took the test
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From: Milwaukee
RE: took the test
ORIGINAL: PlayfulGod
LOL@some of yall saying a crusier can out manuver a sportbike going slow. If so you all need to relearn a few things.
Like I said b4, if you cant ride at -1mph you cant ride at all IMO. Any moroon can go 100mph.
LOL@some of yall saying a crusier can out manuver a sportbike going slow. If so you all need to relearn a few things.
Like I said b4, if you cant ride at -1mph you cant ride at all IMO. Any moroon can go 100mph.
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From: Gainesville, FL
RE: took the test
I don't know about you guys, but I took my MSF on a 250 honda rebel (cruiser) and i passed fine. But at that point there was no way I could pass the test on my CBR, the figure 8 would have eaten me up, even now I think it would be hard.
CBRs have a larger turning radius then a 250 cruiser, the bars don't turn that far. Turning at speed is alot eaiser then turning in a parking lot for a CBR. Yes it can be done, but your bars are going to be almost turned as far as they go, so if you start to fall in your only option is to gas it or put a foot down, plus throttle sensitivity on a CBR is touchier then a 250.
why do you think everyone says not to get a sport bike first, BECAUSE THEY ARE HARDER TO CONTROL, once you can control them they are amazing (at what they are designed for, which is not figure 8s in parking lots and dodging cones)
CBRs have a larger turning radius then a 250 cruiser, the bars don't turn that far. Turning at speed is alot eaiser then turning in a parking lot for a CBR. Yes it can be done, but your bars are going to be almost turned as far as they go, so if you start to fall in your only option is to gas it or put a foot down, plus throttle sensitivity on a CBR is touchier then a 250.
why do you think everyone says not to get a sport bike first, BECAUSE THEY ARE HARDER TO CONTROL, once you can control them they are amazing (at what they are designed for, which is not figure 8s in parking lots and dodging cones)
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From: Conyers, GA
RE: took the test
True dat ... most sportbikes are built steering negative or at best steering neutral. Makes for crappier slow speed handling especially with a touchy throttle. But the throttle issue is easily solved by just starting in 2nd.
The best curve handling bikes in the world (GPs) are so twitchy that they occasionally loose it on the straights ... but like a fighter jet, the more unstable it is the better it handles.
The best curve handling bikes in the world (GPs) are so twitchy that they occasionally loose it on the straights ... but like a fighter jet, the more unstable it is the better it handles.
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From: Middletown OH
RE: took the test
wow didnt expect 2 pages on this thread...I was goign good through the cones until #3, I made it but put my foot down after it and then hit the 4th cone....and the u turn, I make then daily at very slow speeds so there was no excuse for me to put my foot down...
I'll get it next thursday, with my riding experience I am still pissed that I failed the first time...
and on a side note, I almost didnt even get to take the tes, the cop didnt like my front turn signals and he said he could flunk me for that but he let it slide....
I'll get it next thursday, with my riding experience I am still pissed that I failed the first time...
and on a side note, I almost didnt even get to take the tes, the cop didnt like my front turn signals and he said he could flunk me for that but he let it slide....
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From: Dalton, GA
RE: took the test
ORIGINAL: Gville George
I don't know about you guys, but I took my MSF on a 250 honda rebel (cruiser) and i passed fine. But at that point there was no way I could pass the test on my CBR, the figure 8 would have eaten me up, even now I think it would be hard.
CBRs have a larger turning radius then a 250 cruiser, the bars don't turn that far. Turning at speed is alot eaiser then turning in a parking lot for a CBR. Yes it can be done, but your bars are going to be almost turned as far as they go, so if you start to fall in your only option is to gas it or put a foot down, plus throttle sensitivity on a CBR is touchier then a 250.
why do you think everyone says not to get a sport bike first, BECAUSE THEY ARE HARDER TO CONTROL, once you can control them they are amazing (at what they are designed for, which is not figure 8s in parking lots and dodging cones)
I don't know about you guys, but I took my MSF on a 250 honda rebel (cruiser) and i passed fine. But at that point there was no way I could pass the test on my CBR, the figure 8 would have eaten me up, even now I think it would be hard.
CBRs have a larger turning radius then a 250 cruiser, the bars don't turn that far. Turning at speed is alot eaiser then turning in a parking lot for a CBR. Yes it can be done, but your bars are going to be almost turned as far as they go, so if you start to fall in your only option is to gas it or put a foot down, plus throttle sensitivity on a CBR is touchier then a 250.
why do you think everyone says not to get a sport bike first, BECAUSE THEY ARE HARDER TO CONTROL, once you can control them they are amazing (at what they are designed for, which is not figure 8s in parking lots and dodging cones)
get out there n practive ppl.
