look it up. You live in CA so that tax is similar to obamas recommended tax probably. Or has motorcycling been added to the Sin Tax yet?

 

I don't even know. Probably. Do you remember the permit test though? Anything difficult? Besides the actual driving.

 

Nothing big. Weave the cones, U turn in a parking spot, hit 30mph and control both brakes to stop within a distance, nothing too big.

 

Oh. There's a written test as well?

 

oh yeah, that was the hard part.

 

Argh. It was?
- For a 5'4", 138 - 140lbs. I want a ZX-6R. Any ideas?

 

Or what about a CBR 600? That's the two. ZX-6R or CBR 600.

 

Don't even consider a ZX-6r

Start with an MSF course - good for convincing your folks as well. Ideally a 125 for the first couple of days learning the slow speed stuff so that you fall off and get back on again. You tend to be too cautious if you never push it to where you drop it, so you want a couple of days on somrething that's not worse than falling off a bicycle. The slow speed mameouvers you'll be taught on the course are the basis of all motorcycle control skills, so master them completely.

For the same (sort of ) reason, then get a 250 for a year. It gives you time to think, but as you gain skill it also makes you work hard to learn how to get the best out of it. When you do, it's plenty fast enough for most things and being able to push it hard is great fun.

Start on too fast a bike, and you either learn to ride with continual restraint, in which case you never really master the bile and set up bad habits for the whole of your riding life, or you die.

Rob

 

Oh. Yeah, I meant to change my decision on the bikes on here. Thanks by the way.
I don't know, 125s look to easy for me and a 250 will be perfect. Do you think a 250 for 5'4" is good?

 

250 will be fine for you. And yes, take the course. You don't need a bike for that. Once you take the course and are still interested, your folks may realize you are serious about wanting to learn to ride and not just trying to please your buddies. My GF took the MSF course a few weeks back. This past weekend I got my old Honda Rebel 250 up and running. She took it to a parking lot to practice. And she crashed. She's fine but had it been a GSXR instead of a 1985 Honda, the bodywork would have been trashed and bike been down for repair.