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Same thing about the European Exam for me, now I am training alone. A lot of morons, but things are getting better. A lot of riders without license, the most popular bike is Yamaha R1, recommended first (and sometimes the last) bike..

Think your own head, do you really feel like you are ready for ...

Funny, my 'high standard European License' consisted of me paying the $1000 for the mandatory '26 hours' of training. That was followed by about 5 hours of parking lot training where I rode around in circles by myself, and a parking lot test in which the examiner didn't even watch me (was talking ...

Dude, I'm happy for you that you got your license. Seriously. But you tend to come in here with a chip on your shoulder, then someone knocks the chip off and the flame wars ensue. What would you expect?



U know I/we could go on forever with this discussion. I openly agreed with ...

Glad to hear about the license. However, since you keep bringing this point up I can't help but ask. How do you think you'd do on a 600cc sportbike before taking any of that instruction?

It may not be a possibility in Europe, but it's a common reality in the States. It's not uncommon for people to ...

Yep after nine months of lessons, four exams, 2000 euros in cost, tactical emergency manouvers, 40 one hour lessons I finally got my license today.

Its just insane. I can now turn a narrow corner and 90KMh and almost scrape my boots and ive just managed to get a license???

And if there is anyone ...

I have no idea what you were doing. If you had your feet down, walking the bike, then you shouldn't have dropped it unless the bike is too heavy for you.

Not necessarily. If he didn't expect the bike to DIVE for the ground when he squeezed the front brake lever with the front wheel turned, he ...

What they all said plus you may have been turning too sharply. I put down my new FZ1 two weeks ago while practicing my u-turns and figure 8's. I tried to use the front brake to control my speed. Bike started to go and I just couldn't hold it. It all happened so quickly at 5mph or less. I have also ...

I was riding the bike from the garage to the front door at walking speed so I could park the bike at the front and put my gear on while the engine was warming up.

I was just about to turn right to park and I suddenly had the bike on the ground. Honestly I have no clue what happened. I was so slow ...

Simple. Copy this ".gif" to your PC, then use MS Paint (or whatever) to shade the states you've ridden in.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/ZooTech/USA.gif

Here's mine (pathetic but growing!):

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v216/ZooTech/USA-1.gif

Zoo,

why dont you do the same ...

i actually meant Suzuki GS500F (a little underpowered) not GS600F sorry.

im 5'10" about 190 pounds don't know about the inseam.

of all those bikes id still prefer the Katana. it looks great, has a nice riding position, and i can get a good used one for about 2-3 grand. but after reading about the ...