Motorcycle Opinions Wanted

[Vixandra]

I've always wanted a motorcycle and now that I'm settled back Stateside, I'm determined to get one.

This will be a starter bike, the one I learn on. The one I'll probalbly lay over at least once while learning to ride. The one I'll ding in the learning process.
So I'm not spending a lot on it.
Would prefer to buy a new/newer one that's light and easy to handle. Not too much horsepower (or the motorcylce equivelant).

So, any recommendations?
I do a round trip commute of 80 miles 3-5 days a week (depending on overtime). So need something freeway worthy.
Thanks everyone!

 

[Lilith]

This might be of use.

 

[Vixandra]

Thanks Lilith.

Was looking at the Hondas on thier web site. Probably going to swing by one of thier stores next time I'm in an area that has one. (I'm about 1/2 hour North and South of all the good stuff, lol).

 

[Guest]

I've always wanted a motorcycle and now that I'm settled back Stateside, I'm determined to get one.

This will be a starter bike, the one I learn on. The one I'll probalbly lay over at least once while learning to ride. The one I'll ding in the learning process.
So I'm not spending a lot on it.
Would prefer to buy a new/newer one that's light and easy to handle. Not too much horsepower (or the motorcylce equivelant).

So, any recommendations?
I do a round trip commute of 80 miles 3-5 days a week (depending on overtime). So need something freeway worthy.
Thanks everyone!

Oh GOODY..Another excuse to give out free advice...

Hmmmmm..

After umpteen years of riding the iron horse... I can whole heartedly, and without reservation, recommend two different bikes...
Okee... first I have to disabuse you of a couple of things..
First is that whole weight issue... If you want a "freeway" bike (I'm assuming you mean 4 to 6 lanes) Weight can be a comforting thing.... Especially if, like me, you've ever had a wind gust move you all the way into the next lane over. At 60 MPH.. Before you could stop it.
Frankly...Unless you're a guy with a lot of upper body strength...You aren't going to horse around a freeway bike by yourself..No biggy...Most of the people riding the things can't either..
Whether it's a car or a boat or a bike..Horsepower is horsepower...
I've seen people get themselves into trouble by rolling on the throttle at inappropriate moments ...On REALLY tiny machines... And big ones too..

If you can find one.. Now remember...this is "stature critical".. A Kawasaki 440LTD..Is probably on of the best womens "starter bikes" that I can think of..
*grin* I actually owned and rode one for about three years..
It has a road to seat height that most women will find comfortable..And a riding position that won't have you popping your back after an hour in the saddle..
It handles easily and is more than maneuverable enough for bopping around in the downtown..

The Honda CB series.... 650cc... You would be hard pressed to find a more rock hard dependable, comfortable, and easy to ride set of bikes..
I personally owned a CB650C... It ranks as one of my favorite all time bikes..
Hondas are just frankly easy to ride...

Try and ovoid the "sport bikes" until you have some experience. Remember, bikes are always easier to re-sell than cars... So you can "trade up" later..
Sport bikes have a riding position that is designed for going about 120 MPH...Not something you exactly need... And that same position will KILL your back after a couple of hours in the saddle..

Oh, and don't expect to "lay it down"... It's really not as hard as people starting out expect... *grin* Though these days a little "healthy paranoia" is a useful thing..
You WILL learn to HATE little old blue haired ladies.. They will kill you and not either notice..Or particualrly care..
And you WILL come to the realization that both Mercedes and Cadillacs cause their drivers to suffer some odd form of retardation.. And blindness..

Good luck..

 

[Vixandra]

My father has a Honda and really likes it plus I've heard good things about them.

Guess I shouldn't have said I expect to lay a bike over, however a lot of people in my family in tx ride and that's one of the common issues. Had an uncle lay his bike down to slide under a F250 cause the idiot pulled out of a parking lot into him.
So laying a bike over in traffic tends to be my "omfg!" type of thing.
That and motorcycle vs semi but that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish.

I work as an ambulance dispatcher, I've a very real idea of what bikes face on So Cal road ways. Trust me. I dispatch in the areas I commute through and I get reports and occasional photos of tc's from my crews. Some of them are just plain messy.

And I watch motorcyclists do some of the stupidist things on the road here, like popping wheelies going 75+mph on the I91. Fun as hell to watch (can't help it, was a crappy day and the tricks brightened it) but dangerous too.

Also need to find a bike course out here if I can't bribe a friend of mine into teaching me.

 

[Guest]

My father has a Honda and really likes it plus I've heard good things about them.

Guess I shouldn't have said I expect to lay a bike over, however a lot of people in my family in tx ride and that's one of the common issues. Had an uncle lay his bike down to slide under a F250 cause the idiot pulled out of a parking lot into him.
So laying a bike over in traffic tends to be my "omfg!" type of thing.
That and motorcycle vs semi but that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish.

I work as an ambulance dispatcher, I've a very real idea of what bikes face on So Cal road ways. Trust me. I dispatch in the areas I commute through and I get reports and occasional photos of tc's from my crews. Some of them are just plain messy.

And I watch motorcyclists do some of the stupidist things on the road here, like popping wheelies going 75+mph on the I91. Fun as hell to watch (can't help it, was a crappy day and the tricks brightened it) but dangerous too.

Also need to find a bike course out here if I can't bribe a friend of mine into teaching me.

Nah...it's NOT an OMFG moment...You don't have that much time...
You'll be too busy trying to do something to stay alive...
Trust me ...I know....
Fun is...(not) Coming around a blind curve on a backroad and finding a Godsdamned schoolbus stopped in the middle of the road... WHile going about 45....Just having gotten the next gear and accelerating hard....
Took a patch off the bottom of one of my boots trying to keep the bike up while climbing ALL over the brakes... Even managed to downshift two gears..
Stopped about five feet from the back of it... You will notice that a school bus bumper is just about shoulder level.
It is......Invigorating...Once you stop shaking..

 

[leeroy jenkins]

What ever you do just becareful. When on the bike you have alot less steel and plastic to protect you then in your average car.

 

[Shankara20]

Nah...it's NOT an OMFG moment...You don't have that much time...
You'll be too busy trying to do something to stay alive...
Trust me ...I know....
Fun is...(not) Coming around a blind curve on a backroad and finding a Godsdamned schoolbus stopped in the middle of the road... WHile going about 45....Just having gotten the next gear and accelerating hard....
Took a patch off the bottom of one of my boots trying to keep the bike up while climbing ALL over the brakes... Even managed to downshift two gears..
Stopped about five feet from the back of it... You will notice that a school bus bumper is just about shoulder level.
It is......Invigorating...Once you stop shaking..

Invigorating... yes

like roaring down the two lane country road at 90 mph riding the white line when a german shepherd runs barking from the bushes along the shoulder of road toward your front tire....

heart in throat - breathe stops - balls suck up into your body

and you pass the dog with about 6" to spare.

that was years ago and it was the very last time I rode without a helmet.

Invigorating indeed, EKVITKAR - I love my bike, thank for that story.

Vixandra have a great time finding yours.

Make sure someone you trust teaches you how to counter-steer. It might help when you find a school bus round that next corner.

 

[FurryFury]

Try out more than one. You know, do a test drive. The one that vibrates the best between your thighs is the RIGHT one!

*winks*

Fury

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

Try out more than one. You know, do a test drive. The one that vibrates the best between your thighs is the RIGHT one!

*winks*

Fury

I just like the shiny ones that go vrooooooooooooooooooom

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?p=15231793

Post No # 625

 

[Shankara20]

I just like the shiny ones that go vrooooooooooooooooooom

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?p=15231793

Post No # 625

want'a for vrooooooooooooooooooooom with me like this?

https://forum.literotica.com/showpost.php?p=15483557&postcount=55

 

[wolf2002]

What kinda bike you're interested in? Chopper, touring bike etc... Touring bikes are comfortable but choppers have WAY more cool shiny chrome...

For a chopper, I'd recommend as a starter bike a Yamaha Virago or, if you prefer a newer model, the Dragstar (fi 650 cc)... both lovely rides, and quite hard to lay over...

 

[Vixandra]

Not looking for a touring bike, mainly because of the cost.
Don't have that much money to spare, lol.


Furry- I know that! LOL
Isn't that the entire point?

 

[Shankara20]

What kinda bike you're interested in? Chopper, touring bike etc... Touring bikes are comfortable but choppers have WAY more cool shiny chrome...

For a chopper, I'd recommend as a starter bike a Yamaha Virago or, if you prefer a newer model, the Dragstar (fi 650 cc)... both lovely rides, and quite hard to lay over...

A newer smaller Virago like the 250? the 535? the 750?

I ride a '92 1100 Virago that I have had for 12 years now. A great bike, but a bit large to start out on.

 

[Lightheart]

You're on the right track for a starter bike, small and low-horsepower make it a lot easier to learn. My dad laid his Harley Davidson Sportster over in the first two weeks he owned it and separated his shoulder trying to catch it. There are two lessons to be learned from this -- start small and never try to stop a falling motorcycle. A few scratches on the bike aren't as bad as a separated shoulder or broken arm.

I'd personally suggest getting a pre-crotch rocket Honda to learn on. They're easy to handle and won't get out of control, but are still a thrill while you're learning.

 

[FurryFury]

Not looking for a touring bike, mainly because of the cost.
Don't have that much money to spare, lol.


Furry- I know that! LOL
Isn't that the entire point?

That and the SPEED are the entire point!!!

Fury

 

[wolf2002]

I ride a '92 1100 Virago that I have had for 12 years now. A great bike, but a bit large to start out on.

The smaller ones aren't freeway worthy I think... a 750 would make a great girly bike... I drive one myself

 

[Vixandra]

I know well the lesson of "its cheaper and less painful to repair the paint job then it is to repair me."
Learned it with my truck and am a firm believer of it.

 

[ppaddleman]

Invigorating... yes

like roaring down the two lane country road at 90 mph riding the white line when a german shepherd runs barking from the bushes along the shoulder of road toward your front tire....

heart in throat - breathe stops - balls suck up into your body

and you pass the dog with about 6" to spare.

that was years ago and it was the very last time I rode without a helmet.

Invigorating indeed, EKVITKAR - I love my bike, thank for that story.

Vixandra have a great time finding yours.

Make sure someone you trust teaches you how to counter-steer. It might help when you find a school bus round that next corner.

If the grman sheperd's a problem carry a bull terrier on your pillion seat