Hey guys, I'm just getting into bikes and need a few sugestions on an issue.
I am 18 years old and have been into cars all my life. About a year ago i started paying attention to bikes when I saw the yamaha R6 add in my hot rod magazine. I startec reading up on them a little but never considered getting one myself till I met a friend at a party who rides. He was new to the area so I took him out to show him a few roads he could ride his bike on. I was driving my car and he would follow behind, or pass me up if I was going too slow. While watching him in the rear view mirror I fell in love with the sport I have never tried. In a car you are simply turning a wheel and and picking a line. There is nothing else involved, but on a bike your whole body flows with the bike over the road, it just looks so graceful. I would try to smooth out my driving in my car but I could never match the fluid movement of a bike. I need one.
I talk to everyone I know that rides, and most of them have came up with this answer:
With your size, if you were to get a 600cc as a first bike you would be trading it in within a year for a 1000cc.
I'm 6'4 and about 270lbs. This makes sence to me but it also doesnt. I feel I would be able to control myself on a 1000cc bike but since I have never ridden one I don't know for sure. I know I am a fast learner when it comes to most motor vehicles, but most things I have controlled don't have the ability to create bodily harm as easy as a motorcycle. I would also enjoy being able to learn how to control a bike without the fear of so much power waiting for me to make a mistake resting under me, but I also am a man and don't want to look like an idiot on a 600cc as big as I am. I hope you see the delima I'm in.
So the question for you people is. From what I've read on this forum the R1 isn't the best bike for rookies like me, and I will gladely listen to that, but what is the most forgiving 1000cc out there? I read somewhere that V-twins are easier to control, is there any truth behind this? Just whatever you feel like throwing out there would help me greatly, thank you.
I know I will be labeled a squid and most of you will ignore this, but we all have to start somewhere, and I know the first part of this post makes it look like I am a wreckless punk behind the wheel of a car endangering the lives of everyone around me, but please try to understand where I am coming from.
I am 18 years old and have been into cars all my life. About a year ago i started paying attention to bikes when I saw the yamaha R6 add in my hot rod magazine. I startec reading up on them a little but never considered getting one myself till I met a friend at a party who rides. He was new to the area so I took him out to show him a few roads he could ride his bike on. I was driving my car and he would follow behind, or pass me up if I was going too slow. While watching him in the rear view mirror I fell in love with the sport I have never tried. In a car you are simply turning a wheel and and picking a line. There is nothing else involved, but on a bike your whole body flows with the bike over the road, it just looks so graceful. I would try to smooth out my driving in my car but I could never match the fluid movement of a bike. I need one.
I talk to everyone I know that rides, and most of them have came up with this answer:
With your size, if you were to get a 600cc as a first bike you would be trading it in within a year for a 1000cc.
I'm 6'4 and about 270lbs. This makes sence to me but it also doesnt. I feel I would be able to control myself on a 1000cc bike but since I have never ridden one I don't know for sure. I know I am a fast learner when it comes to most motor vehicles, but most things I have controlled don't have the ability to create bodily harm as easy as a motorcycle. I would also enjoy being able to learn how to control a bike without the fear of so much power waiting for me to make a mistake resting under me, but I also am a man and don't want to look like an idiot on a 600cc as big as I am. I hope you see the delima I'm in.
So the question for you people is. From what I've read on this forum the R1 isn't the best bike for rookies like me, and I will gladely listen to that, but what is the most forgiving 1000cc out there? I read somewhere that V-twins are easier to control, is there any truth behind this? Just whatever you feel like throwing out there would help me greatly, thank you.
I know I will be labeled a squid and most of you will ignore this, but we all have to start somewhere, and I know the first part of this post makes it look like I am a wreckless punk behind the wheel of a car endangering the lives of everyone around me, but please try to understand where I am coming from.
