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I meet a lot of new riders that choose to start on 1000s while I'm at work. I'm usually able to keep most of them alive but the damage is often permanent. Take Tpoppas advice.

If you want a GPS made for motorcycles prepare to pay out dearly. I personally will not pay the price they want for them. I've taken cheap car units and mounted them in dry boxes. Currently I just use my phone with sygic app and download the maps to it. Phone is mounted with a x grip and my GS7 is already water proof. My back up is a first gen TomTom rider1 it's ancient and out dated but works in a pinch if my phone would fail me. If money is no obstacle I've heard the Garmin are the only way to go. But I would never pay $500 to $700 for a GPS unit. I've heard the TomTom Rider newer Generations are fairly decent too, just a little bit different format and maybe about a hundred bucks cheaper than the Garmin

Southernmost Point at Key West today. Can you believe the government is paying me to do this? Snorkeling Friday, then returning home via the Smoky Mountains.

SMH, a liter bike for a first bike is just asking for trouble. Save yourself some upfront money, and insurance money and avoid a supersport. Look for SV650, FZ6r, F4i, CBR500/650, Ninja 650. These bikes will feel like a rocket ship compared to the 250 at your MSF course. Then take that saved money and invest in good quality gear or accessories towards the bike you chose.

But isnt that a lot of power for a first bike?

Thanks. Different bike. That was my 1100 and this is the 1200 project I just started. Both swingarms are stock the 1100 is different it's all tube.

RR just means race replica. The cbr600rr is Honda's race replica supersport street legal bike. The cbr1000rr is their race replica superbike that's street legal. 600cc and 1000cc inline 4 bikes are not good for starting out. There are some good recommendations on what might make a good starter bike posted early on in this thread. 600cc inline 4's will make 100+ horsepower at the wheel, 120+ if they are tuned. A 650cc twin will make 55 horsepower at the rear wheel, much more manageable for someone just starting out. If you want a good, cheap starter bike, 300cc bikes are inexpensive and hold their value pretty well on the used market. If you're uncertain about fit, go to a dealer and sit on a few bikes and see what feels like it fits. I will tell you that I wish I had started riding on a standard bike instead of a sport bike initially. Being able to ride for longer than a couple hours at a time without feeling like my legs were going to need to be amputated at the knee makes the whole thing so much more enjoyable.

Show up to an OMRL race and watch what 250 lbs guys can do on a 100cc bike. Whoever "instructed" you that a 250 was too small would likely get embarrassed by a good rider on a 250.

Neither a 1000 nor 600cc sportbike is a good choice for a first bike. It's the equivalent of a Ferrari for a first car. Cbr500r, Ninja 650, or Fz6r are much better choices for a first sporty motorcycle.

Added some black... I got oem plastics (black) for cheap, some pieces are damaged but can be used for the track.

Ride plans are fairly spontaneous in my experience, depending on the day and who feels like riding where/at what speed/etc.

Couldn't get the right days off this year but wife and I and another couple will be riding a little further south the following week, so we Booked a lodge room for Saturday night, have to at least stop by for a night

Yes, yes I can.

They almost always give the ticket to the person in the front...

Strong men fight, leading to good times, good times create weak men, weak men lead to bad times, bad times create strong men..... so on and so forth. It's the cycle of 1st world society. When life is easy, people start to worry about all these petty things. Literally make up stuff to stir drama. But when the SHTF, this stuff all disappears and the real, strong people of the country emerge to fight, patriotism is restored. Then it all starts over again.

Yeah, this job will definitely have a lot of responsibility coming along with it. Median salary for a manufacturing supervisor in my area is like $53k. If they expect me to work 50+ hours a week for that I'd actually be taking a pay cut. I do want the position, it's with a growing company and I really love what they do, but I gotta look after my own interests. Commute would be shorter tho.

Blasting across the Santa Fe Trail to Dodge City today.

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Sweet!....but aren't those Yamaha colors??

I added a powerlet outlet to my steering stem, RAM mount to the front bolts on my gas tank and an older Garmin and was all in for under $100. I created maps on google/mapquest and imported them on to the unit. Could not have been happier because it was cheap and reliable. My favorite option was when we were out on long rides and I was either fatigued or needed to get back and had to split from the group. Hit the "take me home button" and worked out fantastic

The sv needs a chain and sprockets and possibly a clutch. I'm hesitant to go on longer rides until then.

Granted this was last night but OMG it took me like 4 hours and I checked my valve adjustments and put new belts on my Ducati Sportclassic. These things take so much maintenance.Lucky for me it has 27K miles on it and things have settled in that the last two checks haven't needed any actual adjustments. Good to go for the season.

Let's not do that again, eh?

Got the GPS mounted up on the bike.

I got well acquainted last year it cost $700 just remember there after money

As long as it's not windy

Glad u did okay, if It was me on my fjr, would never be able to pick it up, I would snap a pic right there and leave it right there and post ad on Craigslist. Fjr for sale

Everyone I have ever looked at have both.

Adjusted valve clearances on the old Bandit. Had planned to do new fork seals but a friend stopped by to change his fork seals on a 1st gen SV 650 and he needed a lot more help than I'd anticipated. Helping noobs is one way I try to give back to the sport.