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Death to me?

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#1 ·
Hey guys! new here, I'm not a sport bike rider... right now i ride a cruiser, but im not sure i like the riding position, now the word is if i get a sport bike i'll go too fast and kill myself, I do see alot of wheelies going on around here (kelowna) and some fast riding... how hard is it to control your urges to haul serious ass!?!?!?
 
#36 ·
The only control that I have over my urges to speed and do wheelies is to not get on my bike. If you don't have good judgement then don't buy a sport bike because you'll likely end up dead really quick, so maybe staying on your cruiser bike, in the world that you're used to is the best way to go.
 
#37 ·
Seriously, you want to ride the safest bike on earth? Get onto a sportbike. Near race level braking, suspension and maneuvering power, plus a lot less mass to manipulate.

#1 "killer bike" these days, 800 pound cruiser with a 50 year old guy on the back. No brakes, no suspension, no power reserve, handles like a bread truck, probably no training, waddya expect when the unexpected happens?

CR
 
#39 ·
5-0 is closer than anything to me right now but, I'll still be riding a sportbike when I'm 60+, I'm sure of that:devillook .

It really is a serious problem, though. Cruisers are huge/heavy/torquey these days and people who haven't ridden since 1975...or at all...can easily be taken by surprise by them. It's the same mistake many new sportbike riders make; they buy a bike too big and powerful for them right off. Thus, they can't really learn to ride properly because they are overwhelmed by the riding demands of the big bike.

However, I ain't in favour of graduated licensing or or other socialistic government oversight. I am in favour of personal responsibility and freedom of choice.

CR
 
#40 ·
5-0 is closer than anything to me right now but, I'll still be riding a sportbike when I'm 60+, I'm sure of that:devillook
Sure you will. :D Clipons may present a bit of a challenge once you're over 60, but there's still lots of great bikes out there that don't have clipons.

CrotchetyRocket said:
It really is a serious problem, though. Cruisers are huge/heavy/torquey these days and people who haven't ridden since 1975...or at all...can easily be taken by surprise by them. It's the same mistake many new sportbike riders make; they buy a bike too big and powerful for them right off. Thus, they can't really learn to ride properly because they are overwhelmed by the riding demands of the big bike.
I agree completely....many of them are just an accident waiting to happen. I still don't comprehend the logic of these "grey beards" selecting a cruiser on which to return to riding again....it just makes no sense to me.:confused
There are just so many better choices in bikes out there.

CrotchetyRocket said:
However, I ain't in favour of graduated licensing or or other socialistic government oversight. I am in favour of personal responsibility and freedom of choice.

CR
Nor am I in favour of government protecting us from ourselves....however (and this will appear to be a contradiction), a mandatory course prior to obtaining a full learner's license would protect both the rider and the rest of us.
 
#41 ·
I did 1700+ miles in 3 days on my '07 GSXR 1000 this summer. I found the bike pretty comfortable....:2cents It's at the point now where I can just hop on a bike in the showroom and know instantly whether its rider triangle is going to work for my physiology or not. Frankly, the '07 G1K was the only litrebike that was going to fit at the time, so, you may have a point there.

That's a good idea about the mandatory rider course. As long as the government doesn't RUN the course just, oversees that it occurs, it might cut down on the splat factor.:rider

CR
 
#43 ·
Young, stupid and inexperienced sportbike riders are a whole 'nuther story, of course. It's easy to generalize and target one particular group in any sport or endeavour, I guess.
Young guys do dumb things...Believe me, I can still see the opportunities to do dumb things, I just decide not to now. :D
I gave myself many, many opportunities to go to the happy hunting grounds when I was in my teens and early 20's. Considering that, I feel privileged to have made it this far, albeit a bit rounded off at the corners.
 
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#57 ·
I summon the gods of thread cessation to put an end to this stream of idiocy.
Rab, if you resort to asking sport bike riders if they can control the urge to go fast, then who do you ask about controlling the urge to drink yourself into a coma, spend yourself into debt, cranking your music to deafness, or spanking your monkey to a wirey bleeding twig? Save your parents the grief, and don't ride a sport bike.
 
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