View Poll Results: Would you reccomend a 1000cc bike for the first bike
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first bike recommendations
03-28-2008 | 10:09 AM
#31
Fastest Color
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,091
From: Lithia, FL
All the more power to the manufacturers. I say build 'em up. That is what the market wants. Anyone with half a brain is smart enough not to start with a I-4 1000cc superbike. If they are, they are bound to get killed but anyone that dumb/daring is going to try something else equally as daring/death defying doing something else if it isn't on the bike. Since when does someone not have to take personal responsibility for their own stupidity and actions!
If you break into my house and rob me and my dog bites you in the *** on your way out, or you slip on the stairs and brake a bone, your tough luck. You should not be able to sue (and win!) because you get hurt robbing someone!
If you break into my house and rob me and my dog bites you in the *** on your way out, or you slip on the stairs and brake a bone, your tough luck. You should not be able to sue (and win!) because you get hurt robbing someone!
03-28-2008 | 12:01 PM
#32
JAMES
Superstock
Superstock
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 274
From: Toledo, OHIO
My first street bike was a 2000 superhawk... i had a dirtbike befor that.... as long as the rider has common scence and isnt brain dead any bike can be a good bike... my Hawk is a hell of alot easier to ride than my dads harley...
03-28-2008 | 02:51 PM
#33
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 147
From: Minnesota
Softer side
Hey Fl02. Time to show my softer side after my rant... Bull Mastiff huh? I am in the process of getting a Mastiff now. Great dogs. Expensive, but great dogs. They are gentle until you **** them off then watch out. Of course is someone breaks into your neighbor's house and gets bit, it is the dogs fault. BS. Our lawmakers have to get their heads out of their asses.
03-28-2008 | 02:57 PM
#34
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SuperSport
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Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 760
From: Jacksonville FL
Well I am suprized. It sounds like people are saying that a 1000cc I-4 is too much for a nubie, but a 1000cc twin is fine.
So a newbie on a DUC 1098 would be OK for a beginner, if I am reading you all correctly.
So a newbie on a DUC 1098 would be OK for a beginner, if I am reading you all correctly.
03-28-2008 | 06:18 PM
#35
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Superstock
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 499
From: Kansas City
03-28-2008 | 06:29 PM
#36
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SuperSport
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 807
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
I think everyone's made a valid point. I've got my biases. I started on an 80 cc Suzuki K11. It was the sport model. It helped me learn how to use a clutch, maintain momentum, scrape pegs and live out my Mike Hailwood fantasies. It was cheap to operate and insure. Crashing didn't make it look much worse. I was 16 and I thought it was great. People who are starting to ride are lucky if they don't have much disposable income.
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