Street Bikes

[hulkamainia 119]

Thinking about getting one...

Any one with experience, knowledge, or crazy stories chime in.

Discuss

 

[rustilldown]

Thinking about getting one...

Any one with experience, knowledge, or crazy stories chime in.

Discuss

What is your rising experience if any?

 

[hulkamainia 119]

Does bmx count? no I have 0 experience besides riding my buddy's from time to time.

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[training700]

Get something with good power but not overboard! For street use something with good torque is a better choice than a high revving bike.
Best story I got is going a 180 with a t shirt and shorts on.. was a deserted back road.

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[bigbassturd]

Buy a GSXR and some life insurance.

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[hulkamainia 119]

hahaha good advice dick, no I thinking about a ninja 300, honda.

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[hulkamainia 119]

Get something with good power but not overboard! For street use something with good torque is a better choice than a high revving bike.
Best story I got is going a 180 with a t shirt and shorts on.. was a deserted back road.

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daymnn 180! adrenalin rush much?

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[dabuffguy]

hahaha good advice dick, no I thinking about a ninja 300, honda.

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If you're new to street bikes and want something sporty, the Ninja 300 is the best choice out of that and the CBR250. The CBR is gutless. The 300 isn't blazing fast, but it's plenty peppy for a beginner. It'll do 0-60 in about 5.5 seconds. The Honda will do about 7.5, and anything bigger like a 650 will be in the low 4 second range. The supersport 600 will do 0-60 in the mid low 3's, the 1000's in the high 2's with disgusting top end power.


Having done bikes a little bit, you need a solid 5000 miles experience riding a normal powered bike before you go with something fast like a supersport. I suppose it depends on if you're a retard or not. I've been a speed machine junky my whole life so I have a knack for driving fast vehicles. I hopped on a supersport my first time ever riding a street bike and it scared the shit out of me. Now that I have ridden quite a bit, I know what to expect.


I have a Ninja 300 and a CBR 600RR. The Ninja is a great bike, especially getting like 80mpg and still being pretty peppy.

If you are downhill going into a turn with a supersport, speed can come on so fast you put yourself in a dangerous situation, even when not trying to gain speed it can speed up on you if you're not paying attention. The 300 is still quick enough to get you in trouble if you are new, but it's exponentially multiplied by a 600 with 3X as much horsepower.



Anyways, learn on a smaller bike, gain a lot of confidence in your abilities to drive it. I suggest you even take it out to a track and drive it hard, get low into the turns and understand the limits of what your machine can do. Not that you want to push the limits on the street, but if you need to maneuver to avoid danger on the road, you need to know how to drive your bike hard, it might save your life.


I've recently just been riding roads with a license since april, but been riding/racing bikes and cars a long time, my whole life basically. I drag raced my dads cars at the drag strip since I was 13. They can't see you wearing a helmet, lol. The street is dangerous. Not constantly, but it will get in your face without warning. Drivers do not see you well. I've experienced that a few times in the short time I've been on the street.

 

[noodles1010]

If you're new to street bikes and want something sporty, the Ninja 300 is the best choice out of that and the CBR250. The CBR is gutless. The 300 isn't blazing fast, but it's plenty peppy for a beginner. It'll do 0-60 in about 5.5 seconds. The Honda will do about 7.5, and anything bigger like a 650 will be in the low 4 second range. The supersport 600 will do 0-60 in the mid low 3's, the 1000's in the high 2's with disgusting top end power.


Having done bikes a little bit, you need a solid 5000 miles experience riding a normal powered bike before you go with something fast like a supersport. I suppose it depends on if you're a retard or not. I've been a speed machine junky my whole life so I have a knack for driving fast vehicles. I hopped on a supersport my first time ever riding a street bike and it scared the shit out of me. Now that I have ridden quite a bit, I know what to expect.


I have a Ninja 300 and a CBR 600RR. The Ninja is a great bike, especially getting like 80mpg and still being pretty peppy.

If you are downhill going into a turn with a supersport, speed can come on so fast you put yourself in a dangerous situation, even when not trying to gain speed it can speed up on you if you're not paying attention. The 300 is still quick enough to get you in trouble if you are new, but it's exponentially multiplied by a 600 with 3X as much horsepower.



Anyways, learn on a smaller bike, gain a lot of confidence in your abilities to drive it. I suggest you even take it out to a track and drive it hard, get low into the turns and understand the limits of what your machine can do. Not that you want to push the limits on the street, but if you need to maneuver to avoid danger on the road, you need to know how to drive your bike hard, it might save your life.


I've recently just been riding roads with a license since april, but been riding/racing bikes and cars a long time, my whole life basically. I drag raced my dads cars at the drag strip since I was 13. They can't see you wearing a helmet, lol. The street is dangerous. Not constantly, but it will get in your face without warning. Drivers do not see you well. I've experienced that a few times in the short time I've been on the street.

That's probably the best advice I've ever read to a beginner.


Needless to say I agree with him fully. And I stress DONT BE A FUCKIN RETARD AND PUSH THE LIMITS IN THE STREET BEFORE YOU LEARN HOW TO MANEUVER YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF KILLING YOURSELF. I learned the hard way. Dumped a Yamaha r6 doing a wheelie over the George Washington bridge. The ground is unforgiving... It hurt.... Bad.. Like really bad... Just don't do it.. Mmm K sweetums?! Lol
Good luck have fun.

 

[hulkamainia 119]

If you're new to street bikes and want something sporty, the Ninja 300 is the best choice out of that and the CBR250. The CBR is gutless. The 300 isn't blazing fast, but it's plenty peppy for a beginner. It'll do 0-60 in about 5.5 seconds. The Honda will do about 7.5, and anything bigger like a 650 will be in the low 4 second range. The supersport 600 will do 0-60 in the mid low 3's, the 1000's in the high 2's with disgusting top end power.


Having done bikes a little bit, you need a solid 5000 miles experience riding a normal powered bike before you go with something fast like a supersport. I suppose it depends on if you're a retard or not. I've been a speed machine junky my whole life so I have a knack for driving fast vehicles. I hopped on a supersport my first time ever riding a street bike and it scared the shit out of me. Now that I have ridden quite a bit, I know what to expect.


I have a Ninja 300 and a CBR 600RR. The Ninja is a great bike, especially getting like 80mpg and still being pretty peppy.

If you are downhill going into a turn with a supersport, speed can come on so fast you put yourself in a dangerous situation, even when not trying to gain speed it can speed up on you if you're not paying attention. The 300 is still quick enough to get you in trouble if you are new, but it's exponentially multiplied by a 600 with 3X as much horsepower.



Anyways, learn on a smaller bike, gain a lot of confidence in your abilities to drive it. I suggest you even take it out to a track and drive it hard, get low into the turns and understand the limits of what your machine can do. Not that you want to push the limits on the street, but if you need to maneuver to avoid danger on the road, you need to know how to drive your bike hard, it might save your life.


I've recently just been riding roads with a license since april, but been riding/racing bikes and cars a long time, my whole life basically. I drag raced my dads cars at the drag strip since I was 13. They can't see you wearing a helmet, lol. The street is dangerous. Not constantly, but it will get in your face without warning. Drivers do not see you well. I've experienced that a few times in the short time I've been on the street.

thank you for the advice its really helping out! I've talked to my dad about it and he's not thrilled about me getting one but he's accepting it. My dad had one in the 80's ninja honda and had 2 accidents were both were drunk drivers hitting him, he's fine but after the second time around he gave up on them.

Now I still have alot of research to do on them, I don't want to jump into it, you know? but I have some questions.

Should I buy new or used?
Should I take motorcycle classes? or are they not necessary.
ninja 300 or GS500F?

thanks one again!