Ed,
This is actually a common question among beginning riders - what do
I want to ride - how big a bike should I ride - what is too big etc.
I started with a 1982 Nighthawk 450. I bought that bike in 2001,
with a little under four thousand miles on it. 10 years later, the bike has
over 17,000 on it, 5,000 of that in the year of 2010.
I tend to keep vehicles for long periods of time - I also tend to
keep vehicles until they no longer meet my needs - this is the case with the
450. With a few hundred dollars, I could put that bike back on the road
within a week. But, to quote an e-mail Kyle Munz sent (I think to this
group) "If it was perfect, would it be the bike you want?" (I may have
paraphrased a bit) The answer was no. My knees hurt from the cramped riding
position - no windshield - no bags and lets face it, pulling into a bike
night with a 450 wasn't exactly turning heads. Particularly this one -
mechanically sound (Its a Honda - DUH!) but the cosmetics had been allowed
to go down hill by previous owners.
My advise - get yourself a used, possibly slightly less than
pristine 250 - learn to ride - find out if you like motorcycling - make some
mistakes, dump the bike a few times (heck, that happens to the best of us
anyway!) and in a year or 5,000 miles - you can't really make a judgement
until you've put that much time / miles on the bike IMHO - make the decision
that you like motorcycling or you don't, then make the decision that you
want to keep the 250 or not.
If you grab a Shadow now, you might beat yourself up later for
dumping it in a rookie mistake.
Just a few thoughts.
-Joey
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Ed <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My question concerns which bike is considered reasonable for a first
> time rider who still rides a bicycle to work at age 50; stands 6' 2''
> and weighs 180 pounds. The Nighthawk 250 is of interest to me but the
> Shadow is easily manageable as well.
>
> Thanks all
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