Riding isn't very difficult.metalhead0216 wrote:i know asking if its a good begginer bike is a stupid question but i knda just jumped into this with no research at all me and my friends wich only one of them has ever riden a bike went to look at bikes and they tell me this deal is good and doesnt come around often so i bought it a little stupid i know now i wasnt inormed that it was very diffecult to ride a bike hats off to all who do know how ty for the responce
There are a few reasons you're finding it very difficult:
1) You have no idea what you're doing.
2) That bike, a supersport, is designed expressly to translate even the most subtle inputs of the rider into movement. It's designed to do this very quickly.
See, a bike like a Ninja 500 or V-Star 650 or whatnot is a forgiving bike. This means that the bike does not have razor-sharp steering, super sensitive brakes, incredible amounts of power, or a very high center of gravity. Your ZR-7S has all of these things. When you make a small mistake (as we all do, especially when starting out) on a supersport bike, the bike immediately translates that mistake into motion. Sometimes this is violent motion, as you have already discovered since you laid the bike down. The amount of power the bike has just exacerbates the violence with which the bike will respond to your inputs; the power itself is not the only factor that makes it dangerous.
Your options are well-outlined above. I think that if you sign up for and take the MSF class, you will realize almost immediately that a smaller, more forgiving bike is significantly easier to manage.
Riding isn't hard. When you're on the right bike.
