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If its available you might want to grab a dual sport when you take your MSF cousre. Barring that grab a nighthawk.

I took my MSF cousre on a dual sport and in general had a much easier time manuvering the bike than the folks who grabbed the GZ250s and rebels.

jmillheiser wrote:If its available you might want to grab a dual sport when you take your MSF cousre. Barring that grab a nighthawk.

I took my MSF cousre on a dual sport and in general had a much easier time manuvering the bike than the folks who grabbed the GZ250s and rebels.

most dual sports have high seat heights... but if they have something i can flat foot. i'll go for it instead of the nighthawk.

thanks.

the little dual sports they use in the MSF course have pretty low seats, would probably be a tad lower than your gixxers seat

I just want to make a few comments. For those who are telling him to practice the (California)DMV circle, especially people who havent rode in the circle, relax.

I heard of CHP motorcycle cops doing the DMV circle on their Goldwings, as if you are less of a man if you have trouble doing it on your sportbike. Its like some sort of an ego argument.

The fact is, the DMV circle is very difficult for beginners, especially beginners on top heavy sportbikes. I know this, because I have practiced on it for hours. Its tough.

My advice to VermX is to take it slowly, learning how to ride profiecently is a long process. You will need to be good at counter-balancing your bike in order to do the DMV circle.

Dont practice your counter-balancing at first in the DMV circle, you will drop your gixxer. Practice your counter-balancing in a emtpy parking lot, doing wider circles at first. As you become more confident with it, make sure and push your comfortable limits back a little further each time you practice.

After you feel very confident counter-balancing your gixxer, then practice at the DMV. Dont rush it, you will likely end up dropping your bike if your not ready.

Dont feel bad if you cant do the DMV circle yet, it does take practice.

:delete me:

LOL... the DMV Circle... It sounds like a torture device!

In wyoming they use a box that is the size of a standard parking space. Not terribly difficult on a dual sport or a standard, can be tricky on a sportbike.