Was a F4i your First bike????

If it was, how was learning to ride on a very sporty street bike.

If it wasnt, what bike did you start on (street bikes)?

 

ya the f4i was my first bike, id say its easy to learn on as long as u know ur limits, keep it below 8k rpm and ur fine, also took the msf course prolly helped out alot.

It wont let me vote!!!

 

I learned on a 1989 CBR 600 about 3 months ago. I had never ridden a motorcycle of any kind before but found it really easy! The throttle was really smooth, so no lurching or anything like that. Great beginner bike.

Just got a 2001 F4I a few days ago. It's not quite as easy as the 1989 but I am having no problems (besides getting a little sore). The biggest difference as far as difficulty goes is that the throttle is tighter so going from zero to a small amount of gas takes more wrist pressure.

 

1st was a 97 gixxer 750. that thing was a pig!

 

first bike was a suzuki gs500 but i never got it tagged. all of my friends would just blast it down some back roads to get a feel for a bike. it eventually got hit by a car with a confused little old lady behind the wheel. the bike ran out of gas on the side of the road at night. it was parked at least a foot in the grass on her right side but the headlight was aiming toward her. i guess she didnt know where the road was and she tried to pass it like normal. she was well off the road and just clobered it head on. messed it up real bad so that was the end of that. i dont think she should have been driving in the first place since she couldnt even tell where the pavement was! im just glad i wasnt sitting on it because i had to dive out of the way to escape![sm=yikesomg.gif]

 

F4i was/is my first motorcycle. I took the MSF and then went out and purchased me an '06 yellow F4i despite alot of people's advice from the forums to get a smaller bike. So far so good, covered almost 2000mi in a month with it and now I've been in europe for vacation for all of august and haven't ridden, i miss my baby

Bike's great and if you don't abuse its power, you should be fine. I also spent a couple days practicing with it in a parking lot before taking it out in traffic, so that's a must IMO with any new bike you get, whether you're experienced or not.

 

Don't know why the poll was'nt working!

Looks like you can vote now.

 

My first bike that was on the road (don't wanna call it a street bike) was a 1980 Honda XL185s enduro. Rode that bike for 2 yrs. in the dirt before I put it on the road when I was 17. Was riding the bike before I had a car licence.

 

87 600 F1 Hurricane baby! still got it and i love it...gonna get me an RR prolly next year, but i think im gonna keep her cause she was my first!

 

1982 Honda XL 500, THUMPER !!!!!! did 100 mile rides......partly on the freeway!!!!