03-11-2008, 02:04 AM | #11 |
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So ebbs, after reading all that, I guess I fucked up. Damnit. Whatever will I do now?
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03-11-2008, 02:13 AM | #12 |
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03-11-2008, 05:46 AM | #13 |
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They were for me. So fuck you and that article. I turned out alright.
I bet Ebbs didn't even read all that.
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03-11-2008, 10:36 AM | #14 |
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There is an exception to every rule. As a general rule of thumb and in a perfect world, every rider would start on a small bike and work their way up.
Now does that always happen? No. I do know of some riders who have started out on 600cc or 1000cc sportbikes and became great riders. Of course being a MSF instructor, I also deal with at least two or three students every weekend who come to the class with a brand new "GSXR1000ZX10RR" as their first bike and have already wrecked it. Sometimes more then once. I always tell students, would you buy your 16 year old child a twin turbo Dodge Viper for a first car? No? Then why would you want a "GSXR1000ZX10RR" for your first bike? I really wish we had a stacked riding system like they do overseas. Where you have to have a 250cc for a year before you can move to a 500cc. Then you have to have that for a year before you can move up. I think that would prevent alot of accidents. Sure the riders maturity level has alot to do with how well they learn on a sportbike. But if a rider gets into a panic situation and accidently rolls on the throttle in a corner on a 500cc bike, the bike is going to react alot differently then a 1000cc bike in that same situation. Someonce once told me a 600cc sportbike wants to kill you. A 1000cc sportbike will try to kill you.
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03-11-2008, 10:41 AM | #15 | |
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You are absolutely correct about the maturity of the rider. And, what I tell people... traffic is already out there trying to inadvertently kill you. Why help them?
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03-11-2008, 10:42 AM | #16 |
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Didn't through the "War and Peace" version, but I agree, I think. But there are exceptions (and I'm one of them)
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I'm with ya. We need tiered licensing.
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03-11-2008, 02:32 PM | #18 |
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