newer riders and have less power) but older 600's aren't bad starter bikes, and the 250's, 300's and 500's are GREAT first bikes
Agreed Nighthawk is a great bike, I wouldn't really consider any early Japanese bike a cruiser when I think of a cruiser its a Harley or a large victory etc..
Anyway if you absolutely have to ride on the roads nothing is going to beat a dual sport as a starter something like a Suzuki DR 350.
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But rather heavy and full tupperware. A garage tip over will cost a couple hundred dollars unless you don't care and are gonna go rashed and scratched...
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