At 9/25/14 06:41 PM, Malachy wrote:
Yeah - and a sport style bike has a much lighter body so you get a boost in HP on that too. I mean, the 250 was a slug. It couldn't get up to 65mph unless you had the wind at your back going downhill, and even then it was iffy. At least if you buy a ninja 250 the body is so light the engine can get you up to highway speeds. That's why harley and other high end cruisers have 1000cc at least.
Those Harley guys like to look down on anything under 500cc's, oh well, tough shit.
It looks like a nice classic bike - you can repaint it and probably get at least what you paid for it. My brother fixed up an old honda and sold it to a school friend of mine. She loves it.
Lol, yeah my bike would make some girl happy. My neighbor's daughter got a big heavy bike... she was tall enough, but built like Twiggy, ended up selling it. Got tired of climbing around it in the garage, back when I had to steal their wifi from there.
My wife is 5'3" so we had to install a lowering kit to get it down to 29" and keep the seat at the lower height (I can shift it taller for when I ride but it's not a big enough of a problem for me to do that every time I take the bike out). She was still able to ride it at the higher setting but did tip over the day we took the bike home because she was on tip toes.
Chopped it, huh? Maybe I could carry some cinder blocks until the thing gets 'broken in'. I may have to lower it, hopefully not.
Ugh, yeah, I never trust a turn signal or a non signal - I learned to pay attention to the front wheels, especially on a 3 lane highway. Some people will drift in their lane a little bit so it's a matter of knowing when they're just kind of drifting or if they're trying to change lanes without signaling. (You can become an expert at noticing that if you live in Florida - nobody signals and they always drive erratically.)
My father lost 3 of his sisters on the roads of Florida, in 2 separate car accidents, even though we all lived up here. But to be fair, Thunder Road(s) on a Friday night up here is even more dangerous.
MSF courses are great - they teach you all of the basics - I hadn't even learned how to drive a standard car. They make sure everyone in the class is ready to go before they sign of on your skills. They have 1 day in a classroom and 2 days on the bikes (that they provide). On the last day they give you a written test and their own road test - when you pass both they give you a waiver for the DMV to hand you your license. Plus I think my insurance treated it like a defensive driving class and gave me a discount.
I guess it's a national standard the States agree to. Of course every State has different rules, but the classes sound about the same. Guess I'll be visiting the NGMC Club once I start classes, probably next weekend.
I got big ugly cases that each can fit a full face helmet (and other gear). The sales guy at the dealership really liked his magnet tank bag - the magnets are very strong, not weak like a fridge magnet so it's not going to fly off with your maps and phone and wallet in it. They are also usually pretty paint safe but I guess if you have grime or gritty materials stuck on the tank when you attach the bag it might chip the paint or rub into it. Between a backpack and those cases I haven't really felt I needed more storage.
Yup, same with decals and trim, dirt and grime do their best to bugger things up.
Here's my bike with and without the cases:
Not liking how the rear brake light is so deeply obscured, but you've given me a lot of food for thought! Well, I doubt you ride much at night, otherwise I'd suggest some nifty reflective tape/reflectors for the cases.
Now I'm off to check email and call this guy.... should be able to get this thing home tomorrow.
