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jmillheiser · Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:07 pm

There is something to be said for the convenice of a cage when you need to haul around more than just yourself and a passenger. Plus cages are nice for when it gets cold and/or snowy.

Could always buy a beater cage and a nice bike. Ride the bike and leave the cage parked, but at least then you have the cage for the few times you might need it.

PK · #22 Unread post by PK » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:43 am

When I took my MSF course this year, the old guys in the course only lost on average 1 -3 points. The young guys (16 year olds with virtually no car experience) lost between 8 -10. I think it has something to do with road smarts gathered over years of experience. To suggest that a 15 year old with no experience get a 600 sport bike is ridiculous. Just my 2 cents.

Gilfy650a · Sun Sep 18, 2005 7:07 am

I would venture to say, wait till you're 20 to get a bike, (personally) had i started riding at 18 i would be dead right now. I got my bike at 20 and had the presence of mind to not kill myself.

Also i would heartily agree that experince in a car is extremely important, if your parents let you use your car in some local scca autocross/ SOLO2 racing DO SO. It will teach you gobs of car control, and let you explore the limits of your cars handling safley on closed courses. Plus its SUPER FUN.

Then once you understand how to drive your car, you can safly move to a bike, if you can keep your wrist out of it.

Mag7C · #24 Unread post by **Mag7C** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:53 am

Gilfy650a wrote:I would venture to say, wait till you're 20 to get a bike, (personally) had i started riding at 18 i would be dead right now. I got my bike at 20 and had the presence of mind to not kill myself.

I don't know about that. I got mine just over a year ago at 17, and I'm not dead yet. I feel safer on the bike than I do in a car.

Gilfy650a · Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:28 pm

i suppose it just depends on maturity then... though i do agree with you i feel alot safer on a bike than in a car.

Too bad mine is decomissiond currently.

Keyoke · #26 Unread post by **Keyoke** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:01 am

Difficult for me to understand this situation fully, my dad gave me my first "real" bike (Suzuki GT185) at about the age of 11. Followed by helping me out with insurance on my first road bike (Kwak KE125) and buying me my first "big" bike (FZ750) after i'd passed my test.

They were both in a bike club since I was 9, so i was pretty much brought up around and on bikes. With all this bike background, it would have been quite strange for me to do anything other than get on two wheels at the first available opportunity...