About 3 years back, my friend has a gsxr 600 and a nina 250 and he let me ride his ninja 250. I had been wanting to buy a bike and get a license for a long time and this seemed like the opportunity for me to find out if a bike was really up my ally.
I had absolutely zero experience riding and no license, but I did have the safety equipment I needed. We rode around town and it was fun in all until we got to a mall parking lot and I made a newbie mistake.
I saw a potholl and i was making a 90* right term and managed to lay the bike down at about 3-5 mph. Not too much damage, but I hurt my ankle pretty good as I tried to stick my foot down and keep the bike from falling.
Long story short, that shook me up about bikes so i decided to stay away.
I'm back now and I am ready to start riding again.
But, I definately want to start out on a beginners bike so I can learn the tricks of the trade. I am trying to stayin the 1500-2500 dollar price range and stay away from a brand new bike (im afraid im going drop it, I don't wanna drop my baby)
.I plan to ride a sport bike as a main bike in the future, so is it best to start off with something like a ninja250? Or are there other bikes that are even better for teaching essential skills. I have been reading about countersteering and I am just dumbfounded. I don't recall doing that during my first trip on a bike, but who knows. I also plan to take a motorcyle safety course here in the near future (as soon as i find one).
All suggestions for inexpensive beginner bikes would be greatly appreciated! All bikes that get really good gas mileage are a plus.
to TMW.