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camthepyro wrote:That pic of the surfer isn't real is it? That wave ( if it's real) is like 70 feet high. Oh, and congrats on the bike, but make sure you take it easy.

A few weeks ago (or a month...don't remember)...we had a really strong storm swell come in that gave us 25-30ft waves. They were apparently around 45 feet a little further south in Mexico.....

Those big wave riders are craaaaazy...

You will need to be extremely careful on that bike. Straight out of the MSF you don't want a bike like that to learn on. The R6 would make an excelent second or third bike. I would personally put that guy aside for a year or two and pick up somthing smaller in the 250-500cc range. You're limbs will thank you later.

My budget wont allow any more bikes. The only reason i got this one is because of my good buddy. Its not my primary mode of transportation, and I realized the risk of getting it before I decided to purchase it. I'll be careful when I ride but the only way i'm going to learn is to ride.

See I can never understand why people believe they know more than experienced riders. The R6 is likely to kill you. How old are you? How well is you're self restraint?

I am telling you right now straight up: The R6 is NOT a bike to even *think* about beginning on. Yes there are the very slim few who actually manage to learn on it but those numbers are drown out by the incredably large amount of poor souls who wish they had began on a more forgiving bike.


Put her down for another day and make room in you're budget for another bike. Or better yet sell this one and pick up a different bike. You are making a bad decision starting on this bike. Just keep in mind you are not only a risk to you're self but others around you.


But HEY! What do I know? You are obviously a much more experienced rider than half the people on this board, as well as myself!

i started on a gixxer1000.

i learned the basics on it.

have i mastered the basics? nope.

it's not impsossible to start on a superbike. it's just more risky.

i won't recommend it but i just don't like it when people say it's impossible.

MattL wrote:But HEY! What do I know? You are obviously a much more experienced rider than half the people on this board, as well as myself!

Down boy!

Buddy of mine started on a Honda Super Hawk (1000cc), and he'd never sat on a bike, never driven a stick, and never took the MSF course. You know that rotating cylinder on the end of the right handlebar? That's a throttle. A variable throttle, not an ON/OFF switch. If you twist it just a little, the engine puts out just a little power. Easy.

I'm not sure about you're personal experiences but I have lost three close friends on bikes because they thought they could handle power. The old saying "Just because it's there doesn't mean you will use it" doesn't allways apply. What happens when you get scared accadentially? What happens if you hit a pot hole and get scared? What if you get so full if you're self and think you have mastered you're bike? Well thats when it happens. And it isn't allways pretty.

MattL wrote:I'm not sure about you're personal experiences but I have lost three close friends on bikes because they thought they could handle power. The old saying "Just because it's there doesn't mean you will use it" doesn't allways apply. What happens when you get scared accadentially? What happens if you hit a pot hole and get scared? What if you get so full if you're self and think you have mastered you're bike? Well thats when it happens. And it isn't allways pretty.

Not the bike's fault. It's called self control. And I've mentioned installing a throttle stop on such bikes during the learning process and people act like I'm speaking Chinese or something.

MattL wrote:I'm not sure about you're personal experiences but I have lost three close friends on bikes because they thought they could handle power. The old saying "Just because it's there doesn't mean you will use it" doesn't allways apply. What happens when you get scared accadentially? What happens if you hit a pot hole and get scared? What if you get so full if you're self and think you have mastered you're bike? Well thats when it happens. And it isn't allways pretty.

i understand you.

like i said, even though i say it's not impossible, i don't recommend it. but in the end it's still their choice to make.

honestly speaking... if had joined this forum before i bought a bike AND IF AND ONLY IF the 2006 aprilia RS125 R can be bought here in CA, i would have started on that.

*drools*

ZooTech wrote:

MattL wrote:I'm not sure about you're personal experiences but I have lost three close friends on bikes because they thought they could handle power. The old saying "Just because it's there doesn't mean you will use it" doesn't allways apply. What happens when you get scared accadentially? What happens if you hit a pot hole and get scared? What if you get so full if you're self and think you have mastered you're bike? Well thats when it happens. And it isn't allways pretty.

Not the bike's fault. It's called self control. And I've mentioned installing a throttle stop on such bikes during the learning process and people act like I'm speaking Chinese or something.

That's fine.


We all seem to have rather conflicting views as to what may be acceptable in the learning process but yes I do understand it is in the end, his decision - I was mearley trying to help him make the right one as were you.

However, I feel you are wrong when you say "Not the bike's fault. It's called self control." Because there is only so much self control will help you with. Anyone can accadentially jump on it too hard and it may not be too forgiving.


No one will win this one, lets just let it be.