RIP beautiful green 08 sorry you had to be sold to a NOOB
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I cant argue that point Playful. I know if i did have to do it all over again i would start on something small and light myself. While i didnt crash or anything, my learning curve was very very slow learning on a big bike, it took me probably 10x longer to get comfortable to learn good skills that i could have learned on the smaller bike. I will still defend someone's right to buy whatever they want though, even though i do agree it isnt a wise idea.
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I cant argue that point Playful. I know if i did have to do it all over again i would start on something small and light myself. While i didnt crash or anything, my learning curve was very very slow learning on a big bike, it took me probably 10x longer to get comfortable to learn good skills that i could have learned on the smaller bike. I will still defend someone's right to buy whatever they want though, even though i do agree it isnt a wise idea.
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After six pages of this I just had to throw something out there. Maybe, just maybe mind you, the guy might have been an experienced rider who rode off on his new bike just to have some cager take him out a mile down the road, things like that do happen. Maybe just one seriously crappy unlucky day.
A buddy of mine the other day got taken out by a 70 something odd bitty who didn't feel she needed to yield to a motorcycle when she pulled into traffic. Bam. The crappy part? He just picked up that bike brand new a day or two before and it was one of the virgin rides. He knew how to ride, had experience, just one hell of an unlucky day for him.
15 minutes is an awfully short period of time, and it was likely some stupid kid racing it. But to be honest, it COULD have been any of us. 15 minutes to wreck? Hell it only takes 1 stupid cager and about 2 seconds to total a bike. Not saying this is what I think happened, but it's possible.
And as for the whole "dealer not being responsible" bit. When in this country did we stop being respoinsible for our own actions? The guy who bought this bike was over 18, an adult, and if he wasn't aware of his own limitations and refused to buy a smaller bike then he's responsible for the choices he makes. It was a honda dealer, whats the guy supposed to say? "Umm smallest sportbike we sell is a 600, that's probably too much for you, you might want to go buy a Kawasaki instead." Yeah ok. People should take responsibility for their own choices and in the least research bikes a little before goinhg out and purchasing one. If it was in fact a first time younger rider do you really think he's going to listen to a dealer when all his friends are telling him anything less than a 600 is for girls and sissies? A 250 is about the best starter bike for anyone, but unless they bother to do the research to find that out, what are you supposed to do? Force them to buy what they don't want? Darwin will sort it out regardless.
A buddy of mine the other day got taken out by a 70 something odd bitty who didn't feel she needed to yield to a motorcycle when she pulled into traffic. Bam. The crappy part? He just picked up that bike brand new a day or two before and it was one of the virgin rides. He knew how to ride, had experience, just one hell of an unlucky day for him.
15 minutes is an awfully short period of time, and it was likely some stupid kid racing it. But to be honest, it COULD have been any of us. 15 minutes to wreck? Hell it only takes 1 stupid cager and about 2 seconds to total a bike. Not saying this is what I think happened, but it's possible.
And as for the whole "dealer not being responsible" bit. When in this country did we stop being respoinsible for our own actions? The guy who bought this bike was over 18, an adult, and if he wasn't aware of his own limitations and refused to buy a smaller bike then he's responsible for the choices he makes. It was a honda dealer, whats the guy supposed to say? "Umm smallest sportbike we sell is a 600, that's probably too much for you, you might want to go buy a Kawasaki instead." Yeah ok. People should take responsibility for their own choices and in the least research bikes a little before goinhg out and purchasing one. If it was in fact a first time younger rider do you really think he's going to listen to a dealer when all his friends are telling him anything less than a 600 is for girls and sissies? A 250 is about the best starter bike for anyone, but unless they bother to do the research to find that out, what are you supposed to do? Force them to buy what they don't want? Darwin will sort it out regardless.
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my first bike was a 92 gsxr 750. heavy as ****! i dropped it right after i gave the guy my cash. embarrassing, hell yeah. but i was careful not to hurt myself. i bought the bike to have a new experience in driving, but not to show off.. im pretty sure that's how the noob fuked up his bike... tryin to show off. well im sure he leearned his lesson. and i hope people out there ride SAFE!!! not to be a hypocrit but i was riding home drunk as ***!!! wooooo
