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New Rider Basics 101

I hear you. Info like this is awesome to have. :thumbup
 
Great post, glad I read it, and intend to re-read it every few months - especially liked the bits about re-reviewing basic stuff periodically, each time the confidence 'peaks' and there's that tendency to get complacent.
 
Hi barfers

Hi ,I have been around motorcycles my whole life. Starting on dirt bike and then supermoto and now a AMA pro road racer. That sums me up !:ride:ride

JOJO
 
Started out on a 2006 R6 at 15 1/2 when i barely got a permit. Although i had years of moto experience, none on a 130hp streetbike. although i havent had any major accidents (thank god), i have been in a few situations that made me realize one slip up on a 600 SS is far less forgiving than a 250 or even 450. I'm 17 now and still ride that same R6, but don't be as stupid as i was, listen to all the advice here on BARF and other riders. You may not be as lucky as i have been, it only takes that one time. Great bike, but know how to wield the power before jumping on it just because its loud, fast, and looks legit. She still scares the shit out of me.

Ride safe and have fun :ride

Zach
 
Thank you for all the information that was Posted. I've been looking at buying a bike for years. The end of June I will be going to the Basic Course in Antioch CA, I want to learn how to ride a bike, and make sure I have a clear understand about the bike riding course. I'm 5'8 around 178, and looking at at 250CC, with ABS which runs at $4166. I was also fitted on a 300CC which good it was not to heavy $5900. Then I was fitted on 600CC the bike felt kinda of heavy for me, but the dealership did a test with me telling me to put my hands on my waist and straddle the bike from side to side and if I did not touch the handle to grasp my grip then I was good. The price was out of my range. I do not know whether to buy a new bike or a use bike, all i know with a used bike it do not come with a warranty, but some you can buy and extended warranty on them I really do not want to spend to much for a bike. I went looking today over at 1150 Concord CA called costco something, they had good prices but I will continue to look at different area. If you have any good place with reasonable prices by all means please hit me.
Stay Bless
 
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this post! I printed it out so i can always have it for a reference for when i'm not online :thumbup
 
I have only driven 40-50 miles so far. I found this to be very helpful!! Thank you for taking the time to write this!
 
haha! me too man!

zyriik said:
I kinda feel like a dope not really looking into BARF sooner, I just took the MSF class about 2 months ago, while it greatly helped me with everything, there was still a lot that went unanswered.

I've laid my bike down 3 times already, 2 of which were caused by nervousness and hesitation in a fairly simple low speed turn, the 3rd thanks to bambi. The worst was dodging the deer at 50-60 in a turn (Stupid overconfidence >.<) earning me a wonderful bruise and a scraped knee, bike is ok thanks to the brutus frame sliders that came with it. (I HIGHLY recommend them to everyone), my arms and limbs all ok thanks to repetitive muscle memory in falling in rolling (Woo Tae Kwon Do :D) and having plenty of space to do it at that time with the help of my jacket and helmet, I rode home fairly fine that night.

The other 2 lay downs were newbie mistakes, riding a 2003 Yamaha R6 with street tires. Your bike will !!!NOT!!! stop on dirt, I panicked in a turn and figured I'd straighten up the bike and come to a bit of an emergency stop. Sure... emergency stops utilizing both breaks sometimes works, by that I mean NOT in a turn and NOT on loose dirt, or earth of any kind on street tires.

Anywho, Imma stop rambling, I just figured someone could learn from me being a dope within my first month and a half of riding.
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Sounds like you and I have had a lot in common for the first few month on these things!
 
This was an amazing post. There were so many things in this post I hadn't thought about. Based on other experienced riders that have responded to this post, I'm happy I got a chance to read this before I started riding. I also appreciate the information the other riders have added.
 
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