the absolute best starter bike;
07-02-2008, 09:51 AM
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the absolute best starter bike;
<center><img src="http://w1.bikepics.com/pics/2004/11/09/bikepics-241107-full.jpg"></center><p>learning to ride a mortorcycle on the street is stupid. You will crash. no "if's", "and's" or "but's" you will. Shouldnt it be in the dirt where you can laugh about it?
Even the transition from dirt to street having been riding from the age of 7 was weird. You guys are nutty learning on asphalt.<ul><li><a href="http://www.bikepics.com/honda/xr100/">http://www.bikepics.com/honda/xr100/</a</li></ul>
Even the transition from dirt to street having been riding from the age of 7 was weird. You guys are nutty learning on asphalt.<ul><li><a href="http://www.bikepics.com/honda/xr100/">http://www.bikepics.com/honda/xr100/</a</li></ul>
07-02-2008, 01:36 PM
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A lot depends on the person...
Maturity, reflexes, balance, and coordination play into it too. I never laughed about crashing in the dirt...crashing sucks.
Learning on the street is fine for many people. While learning, it is best to stay off busy roads but I think that is the case even if you've been riding dirt for years because it is all different once you get past the clutch. When you try to carry over what you've learned in the dirt it can get you in trouble on the street.
More often than not, that first crash is a walking speed or slower tip over (on the street or dirt). If you are moving a bit faster when you go down, there are large objects that can mess you up on the dirt too (trees/boulders/other riders) but they usually don't run you over after you crash which is what I worry about the most on the street.
I'd suggest the following for new riders:
- get used to the controls,
- take the MSF course,
- ride within your limits (just because your bike is fast doesn't mean you are),
- pay attention,
- always wear your gear,
- check your bike before every ride (tires, chain, brakes, lights)
Learning on the street is fine for many people. While learning, it is best to stay off busy roads but I think that is the case even if you've been riding dirt for years because it is all different once you get past the clutch. When you try to carry over what you've learned in the dirt it can get you in trouble on the street.
More often than not, that first crash is a walking speed or slower tip over (on the street or dirt). If you are moving a bit faster when you go down, there are large objects that can mess you up on the dirt too (trees/boulders/other riders) but they usually don't run you over after you crash which is what I worry about the most on the street.
I'd suggest the following for new riders:
- get used to the controls,
- take the MSF course,
- ride within your limits (just because your bike is fast doesn't mean you are),
- pay attention,
- always wear your gear,
- check your bike before every ride (tires, chain, brakes, lights)
07-03-2008, 11:00 AM
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What the shell kind of screen name is "Bump"?? Pfft...lol.
And I've slid before...unfortunately, but at somewhere around 110mph instead. Definitely NOT on purpose, may I add. You'll have to show me how it's done sometime =P
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07-04-2008, 12:21 PM
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True but
Learning how to skid, slide, panic brake, even hop a curb is best learned off road and important to know. Kinda like taking someone to a snow-cover parking lot in a car to learn countersteering etc.