seriously need help in choosing bike
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seriously need help in choosing bike
Hey guys i'm considering getting a bike (actually i've already decided). I love the CBR and this would be my first bike. I'm 5'4', do you think i might be toooooooo short for this bike. If so please recommend something for me. I know i want to atleast get a 600cc bike, so don't go any lower than that please. Thank you for all your help guys.
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RE: seriously need help in choosing bike
Could I respectfully recommend a cheap used bike as "a first bike" over a CBR? As an example, there are used Kawasaki 250's out there for $1500 that'll:
- Give you a good mount for gaining experience on the road.
- Top 100mph for a little hot *******, and easily push you down the highway.
- Get 70+ mpg.
- Weigh only about 300 lbs (good for first time riders straight out of the MSF BRC).
- And a year from now (and six to ten thousand miles later) you can resell it for $1300. That's $200 for a years worth of fun.
After that, you would have road experience, traffic experience, and bike balance under your belt and be ready for an F4i, or a 600RR, etc.
Best regards,
TA
P.S. I don't know anything about the old CBR600. If it's less than 80hp, you might have a winner there too. Can't say for sure. My first bike was a 50hp BMW F650CS. I still own it and use it for commuting.
- Give you a good mount for gaining experience on the road.
- Top 100mph for a little hot *******, and easily push you down the highway.
- Get 70+ mpg.
- Weigh only about 300 lbs (good for first time riders straight out of the MSF BRC).
- And a year from now (and six to ten thousand miles later) you can resell it for $1300. That's $200 for a years worth of fun.
After that, you would have road experience, traffic experience, and bike balance under your belt and be ready for an F4i, or a 600RR, etc.
Best regards,
TA
P.S. I don't know anything about the old CBR600. If it's less than 80hp, you might have a winner there too. Can't say for sure. My first bike was a 50hp BMW F650CS. I still own it and use it for commuting.
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RE: seriously need help in choosing bike
definately take a seat on a f4/f4i and see how it feels i think you'll find it'll be good....as for your weight as long as u have a head on ur shoulders it doesn't matter just never think u have total control of the bike because anything can happen;always be cautious
the dude who had my f4i before me was about 140 and maybe 5 5 and he rode the bike perfectly fine in the end i think it just wasn't his thing.
the dude who had my f4i before me was about 140 and maybe 5 5 and he rode the bike perfectly fine in the end i think it just wasn't his thing.