New to bikes soon
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11-06-2008 | 03:51 AM
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New to bikes soon
Hey guys my name is Nick. I am gonna be picking up a bike soon its outta two choices. One is a 1991 Kawasaki Ninja ZX7 with 37,649 miles needs minor cosmetic in plastics due to age. The other is a 2005 KAWASAKI NINJA 500R with 3600 miles needs new plastics, gas tank dented. What do you guys think of the two?
http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/mcy/903111723.html
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/mcy/905581498.html
I am leaning towards the 91 just because i like the style but is a 750 too large to learn on? I will be taking the course and I am gonna practice any skills I will need on some backroads. I am a very cautious person. Thank you for all of your advice and responses.
http://tampa.craigslist.org/psc/mcy/903111723.html
http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/mcy/905581498.html
I am leaning towards the 91 just because i like the style but is a 750 too large to learn on? I will be taking the course and I am gonna practice any skills I will need on some backroads. I am a very cautious person. Thank you for all of your advice and responses.
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11-06-2008 | 10:50 AM
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As a new rider you'll learn more, learn it better, learn it faster and learn it safer on a 250.
750s encourage a certain laziness because you can let the extra torque do the work for you instead of using the box to get the best out of the bike, and they discourage you from exploring the limits of the bike's abilities. If you try to use the bike's potential you'll probably die. If you restrain yourself, you'll never really learn to ride it properly.
Go with the 250. As it already has a dented tank and tatty bodywork you'll get it cheap and you can drop the bike without worying about causing cosmetic damage. Get the right riding gear and during the MSF course you can push it (at slow speed) and do all the silly things that new riders do that causes them to drop ther bikes without worrying about damaging either the bike or yourself. You'll also be able to pick it up - not easy with a 750. The 250 will give you a great opportunity to learn to ride really well. The 750 won't.
Rob
750s encourage a certain laziness because you can let the extra torque do the work for you instead of using the box to get the best out of the bike, and they discourage you from exploring the limits of the bike's abilities. If you try to use the bike's potential you'll probably die. If you restrain yourself, you'll never really learn to ride it properly.
Go with the 250. As it already has a dented tank and tatty bodywork you'll get it cheap and you can drop the bike without worying about causing cosmetic damage. Get the right riding gear and during the MSF course you can push it (at slow speed) and do all the silly things that new riders do that causes them to drop ther bikes without worrying about damaging either the bike or yourself. You'll also be able to pick it up - not easy with a 750. The 250 will give you a great opportunity to learn to ride really well. The 750 won't.
Rob
Last edited by williamr; 11-06-2008 at 12:03 PM.
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11-07-2008 | 10:24 AM
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Forget them both and look for a cheap used 250.
Rob
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11-08-2008 | 02:38 AM
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http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/mcy/907990166.html
So I should be leaning more towards this? Or you guys got any other reccomendations?
So I should be leaning more towards this? Or you guys got any other reccomendations?