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Heya all, ive been lurking around the site for a few days... diffently the best resource for M/C ive been to. You guys rock!

Im hoping to take my test and beginners course within the year, but I might have to wait a little longer since finances are very, very strapped with being a student and all.

Anyone on the boards from West Texas/New Mexico area? I've always kinda wondered why this city dosn't have more motorcycles speeding around... With barnett harley davidson on the otherside and all... I guess its the aggressive desert heat.

Well I hope to join you all on the road asap!

Koss wrote:Heya all, ive been lurking around the site for a few days... diffently the best resource for M/C ive been to. You guys rock!

:wecome: Koss!

Thanks so much for the complements to the community, you're the man!

Great idea to take your motorcycle safety course, it is one you won't regret. In some areas you can get your learners quite cheap so you have it before your course. But don't be tempted to go out on a bike without taking the safety course first as you can easily develop bad habits.

Anyone on the boards from West Texas/New Mexico area? Yup, you bettcha! All in the forums as well as in the United States of America - Local Motorcycle Forum - too.

Thanks for joining, have fun and enjoy!



Mike

Welcome aboard! Enjoy the forums.

Cheers,
Loonette

Welcome Koss. The MSF class won't set you back too much. Skip a couple of movies and a few beers and you'll be set. You'll be very glad you did... and despite the fact that some folks skip the class and learn on their own, you'll be glad you took it. It'll give you a good knowledge base for safe riding that you'll be able to draw on when you need it.

Thanks for the welcome guys. I diffently want to do things right... even though Ive had four or five years experience dirt biking, its much different than experiencing how invisible you can become on the road with abunch of clueless cagers. Ive ridden a little time in the back roads getting to and from the desert for offroading, and even then I had people just ignore that Im on a bike and zoom by me. So Ive always respected riders when it comes to giving them space and watching to make I don't endanger them while driving. Either way I know taking the courses can only help me... Its possible I may have developed bad habits... but I won't know until someone else sees my riding style.

Yea, it will be alot easier for me to hold off getting a bike, with riding season full swing (even though west texas dosn't see much cold weather, all sunshine) so very, very few used bikes for sale. Ill keep my eye open on the used standard motorcycle market, but I neither have the means, nor the will to buy before I get the courses and license done.

Hey Koss,

Glad you joined up. You are going to be hopelesley addicted to riding.

Toyuzu wrote:Hey Koss,

Glad you joined up. You are going to be hopelesley addicted to riding.

Oh yea! I can feel it!

I had to sell my old 2 stroke to fix something on my car a few years ago... and man have I never felt such a great loss and huge void in my life. I need to get back into the saddle, this time rejoice as I hope to include it more deeply in my life and commute daily with a bike. I am honestly thinking about getting a used 250cc or 650/750(althought I think 750 is kinda pushing it... 650 would be fun though ) nighthawk. I love those bikes.

Yeah, I like the nighthawks too. The 650 had some features that the 750 lacked. It was kind of an "up-scale" model. It had a shaft drive, and better instrumentation than the 750 I believe.

I had three street bikes, and loved riding, but I had a bad back injury, and the pain forced me to stop riding about 7 years ago. I've healed now, and I'm back in the "saddle". I don't know how I survived the intervening 6 years, but the important thing is that I'm riding again.

Toyuzu wrote:Yeah, I like the nighthawks too. The 650 had some features that the 750 lacked. It was kind of an "up-scale" model. It had a shaft drive, and better instrumentation than the 750 I believe.

I had three street bikes, and loved riding, but I had a bad back injury, and the pain forced me to stop riding about 7 years ago. I've healed now, and I'm back in the "saddle". I don't know how I survived the intervening 6 years, but the important thing is that I'm riding again.

Im glad you are able to ride again, and hope you have many enjoyable rides ahead of ya!

Thats cool about the 650's, thats the bike I really want, but if I come across any other nighthawks I dunno if I could retain myself lol!

Any suggestions on what other bikes I might be interested in, since I like the style of the nighthawk so much. I would prefer a twin, but a single I don't think would really bother me that much. I looked at the honda shadow, and would love it... but I dunno if I really like the idea of having 4 gears to play around with. The vulcans look pretty cool too.

Suggestions for other bikes? Anything with two wheels! Realistically though, try to start out with something "tame" at first. Avoid big power bikes. They will tend to leave you seated on the asphalt after twisting the throttle just a hair.

Check out our New Biker Forum. There are some good threads there which provide info for first bike purchases.