zeroselect
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Been too busy for a real ride this season.
Beautiful machine that I'm familiar with, but no, I've never considered one. I did however consider the BMW K1600B & the Honda ST1300, though, but then came to my senses and realized 2 bikes is plenty considering I do ALL of my own work & maintenance.@joseph69 Have you ever considered adding a Ducati Diavel or XDiavel to your stable? Looks of a cruiser, performance closer to that of a sports bike.
@joseph69 Have you ever considered adding a Ducati Diavel or XDiavel to your stable? Looks of a cruiser, performance closer to that of a sports bike.
I almost died on an interstate exit ramp my first week since I didn't know how to turn the damn thing. Pulled over on the side of the road and literally pulled up a Youtube video on how to turn a motorcycle. Then went on about my ride LMAO. Good times eh?
Oh in the states any ol moron can buy a bike, get insurance, tag it and take to the road to harm themselves or others. You're supposed to have a motorcycle license but it's rarely enforced if you're pulled over. Most cops just make sure you have a valid drivers license, insurance and tags. Lots of people die over here too on a bike they just bought. I'm lucky I wasn't one of them.Uh... I don't know how you do things in the States, but in the UK you need to pass a basic competency test before you can ride even a lowly 50cc, let alone something of a larger capacity. How exactly did you manage to acquire a motorcycle without even knowing how to turn one
Oh in the states any ol moron can buy a bike, get insurance, tag it and take to the road to harm themselves or others. You're supposed to have a motorcycle license but it's rarely enforced if you're pulled over. Most cops just make sure you have a valid drivers license, insurance and tags. Lots of people die over here too on a bike they just bought. I'm lucky I wasn't one of them.
Oh in the states any ol moron can buy a bike, get insurance, tag it and take to the road to harm themselves or others. You're supposed to have a motorcycle license but it's rarely enforced if you're pulled over. Most cops just make sure you have a valid drivers license, insurance and tags. Lots of people die over here too on a bike they just bought. I'm lucky I wasn't one of them.
Let me correct this for you. In the States, any moron can get any driver's license to include an M endorsement. But I would have to say at least in my state, you had to show a little competency with handling a motorcycle by doing certain skills in a test parking lot. A friend of mine who lives in another state had the simplest motorcycle test I've ever heard. He showed up at the DMV. Lady went outside to administer the "test". He road his motorcycle down the parking lot and back. She said that's it. Pass.
What I did to get my license was to take the MSF BRC class. It provided instruction on the basic and administered the same test the DMV would have for me to get my license. Passing this class, I got a certificate I could take to the DMV to get my M endorsement. The draw back is the class costs money along with many times a long waiting list.
I feel the MSF BRC should be the minimum to obtain an M endorsement along with graduated licensing in terms of when you're able to purchase bigger displacement bikes. I started off with an old Ninja ZX750 and got cocky. I quickly ended up with a 04 ZX-10R. Lots of my bad habits and mental hang ups had to be corrected over the years because I went too big too soon. I've been doing track day classes for years now and wonder how things would have been had I kept a small bike to gain the proper experience on.