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#12
04-01-2012 | 12:35 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 28,839
Likes: 16,549
From: Wisconsin, USA
Welcome. Do a search on new riders, you'll learn a lot.
1. Take the MSF basic rider course. You will learn proper riding technique and strategy on a small bike.
2.Buy a medium bike. My first bike was a Kawasaki Vulcan 750. I am glad I was riding that 500 lb. Bike when I hit gravel, wet road paint, tar snakes. Wouldn't have recovered on my 1,000 lb. Bagger. Many threads on this subject, pro and con.
3. Find an experienced riding buddy, and follow him. Get a proper feel for taking a good line. But ride your own ride. Don'tt try to keep up if you have to ride above your abilities.
4. You'll see a lot of helmet threads. Personally I wear a Full Face Helmet 99% of the time. It is very enjoyable to ride without one, but I think everyone should wear a FF for their first two years, when you are most vulnerable to crashing. My. 02.
Ride safe. Ride like your invisible. Lot of blind cage drivers out there.
1. Take the MSF basic rider course. You will learn proper riding technique and strategy on a small bike.
2.Buy a medium bike. My first bike was a Kawasaki Vulcan 750. I am glad I was riding that 500 lb. Bike when I hit gravel, wet road paint, tar snakes. Wouldn't have recovered on my 1,000 lb. Bagger. Many threads on this subject, pro and con.
3. Find an experienced riding buddy, and follow him. Get a proper feel for taking a good line. But ride your own ride. Don'tt try to keep up if you have to ride above your abilities.
4. You'll see a lot of helmet threads. Personally I wear a Full Face Helmet 99% of the time. It is very enjoyable to ride without one, but I think everyone should wear a FF for their first two years, when you are most vulnerable to crashing. My. 02.
Ride safe. Ride like your invisible. Lot of blind cage drivers out there.
Last edited by Ron750; 04-01-2012 at 12:37 AM.
#17
04-02-2012 | 01:35 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 310
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From: Louisiana
Welcome. Do a search on new riders, you'll learn a lot.
1. Take the MSF basic rider course. You will learn proper riding technique and strategy on a small bike.
2.Buy a medium bike. My first bike was a Kawasaki Vulcan 750. I am glad I was riding that 500 lb. Bike when I hit gravel, wet road paint, tar snakes. Wouldn't have recovered on my 1,000 lb. Bagger. Many threads on this subject, pro and con.
3. Find an experienced riding buddy, and follow him. Get a proper feel for taking a good line. But ride your own ride. Don'tt try to keep up if you have to ride above your abilities.
4. You'll see a lot of helmet threads. Personally I wear a Full Face Helmet 99% of the time. It is very enjoyable to ride without one, but I think everyone should wear a FF for their first two years, when you are most vulnerable to crashing. My. 02.
Ride safe. Ride like your invisible. Lot of blind cage drivers out there.
1. Take the MSF basic rider course. You will learn proper riding technique and strategy on a small bike.
2.Buy a medium bike. My first bike was a Kawasaki Vulcan 750. I am glad I was riding that 500 lb. Bike when I hit gravel, wet road paint, tar snakes. Wouldn't have recovered on my 1,000 lb. Bagger. Many threads on this subject, pro and con.
3. Find an experienced riding buddy, and follow him. Get a proper feel for taking a good line. But ride your own ride. Don'tt try to keep up if you have to ride above your abilities.
4. You'll see a lot of helmet threads. Personally I wear a Full Face Helmet 99% of the time. It is very enjoyable to ride without one, but I think everyone should wear a FF for their first two years, when you are most vulnerable to crashing. My. 02.
Ride safe. Ride like your invisible. Lot of blind cage drivers out there.
