On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Jim March<[email protected]> wrote: > First thing: I strongly recommend you separate out the deals for the > car and bike. The car should go fairly quickly as a lot of used > wheels were recently taken off the market. > > As to a bike, I'd look at the Suzuki Intruder 800 first. They made > the same bike for over a decade, the oldest ones will be 750s and if > in good shape, nothing wrong with that. Better handling and engine > than the Yamaha VX series equivalents. > > DO NOT go for a high-performance 4-cylinder sportbike as your first > ride. Price the insurance on that - absolutely huge for a new > middle-age rider. That's the insurance company's way of saying "dude, > I hope your will is up to date!". > > BIG issue: do you know how to ride yet? Do you know what > "counter-steering" is? If you don't, and you get out on that road, > there's a real good chance you're going to die no matter what the > bike. That would be about as dumb as strapping on an Indy car and > going wheel to wheel at full speed without knowing what you're doing - > and no, I am *not* exaggerating. > > The learning curve will be easier if you already know how to drive a > stick-shift car. Learning what a clutch is at the same time you're > learning bikes is a bad thing. > > My sole wheels are a motorcycle ('97 Buell S3 Thunderbolt, heavily > modded) as has been the case for just about 20 years now. Haven't > owned a single car in all that time. Used to street race when I was > young and dumb :). I *know* what I'm talkin' about. I also taught > one of the TFUGers to ride :).
Oh! Can I have a ride? > Jim > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- (623)239-3392 (503)754-4452 www.obnosis.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
