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  • ihaveaidsI Offline
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    ihaveaids
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    treimche;257179 wrote:
    Speaking from experience here. Start off on a 250. You'll be happy you did. Don't ride over your head, thats way too easy to do on a 600, well on any bike for that matter. You should start small and slow and move up to bigger bikes as your skill level increases. Way back in the day I started off on a 125cc 4 stroke enduro bike riding around town. You wanna talk about slow, haha that thing was crazy slow. You'll scare yourself on a 250 Ninja the first time you rip through 1st gear. You'll get more and more used to it, and more brave as you go. Then you hop on a 600, rip through 1st gear, and piss your pants because it feels so fast. Most people start off on the wrong bikes with way too much power.

    This.

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      treimche;257179 wrote:
      Speaking from experience here. Start off on a 250. You'll be happy you did. Don't ride over your head, thats way too easy to do on a 600, well on any bike for that matter. You should start small and slow and move up to bigger bikes as your skill level increases. Way back in the day I started off on a 125cc 4 stroke enduro bike riding around town. You wanna talk about slow, haha that thing was crazy slow. You'll scare yourself on a 250 Ninja the first time you rip through 1st gear. You'll get more and more used to it, and more brave as you go. Then you hop on a 600, rip through 1st gear, and piss your pants because it feels so fast. Most people start off on the wrong bikes with way too much power.

      Im going to dissagreed with you, not that your opinion is wrong, becasue you are right about the first gear thing. I have never ridden a 250, but for the price of a new 250, couldnt you buy an older 600? even so, one that has already been laid down? I would say start with an older 600 and be smart about riding, instead of a 250 and think you're safer with less power.

      EVOLUTION VIII

      > ryanherington;4648360 wrote:
      > I think I'm gonna stop by Autozone and get a "worthy-amount" meter. My car might not put down enough worhty, and I don't wanna get in the way.

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      • no_slow_clapN Offline
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        zbrown;257473 wrote:
        top three bikes for me would be the fz1, fz6, and 919

        fz1's are hot.

        EVOLUTION VIII

        > ryanherington;4648360 wrote:
        > I think I'm gonna stop by Autozone and get a "worthy-amount" meter. My car might not put down enough worhty, and I don't wanna get in the way.

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        • MisterCMKM Offline
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          #36

          You all need to quit being nancy boys and just buy a liter bike.

          /thread

          Edit: oh and IB2wheeler

          FASTER THAN DUBBSY

          > thrash;315544 wrote:
          > I noticed that the new 5.0 valve covers say "Ford Motorsport" or something on them. Instead, the valvecovers should be a big bald eagle, holding a rifle in one talon, an american flag in the other, eating apple pie, and shitting on the outline of europe.
          >
          > Ford is back :)

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          • ihaveaidsI Offline
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            no_slow_clap;257525 wrote:
            Im going to dissagreed with you, not that your opinion is wrong, becasue you are right about the first gear thing. I have never ridden a 250, but for the price of a new 250, couldnt you buy an older 600? even so, one that has already been laid down? I would say start with an older 600 and be smart about riding, instead of a 250 and think you're safer with less power.

            I think its way to easy for a n00b to get in over their head on ANY 600. Anyone without riding experience can get hurt on a bike. I would be less concerned with laying it down than with actual survival. And what exactly to you mean be smart about riding Zac? God knows it would kill everyone around here to put a helmet on, or any gear for that matter.

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            • treimcheT Offline
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              MisterCMK;257529 wrote:
              You all need to quit being nancy boys and just buy a liter bike.

              Listen to this guy.

              no_slow_clap;257525 wrote:
              Im going to dissagreed with you, not that your opinion is wrong, becasue you are right about the first gear thing. I have never ridden a 250, but for the price of a new 250, couldnt you buy an older 600? even so, one that has already been laid down? I would say start with an older 600 and be smart about riding, instead of a 250 and think you're safer with less power.

              Yes you can get a decent used older 600 for the same or less than a new 250 Ninja. That wouldn't be a bad thing to do as long as the rider can keep their right hand under control. There is something I do to keep myself in check when I start to get a little more daring than a guy should with my bike. I put on my helmet jacket and gloves, and go way out of town and find a road with no traffic and just rip through 4 or 5 gears. Looking down and seeing 160 and watching how fast things fly by is enough to settle me down again.

              Troy
              2009 Yamaha R1
              2002 WRX
              2001 Toyota Tundra
              2001 Yamaha R6
              1988 Yamaha YSR 50
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              • ihaveaidsI Offline
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                I hope thats not the only time you wear your gear...

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                • 2wheeler2 Offline
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                  ihaveaids;257675 wrote:
                  I hope thats not the only time you wear your gear...

                  Of course not. He wears it at the dragstrip too.

                  '08 Suzuki Hayabusa
                  '09 Yamaha Zuma 200cc
                  '95 E-350 7.5L

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                    ihaveaids;257634 wrote:
                    And what exactly to you mean be smart about riding Zac? God knows it would kill everyone around here to put a helmet on, or any gear for that matter.

                    What i mean by being smart is knowing your own limitations. everybody has them, i wasnt smart the first few times and i got hurt. but everybody knew that was going to happen.

                    and i will be the first to admit there were times i didnt wear any gear, accually the only time i did was when i knew i was going on the interstate.

                    EVOLUTION VIII

                    > ryanherington;4648360 wrote:
                    > I think I'm gonna stop by Autozone and get a "worthy-amount" meter. My car might not put down enough worhty, and I don't wanna get in the way.

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                    • ihaveaidsI Offline
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                      #42

                      Ok that makes sense, but the point that I am trying to make is that sometimes there isn't another time. You don't get hurt, you get dead.

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                      • 94civicex9 Offline
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                        94civicex
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                        #43

                        whenever your on a bike you run the risk of being killed it doesnt matter if you have a full race suit on or just a jacket. i guess if your that worried about being hurt dont get a bike.

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                          94civicex;257788 wrote:
                          I guess if your that worried about being hurt dont get a bike.

                          Or drive a car, or ride a bicycle, or walk. Yup, world's too risky, just stay at home.

                          That is some retarded rationalization. Sure the risks are higher on a bike but the majority of the risk lies in the rider's hands.

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                          > Mitch Hedberg wrote:
                          > I'm sick of following my dreams, I'm just going to find out where they are going and hook up with them later.

                          ASE certified parts specialist.
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                          • 94civicex9 Offline
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                            how is that retarded?

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                            • MisterCMKM Offline
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                              #46

                              no_slow_clap;257699 wrote:
                              What i mean by being smart is knowing your own limitations. everybody has them, i wasnt smart the first few times and i got hurt. but everybody knew that was going to happen.

                              and i will be the first to admit there were times i didnt wear any gear, accually the only time i did was when i knew i was going on the interstate.

                              You still aren't smart.

                              FASTER THAN DUBBSY

                              > thrash;315544 wrote:
                              > I noticed that the new 5.0 valve covers say "Ford Motorsport" or something on them. Instead, the valvecovers should be a big bald eagle, holding a rifle in one talon, an american flag in the other, eating apple pie, and shitting on the outline of europe.
                              >
                              > Ford is back :)

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                              • no_slow_clapN Offline
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                                MisterCMK;258206 wrote:
                                You still aren't smart.

                                and thats news to who??? :icon_scratch:

                                EVOLUTION VIII

                                > ryanherington;4648360 wrote:
                                > I think I'm gonna stop by Autozone and get a "worthy-amount" meter. My car might not put down enough worhty, and I don't wanna get in the way.

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