Big guy.. first bike.. help!

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PWNDLOL · #11 Unread post by **PWNDLOL** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:12 pm

what kind of bike is similar in body style to a gsx-r but a large bike that I would fit on? I would really like a sports style bike.

PWNDLOL · #12 Unread post by **PWNDLOL** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:16 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-Suzuk ... dZViewItem

What about something liek that, it looks a little taller.

jmillheiser · Thu May 04, 2006 2:17 pm

ANY street bike will support your weight. virtually all streetbikes are designed to carry a rider and passenger, the combined weight of driver and passenger typically exceeds 300lbs.

You mentioned that you were comfortable on the boulevard C50. The C50 would make a good first bike. it has around 50 hp and should have no problem carrying you around or maintaing speed.

Ill let you in on a little secret, sportbikes typically dont fit big guys very well. They are designed to fit the typical motorcycle racer, motorcycle road racers tend to be on the short side (as in 5'8" or shorter).

PWNDLOL · #14 Unread post by **PWNDLOL** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:17 pm

oops ment to post the 650 one

BigChickenStrips · Thu May 04, 2006 2:29 pm

im not quite as big as you, but i am 6'2" and 240lbs and im about to buy a kawi ninja 250R and it should be more than enough to get me where im going. not only that but its controlable enough to learn to ride the crap out of it. so when i decide i want to trade up (and by trade i mean buy a second bike and keep the ninja

) and get a gixxer 600 i will be able to tear it up like no ones buisness because i'll have good FUNdementals.

dont let the guy in the stealership tell you that you have to get a big bike to have fun. the 250 fits me a hell-of-a-lot better than the kawi 500 and is abotu 1/2 the price of the 650R, more if you count the difference on insurance. nice upright position so you arent consumating your relationship with the gas tank. also the resale value on it is pretty good.

wow. they should be paying me to advertise!

PWNDLOL · #16 Unread post by **PWNDLOL** » Thu May 04, 2006 2:40 pm

ill goto the dealer ship tomorrow and sit on all the stuff the have lying around. Since ive never rode before what should I look for when im sitting on the bike?

dieziege · #17 Unread post by **dieziege** » Thu May 04, 2006 3:18 pm

Sit on it like you are riding it. Feet on the pegs, hands on the bars so the wrists point back (not up too much), arms slightly bent, helmet on if possible, head looking down the road.... Chances are it'll be on a side stand... trust it or have someone hold the bike upright for you. You need your feet on the pegs. Why "helmet on"? I've tried helmets that fit fine when I was are sitting upright but when I humped the football the chinbar pressed into my..well... chin....

What Ryan said about the Ninja 250. I picked one up Monday so I'm not really unbiased, but I wanted to mention a story about it....

When I first started looking at bikes, the 250 was recommended so I went and sat on one. At the time I thought it was really awkward feeling and didn't like it. Not uncomfortable as in painful, but "not right"... in fact, if you go back through my postings on this forum you'll find a post where I dismiss the 250 from my list of possible bikes altogether. Then, as I sat on more bikes, I realized that the problem was not my knees or back or arms but in my head. My entire motorcycle sitting history was on large cruiser-biased standards with highway pegs and the like...

Since I picked it up I've been having a blast with my lil ninja....

Dragonhawk · Thu May 04, 2006 3:45 pm

PWNDLOL wrote:ill goto the dealer ship tomorrow and sit on all the stuff the have lying around. Since ive never rode before what should I look for when im sitting on the bike?

Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

Back up a minute.

That first reply you had from Scoutmedic was a very good one. You need to take care of a few other steps before you worry about the kind of bike you end up buying. Read the beginners guide on this site at: http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/school.htm

Also, read my page here:
www.CaliforniaBikeNights.com/learn

Educate yourself on where to get training and what kind of gear to buy and when to get your liscense and all of that stuff first. This is a step-by-step process and if you do things out of order, you will only make it harder on yourself.

You want to go to a dealer and look at bikes? Cool. Fine. Go ahead. Please do. I know how exciting that is. But do yourself a favor and read over some of these beginner guides before you actually buy anything.

dieziege · #19 Unread post by **dieziege** » Thu May 04, 2006 5:21 pm

It takes as long or longer to shop for a bike as to finish the MSF course... you may as well start now.

PWNDLOL · #20 Unread post by **PWNDLOL** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:58 pm

no, im not going to buy one tomorrow, im just trying to see some of these bikes in person instead of pictures on the internet