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    Good Beginner Bike?

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    • TheJWT
      TheJWT last edited by TheJWT

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      Okayama, Japan
      '05 Move, '90 MS137 Crown, '96 GSX-R 750, '03 RC51

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      • Bloody-the-resident-LandRover-apologist
        Bloody-the-resident-LandRover-apologist @TheJWT last edited by

        @thejwt that would be the prettiest tree decoration if I bought that, just in time for Christmas!

        I keep buying Land Rovers because I don't have a problem and I can quit anytime I want.

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        • Snuze
          Snuze last edited by

          Seems like a good beginner ride! Nothing could possibly go wrong there...

          2018 Terrain Denali
          2012 Cruze LT
          1987 245 DL "Jankvagn"

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          • ?
            A Former User last edited by

            Seems spendy.

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            • just-a-scratch
              just-a-scratch last edited by

              YES. BUY IT!!!!

              and by yes, I mean no. That's a hilariously bad idea, as you surely know.

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              • TheJWT
                TheJWT @Snuze last edited by

                @snuze It would make an excellent ender bike too

                Okayama, Japan
                '05 Move, '90 MS137 Crown, '96 GSX-R 750, '03 RC51

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                • AntiSpeed
                  AntiSpeed last edited by

                  It's not a cafe racer so I say go for it!

                  Something between a has-been and a never-was.

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                  • frinesi2
                    frinesi2 last edited by frinesi2

                    GPS-based traction control, wheelie control, blended brakes, lean control, multiple engine maps, and who knows what other kind of tech wizardry?

                    Sounds like a PERFECT beginner's bike!

                    (Were they doing all that in 2003? How old is ASIMO?)

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                    • beefchips
                      beefchips @TheJWT last edited by

                      @thejwt said in Good Beginner Bike?:

                      @snuze It would make an excellent ender bike too

                      LOL take an upvote

                      Civic Si. LR3. Looking for a boat and yeti 3000 iced down w silver bullets

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                      • nowhere
                        nowhere last edited by

                        Around 1991 when I was looking at buying my first bike, advice I got from multiple people was "Don't get anything bigger than a 500." Looking through the Buy&Sell I saw a bike that seemed like a good candidate. A Suzuki RG500...

                        Fortunately I did my research and found out that would have been not the best choice for a beginner. Even the RZ-350 I bought was really too wild for me.

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                        • kleebrz
                          kleebrz @nowhere last edited by

                          @nowhere hahaha hilarious! nothing bigger than a 500cc....... 2-stroke? hmmmm ok!

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                          • nowhere
                            nowhere @kleebrz last edited by

                            @kleebrz At first I just assumed "500CC, Japanese sport bike? Should be equivalent to the VFR500 that I was told would be a good first bike" Even compared to a fast bike of today the RG is still plenty crazy due to the way it hands you the power. Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, EVERYTHING! The RZ had an addictive rush in the last few thousand RPM before redline but it was easy to ride below that power band and the transition was gentle enough to allow even a beginner to control it. My riding style (extreme coward) would have suited a four stroke single better but I didn't know about the SRX6 back then and Honda never even sold the GB500 here in Canada as far as I know.

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                            • Chariotoflove
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                              • pip bip
                                pip bip @TheJWT last edited by

                                @thejwt Honda NBC110 or CT110

                                2014 Chery J3 - (18/7/20) meh.
                                2011 Geely MK 1.5L (1/7/21)
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