looking at getting a bike

[DOHC87CRX]

i am wanting to get a motorcycle really bad but i dont want to get just any old croch rocket that ill get bord with after 6 months whats a good bike for a beginer but is still alot of fun for someone that has been riding for awile. i would prefer a larger bike. i think a big person on a small bike looks gay.

[Mike]

Originally posted by DOHC87CRX
whats a good bike for a beginer but is still alot of fun for someone that has been riding for awile. i would prefer a larger bike. i think a big person on a small bike looks gay.

There is AT LEAST 6 posts on here asking the same question...look under there...

Big people on small bikes dont look "gay"...:rolleyes: Most riders dont ride to look cool...

Somebody that cant ride buying a big bike...now thats what you refer to as "gay" ;)

[DOHC87CRX]

thanks looked at the other posts dident find what i was looken for.
dident mean to offend any one with the small bike thing but im looking to get a bigger sized bike and that is how i was tring to point that out. and i was talking about physical size of the bike not engine size.

[Mike]

Well,obviously you can do whatever you want...but there are helluv newbies goin out and buying full liter bikes. In Fremont here,we have Cycle Salvage, a shop that buys bikes from insurance companys after they have been dropped. I see TONS of big bikes,R1's,Gixxers,929RR,Hayabusa,etc. Most of them have less than the recommended break in mileage on them.:( It sucks to look at a majorly destroyed bike and know that quite a few of the riders probably didnt make it after that crash...

I wasnt offended by the small bike comment..lol. Modern 600's make as much power as 1000 cc bikes did just a few years ago. People think that such a big displacement difference equals a much faster bike. What they fail to realize is that PROFESSIONAL RIDERS are only about 2 seconds faster around most tracks on a full liter bike then there are a middleweight! As far as the streets go,sure a full liter bike will pull away from the middleweight bike with equal riders...but we all know what happens in the twisties ;)

I understand the appeal of a big bike...speed is addictive. Just be careful man...:cool:

[ZX6R]

Go check out the YZF6 (not R6) and the ZX6 (not 6R) there a little bigger than the other 600's. I know my ZX6R is a little bigger than my friends F4I and R6 and only weighs 10lbs more than the R6.

[Wolf]

You want a crotch-rocket, or any type?
I've looked at a couple Honda Nighthawk 750s, they're pretty nice (and cheap $5-6k brand new)

[Wolf]

I buddy of mine rode a 600F3 for a while while learning how to ride, layed it over a couple times, then bought a 929 something after a year or so.