Just to give you a data point: I'm completely new to motorcycle riding and picked up a 650SC upon recommendation from a friend. Eventually I am going to hand it to our daughter, who is also new to the game. She lives 70 miles from us and I wanted a machine that is safe enough for her to take on the freeway. I'm pretty comfortable with the weight of the 650 and think the daughter will also be able to handle it. I don't think I want her on the freeway with something that weighs considerably less.
That said, I dropped the bike today. Lost footing on the sidewalk where I park it at work on a metal cover. It was rain slick, and I just couldn't prevent the bike from going down. Broke the clutch handle. No additional damage (other than to my pride!). No problem getting her back up. Lesson learned. Holger On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 6:11:07 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > > I am a newbie just getting ready to ride. Smitten by the Nighthawks. I am > on the lookout for a Nighthawk 450SC or 650SC, or even a 250. I am told all > of these are pretty good beginner bikes. > I do worry about the weight of the 650SC which is why I am not even > considering the 700 or 750's though I am sure they are wonderful bikes too! > Looking to learn as much as I can from the wisdom of this group. > > Thanks for all the wonderful effort. > > Sam > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
