Someone linked to a story the other day of a guy that was found dead on his bike after failing to properly navigate a curve (or merge ramp or something).ceemes wrote:Personally I would like to see some sort of graduated licensing tied to both displacement and HP for new riders, something along the lines like they have or had in Japan.
All to often you read in your local rag about some kid who has just gotten his class 6 and a new 600 crotch rocket only to end up wrapping himself around a tree or light standard. Then you hear from his dad about how deadly bikes are and how they should be banned, even though the odds are daddy was the one who got him that fast bike in the first place.
It all too easy to get yourself in a hell of a lot of trouble when you match up limited experience or saddle time with next to unlimited HP. Novice riders IMHO should be limited to something like the old Honda CM 400's and not allowed to carry passengers, at least for their first season.
But since you already have gotten your 600, my advice is to take it slow and easy, polish up your basic skills and try to keep the bike well within you own performance envelope, coz the odds are right now, you bikes envelope is a lot greater then yours are. Better to be safe then sorry.
The sticker was still on his helmet and that led the cops to the shop.
Turned out he had bought his Yamaha RR bike earlier that day and killed himself in a solo accident on the ride home.
You have to be super, super, super careful on those things. Unintentional inputs and mistakes are apparently not tolerated too well on them.
