My carhop friend came back out and told me, "He's in there talking smack saying that you're only riding a Ninja 500. He laughed when I told him it was a 250 and said something about a scooter."
I wa still enjoying my coffee when he came back out and looked at me and said, "Nice bike."
"Thanks."
"Kinda small, ain't it?"
"It'll go fast enough to kill me--anythng over that is, quite literally, overkill. Besides, it's my first bike, not my last."
"Shoulda started on a 600 or 750 or something. They're better."
"By better, do you mean faster or is there some inherent value in having a bigger engine and more weight to manage while you're still new to riding and learning? This 250 gets me around town just fine, has enough power to get moving when I need it to, and stops and turns on a dime. What's so much better about a 600? It'll pull the front tire off the road and then you're riding a 500 pound unicycle?"
"It's just a better bike is all."
"On the track, I'm sure, but here in town it does the trick pretty good and it's actually a lot of fun to ride."
"I doubt it. Too slow."
"Meh, feel free to buy me a bigger bike if you're so unhappy with it."
"Yeah right. Whatever."
He then got his gear on and jerked the bike pretty badly trying to take off quickly in the parking lot, and then almost spilled making his right-hand turn back onto the street. My friend came out laughing because apparently that was pretty much on par with his usual exits on his bike. He tends to almost dump his bike a lot according to her and some of the other people that work there. Either jerking in the corners a lot when he leans the bike or spinning the rear wheel on a take-off or stuff like that. Maybe I'll loan him my 250 when I get something else.
) at the ducati dealership about a week ago.
