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Someone I was recently introduced to went and bought a CBR1000R as his first bike. Of course he hadn't done any research, but, instead listened to the boneheaded advice of his "friends", the likes of which you all here have heard before...i.e., you'll outgrow it...you'll get bored on a small bike...etc...

He says he already bought it...might as well learn to ride it....I told him...no matter how far down the wrong road you've gone...turn back...I directed him here...

Quite obviously way too much bike for a first bike. How do you encourage someone to "start over" when they already bought the wrong bike????

im more worried about his friends.

bec unlike him, i don't have friends like that so i take my time to learn.

if he really doesn't wanna get rid of it, he should learn to excercise a lot of restraint.

like i said, im more worried about his friends... you should try to teach him to take it easy and don't try the stuff his friends does since he's just starting and he chose a powerful bike.

Peer pressure sucks.
Vermilion is right. I'm sure if he does it right, he won't kill himself right away on that bike. However, if 3 days into riding it his friends try to get him to race or whathaveyou, could spell problems.
You could be his good conscience and steer him in the right direction. You already did the first step which was guiding him here.

VermilionX wrote:im more worried about his friends.

bec unlike him, i don't have friends like that so i take my time to learn.

if he really doesn't wanna get rid of it, he should learn to excercise a lot of restraint.

like i said, im more worried about his friends... you should try to teach him to take it easy and don't try the stuff his friends does since he's just starting and he chose a powerful bike.

ya your pretty knowledgeable on this subject aint ya, considering the bike you started on :-p


JWF

A dude like that has already made up his mind (or let it be made up for him). Either way, just encourage him to take er easy. he might not listen -- oh well, not everyone is as eager to live long.

JWF505 wrote:

VermilionX wrote:im more worried about his friends.

bec unlike him, i don't have friends like that so i take my time to learn.

if he really doesn't wanna get rid of it, he should learn to excercise a lot of restraint.

like i said, im more worried about his friends... you should try to teach him to take it easy and don't try the stuff his friends does since he's just starting and he chose a powerful bike.

ya your pretty knowledgeable on this subject aint ya, considering the bike you started on :-p


JWF

Counter steering....

I sell bikes for a living. I tell kids that come in and want a GSXR1000 that they will probably die on it, but if they still want it, I sell it to em anyway. I steer them towards a GS500 or a SV650 if they gotta go fast. Either way, the "peer pressure" cool factor usually wins the day.

Sevulturus wrote:

JWF505 wrote:

VermilionX wrote:im more worried about his friends.

bec unlike him, i don't have friends like that so i take my time to learn.

if he really doesn't wanna get rid of it, he should learn to excercise a lot of restraint.

like i said, im more worried about his friends... you should try to teach him to take it easy and don't try the stuff his friends does since he's just starting and he chose a powerful bike.

ya your pretty knowledgeable on this subject aint ya, considering the bike you started on :-p


JWF

Counter steering....

what?

i think Sev got confused on which topic he's posting.

No, i think that someone who doesn't know about countersteering shouldn't be making fun of someones lack of knowledge.