Leaderboard

I'm taking the rider course in August, need ideas on a bike for when I'm finished. Open for all suggestions! I sat on the Cbr 250, I didn't like, I felt like I was on a midget bike, no offense to those who have one, I felt like I was too tall/long legged for it. Sat on the Rebel 250 and it seemed fine, although not sure if Id want to stick with a cruiser. Not looking for speed. I rather have my speeding fix in a pony car. Also, what is really the difference in riding a Cruiser vs. Sportbike?

Okay, Last chance for any changes or adds. Will check this one more time in the morning by 9am! After that you are out of luck!

Um, ya! this is in the other zombie post..... lol

Both, I hope

That's pretty much where I'm at with this. Where is the zombie emoticon?

Expensive cables are the biggest racket going. Monoprice.com FTW!

All stated bikes are good options though I'm with the others that said SV650. That is a bulletproof bike that is cheap to maintain and insure. Lots of upgrades still available to keep it fresh to you for many years. They can also be found for a good price with low mileage. The "N" model has handlebars and the "S" model has clip ons. The N model will be more of an upright sitting position and the S will be more forward similar to other full blooded sportbikes. I still have one if you're ever in the area and want to try it out.

The Vulcan 500s are a good starter bike if you like the cruiser style. I am 5'10" and fit on it fine.

Not calling you a liar but 5'11" and 36" inseam is doubtful - unless you had heals on. No matter, as it doesn't sound like you are vertically challenged. No idea of your price range or preferred styles but here are a few current model bikes that could serve as a guide. Harley Davidson Sportster 883 Suzuki: SV650, SFV650 "Gladius" Yamaha: FZ6R Honda: VFR, Honda 250R BMW: F800S, F800R, R1200R Aprilla: Shiver KTM: 690 Duke Ducati: Monster 696, Hypermotard 796, Supersport (750, 800) Triumph: Bonneville, Thruxton, Street Triple Kawi: 250R, Ninja 650, Versys There are quite a few older models that would work as well. Lighter and more upright riding position will benefit you the most. Go used and expect to drop it once or twice. NO BUSA!!!!!!!!! Don't rule out a scooter. Genuine Motors BUDDY or Stella are not bad options. 80mpg and can run 60mph on a 150. http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/mcy/3010994309.html http://limaohio.craigslist.org/mcy/2982792196.html http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/mcy/3020206585.html Not biased am I :-)

I never said movies weren't shot at 24fps. You said that blue rays don't look better than HD, By HD, I assume you mean HD cable/satellite, etc. If that's what you're saying you are fucking retarded.

Bell has come a LOOOOOOONG ways, man. Trust me, in the sport I am in, I don't skimp on my helmets. The Bell Star and RS-1 for that matter are some of the best available. A lot of great choices, actually, but Bell is a great helmet and has served me rather well. You really should check out the RS-1 or Star. The RS-1 actually fits a little different, but sounds like you may need to try helmets on for sure due to head shape. It's too bad about the Nexx lids as they look pretty awesome in design and even graphics...

There are tons of bikes to try but the most important thing will be Your Comfort and ability to handle the bike. Since you have all summer to look do some weekend trips to different dealerships and see what you like. If you are between 5'8" and 5'10" you will find the world of motorcycles is your oyster as many bikes are made to that size range. As for style of bike the cruiser is typically lower to the ground and has a lean back seating position. The dual sport or adventure bikes have superior suspension and a more up right seating position. Sport bike's specialize in performance based speed and handling and are an aggressive forward seating position. The big question is "what do you wanna be able to do with the bike?"

I read the thread title wrong...

I think GS500 is a good first bike. I really like the look of the naked. You can find them for $1,200-$2,000 all day long too.

+1 Excellent advice. Buying a used bike is inexpensive and you can likely sell it in a year for nearly what you paid. The 200-250cc bikes are all light and easy to ride and are a good place to start. I rode a Ninja250 for a year before getting my Vstrom. I really like the Ninja but the Vstrom is more comfortable for me. Craig

Jeez, how long are your legs? My 250r seems roomy to me & I'm 6'2" with a 34" inseam. I guess it's all relative. You will find that a given bike feels quite a bit different when you ride it vs. Just sitting on it. I prefer sport bikes because the riding position allows more precise control. Hope you find something to your liking. It's a wise decision to take the MSF course.

^^^apparently our brains are on the same wavelength today. Better you than Exarch

AND not all 250's are created equal, for example: The bike I learned to ride on was a GZ250 and this thing is a pig haha, it takes a tail wind to get it up to 80 mph, and if you hit those rolling 'hills' on 270, you need to downshift to maintain speed, a real hassel (sometimes shifting to second gear to get through an intersection). My brother had a ninja250 and said it could do highway fine, with a passenger and it just felt really light and he didn't like it. EDIT: Buying a 250, 600, 750, 1000 to me is like saying you want an economy, sport compact (VW GTI/Honda S2000), 2-door sport sedan (think Ariel Atom), or two door sports car (Ferrari, Ford GT, ect.). There is something to be said for rider skill/comfort in relation to CC's/HP too though. I don't put any faith in those people who say "I've rode over 65,000,000 miles and 1000cc is too much" or "I've been riding for 30 years and you don't need xyz cc's". To each their own, it'll be your bike, ya gotta be comfortable and happy with it.

When we rode out west last year we went up through SD then Wyoming, down through Utah then back home via US 50. We caught 50 at Grand Junction and laid over in Gunnison. Rode over Monarch pass at 11300 ft and stopped at the Royal Gorge. When you cross I-25 coming south from Denver, its just a short ride north to get to Pikes Peak. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_mountain_passeshttp://www.motorcyclecolorado.com/ 50 through Colorado was cool, but riding through Kansas was just not the same....lol. At Kansas City we caught I-70 and rode that all the way back, but I have been told that 50 through Mo. is excellent too. We were just on a time restraint by then.....lol....so based on what we did I'd say expect to have to lay up at least 2 nights between here and Colorado, maybe 3 nights. That's based on approx 500 miles per day. Have fun and be safe!

Busa, all chicks with dew rags ride busa's

I guess I should say " that's how it is in the area I work" seems each city has its own take on it and "special seasonings" added

i see the war on drugs is working out well... now we have over the counter shit that makes you trip so hard that you will eat someones face off, meanwhile kids are getting locked up for smoking a joint. ahh america, wtf are you going to do

Victory makes a solid machine. Great motor. The vision imho is a little funny looking but I'm sure that does.t matter when you put in a 600 mile day and you aren't hating life and begging for vicodin. Contests on both of your geezer glides.

My new ride.

I've been running a Core i7 w/ 24GB RAM, 2 x 120GB SSD, 1 x 1TB WD HD, 2 x GTX560 in SLI, Thermaltake case, 800 watt PSU, 2 x 24" displays. Frame rates are stupid and the SSD's are the shit....period (as long as you get a decent one because they're not all the same). Boot times are under 7 seconds and when using it for work running 3-4 VM's on the SSD's it doesn't even break a sweat. Jinu...if you want any help just holla. Hell if I can get to the track soon we can throw some stuff together after we're done for the day. All I'm going to say is you get what you pay for. If you go cheap you'll wish you'd of spent the little bit extra to make it better. Do stick with Intel CPU's, ATI has made a come back recently otherwise Nvidia is still a solid performing video card, and if you can do an SSD along with a conventional HDD, do it.

If anyone needs and SSD, LMK, I've got some I need to sell.

Shop around. http://pricewatch.com I got an mobo P67(USB 3)/i5 2500K cpu/750 pwr supp/16gb RAM/AMD 6870 vid card for about 600 bones. Not the bleeding edge stuff, but solid components that will last a couple of years. If the mood is upon me I can, and have, run it up to 4.2ghz on a stock heat-sink. Starts to get a bit warm, but its pretty snappy. Better heat-sink I could leave it that way. Case was $50 from Microcenter with 6 120mm quiet fans in it already. Already had monitors/mouse/keyboard/HDD etc. That is all.

I'm cheap, so I upgraded my system a few months ago with a AMD FX-8120 Gigabyte 970A-UD3 motherboard combo from Microcenter. I also threw 8 GB ram in it, and a 60 GB SSD (wish I had gone with a 120.) It runs pretty well. I just wish my case had better airflow to keep it cool.

i5 2500K unlocked will do most anything you need. i7s are a waste of money IMO. Micro Center's package deals with M/Bs and processors sometimes beat online prices. A good CPU cooler will help keep the temps lower and prolong the life of the system. Get a full tower with lots of modular expansion options. If you get the right one, you shouldn't need to ever buy another one. The more ventilation and fan bays the better. SSD for OS/Boot, and a 1GB HHD or larger for internal storage 750W P/S will keep you going for a while, unless you like really beefy GFX cards. GFX cards are all over the place in price and performance. ATI is whooping NVidia lately. Optical drives are cheap and almost useless nowadays, save Win and driver installs. DDR3 is pretty cheap now too. Onboard sound works fine for me. A quality 27" monitor will make the computing experience all the better. That should leave you with just replacing the GFX, M/B, CPU, and memory when the future demands it. Maybe a large SSD when prices come down.. For example: My current system: i5 2500K (Stock clock) (~$175) Cooler Master CPU Cooler (~$30) Gigabyte M/B (~$125) Corsair 4GB DDR3 1600 ($50) ATI Radeon HD 6950 (Unlocked shaders) (~$300) Corsair 30GB SSD (~$100) WD 2GB HHD (~$75, bought while overseas) Optical drive (~$10) Thermaltake 750W P/S (~$200) Thermaltake Chasar MK-1 Case (~$110) So a little over $1100, and the major stuff is covered, with little need to upgrade for a while. Even when I do have to, it is only the GFX, M/B, CPU, and memory if DDR3 is obsolete at that point. The $300 for the 27" monitor was well worth it. The screen real estate is awesome and makes everything look awesome. Still runs at 1920x1080 so no crazy GFX requirements either. Pretty basic except the GFX and SSD, and it runs anything I've thrown at it great. I've been building computers for 10 years or so, so send me a PM if you have any other questions.

unless you're trying to run retarded amounts of crypto shit all day long, a i7 is just throwing your money away. i5 2500K is more than adequate, and you retain the possibility to overclock if you want to. Mine's been running at stock without incident and is plenty fast for MW3 at max settings for everything (AMD 6870) Ivybridge didn't wow me based on the limited reading I've done. It kinda looks like Intel saw how badly AMD fucked up the Bulldozer and decided to phone it in themselves this time around.

Yeah Ivy and Sandy bridge are both socket 1155. And you don't necessarily need Z68. If you only plan on doing light overclocking P67 will work fine and is cheaper. And just a personal opinion but I would definitely go Intel over AMD as far as current gen CPUs go. A K series i5 will outperform almost all AMD cpu's that I am aware of.

Ivybridge I7 processor... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_%28microarchitecture%29 I'll get you more info on motherboards, I forget the name of the company.

You might want to look into getting an AMD Phenom x6 1090t or 1100t (Don't go for the bulldozer series). It will give you great performance and is far cheaper than the i7. Plus you can overclock it to over 4Ghz per core.

Measure your smallest hole after you drill them out. Tape measure will work just measure from the two inch mark. That way you don't have to mess the the tang on your tape. Or even take it in with you and ask for help. You may even find an open package. Not sure if they call a head size on a rivet but you can measure that too before you drill them our.

1177 post of bad info and counting:nono:

you must've missed where more than one of us cyclist has stated how we'd rather be out in the country where the roads are near empty. check this out... http://ridewithgps.com/trips/681238 - tonights ride. started at hoover, went towards johnstown. :no: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/674153 - and another from new albany out towards granville. HOLY SHIT. ON LESS BUSY ROADS!?!? NO WAI! http://ridewithgps.com/trips/673130 - and another, out towards Johnstown with a minimal stint on sunbury to get to where we needed to go. you move out of your parents basement yet? probably should've went with your own place instead of buying a new car. good move on the whole "priorities" thinking. :dumb:

Pretty sure I said you want the OS on your SSD in the comment you quoted which is why I said OS is a given As far as the basics, keep that on the HDD, if it gains little to no performance from the SSD no need to take up valuable space. SSD still isn't worth the $$, the extra performance upgrades spent elsewhere more than make up for the drive difference, just don't drop below 7.2k and keep your shit defragged(there is an option to do this automatically) CPU/gfx/ram are all much better options to spend the extra $$ on for performance upgrades or a better mobo for future upgrades and better bios. $100+ is too much to waste on a budget build of $750 or so.... CPU $300 Gfx $200 Mobo $125 Ram $125 (since he has case/hd and all the other stuff) What are you going to chop down? $100 is alot to cut out...