While I agree with most of what Joey said, I personally think a 250 is too small unless you live in the city. Besides the NH 250 is not all that great when compared to its competition. Its benefit is that it was the only standard 250 for a long time so there are lots of them around. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Joey Kelley <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:31:30 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] First Time Rider 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- -Joey Kelley JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online JoeyFixesComputers.com - Its What I Do! JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
