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looking at getting an Buell XB9R as my first bike come this spring. I’m wondering if after taking a safety course if that will still be to much bike or because its a V-Twin that i will be able to Handel it. I understand that everyone says Kawi 250 or 500 is the best and there is great reason for that but i can understand buying a bike i will get ride of in a year. So taking it easy what does everyone think?
Do you have any expierance on bikes at all (dirtbikes) or anything?
Again, like posted above, what kind of experience do you have? do you know how to operate a throttle and a clutch on a motorcycle? Take the motorcycle safety course definitely. It’s a good learning curve for a beginner and you’ll know right away if you feel your comfortable enough to ride an XB9.
As long as you know your limit and aren’t going to jump on it and ride like a complete idiot, I don’t think you should have a problem. Try finding someone who has some riding experience and is willing to teach you how to ride safely too before you start diving turns and popping wheelies.
Good luck
Dirtbikes won’t do much, but MSF will put your on the right track.
In the end, no monetary reasons, or trouble getting rid of a bike to get a bigger one will be worth it, when you’re thinking back to in a hospital bed.
I always suggest starting out slow, and living to a point where you can upgrade.
It’s easy to upgrade later, it will give you much more enjoyment, you will have much more experience, and will actually be able to ride the bike better.
They’ll give you the basic principal of operating a clutch and a throttle if no one has ever ridden a motorcycle before. I recommend almost anyone who’s never ridden a motorcycle to atleast start on that before hopping on a road bike. Grass and dirt are much more forgiving then pavement.
Again I know you’ve heard me say it before, but perfect example. Take my brother and myself. We both started on dirtbikes before we got on street bikes and we had zero problems. I think we were both crankin wheelies the next week after we each got em too.
Grass and dirt are also much more different then driving on pavement, and the physics of riding are nearly opposite as far as leaning and handling the bike.
MSF will also teach you all the basics you need but on a street environment, teach your very important concepts you wont learn on dirtbikes, save you money on insurance, take 3 points of your record.
Ok not to come off as a dick so don’t take it the wrong way, but I said just to give a brand new rider an idea of how the clutch and throttle operate. I never even wanted to touch on the basics of diving a bike into a turn or anything like that for a new rider. Just get someone to be able to roll off from a dead stop is a task in itself for some new riders.
I know grass and dirt are night and day from the pavement. Don’t you think though if you were going into riding cold turkey you would wanna try it out first in the grass or dirt as opposed to the pavement? I would.
I think I mentioned the MSF Course too. I can sit here all day debating this… Once you have that clutch and throttle concept down and alittle bit of braking, street bikes are pretty well balanced.
I agree with the both of you lol…Learning the clutch and throtle on a dirtbike deff helps
well since u wrecked yours sean, i dont think anyone should take advice from you…J/K!!! :lol
My accedent was not my fault…so you stick with hitting parked cars with your 240
Oh touche!
I see your point, I just got the feeling that you’re one of the people that believe if you have 10 years on a dirtbike you can buy any street bike because of “experience”. I will agree it will give you the control basics, but not much more, at speed things get progressively different, and at a certain point in time, if you try to apply dirt bike experience to street it could potentially hurt you.
To answer original question, most of us here won’t recommend it, take MSF first, ride a buddy’s 600, or that actual bike, and get something begginer friendly like SV, 250, 500, CBR F2, F3, F4
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I see your point, I just got the feeling that you’re one of the people that believe if you have 10 years on a dirtbike you can buy any street bike because of “experience”. I will agree it will give you the control basics, but not much more, at speed things get progressively different, and at a certain point in time, if you try to apply dirt bike experience to street it could potentially hurt you.
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Your absolutely right in that i’m one of those people. I had a shit ton of riding experience on a dirtbike. I pretty much grew up my entire life riding and I just jumped right on a 600 and started riding no problem. I guess your still missing what i’m saying and just assuming that i’m comparing the two very alike which i’m not. :headbang Like I said before, someone who has never ridden before could learn only the basics of throttle feel and clutch feel THAT IS ALL.
What would you possibly think you could use motocross experience to your advantage on a street bike? All I said were the very basic steps of riding I guess I should have been alittle more clear on how I made it seem.
I don’t wanna blow this post way off topic because it’s a good one. Vlad’s right in a way that you should start off on something probably small and easy to operate if you really have no idea what your doing. If you have alittle experience and some of the basics down and are willing to assume the risk of maybe dropping it then i’d say go for it, just be careful
Thats alot of good advice and i see that deffinitly taking the course will set my straight. I have no experience on a bike. After reading everyone advice i have looked at maybe getting one of those dual purpose bikes. Suzuki and kawasaki have both good reviews and this might even allow me to F- around in my GF’s backyard a little.
at 10mph in the snow storm, i tried to avoid a City plowtruck coming out of a side road, swearved and swearved again to hit a car coming to a stop at a red light. not my fault, at all. if he didnt run the stop sign it would of never happened, get your facts straight. it was a joke chill out
Your talking about getting facts straight when you were wrong in the firstplace…but to get back on topic captainmorgan are you goin to be happy with an on/off road bike?
Prolly will end up unhappy but i guess i could use it as a starter bike. My mom road a harley, my dad has a custom harley so i been around bike shops and biker bars most of my like. So seeing the Buell comapny some out with bikes that are geared towards a younger crowed really got me hooked. The Firebolt is the bike i want but if its to much of a risk then im willing to wait it out and get a bike i can messed around with befor i become a seriouse rider.
Suzuki DRZ 650 FTW!!! Madd fun super motard bike to clown around on. They top out at like 80 but their alot of fun to slide around on.
yea they r a blast and a good way to learn sounds liek fun and i hear you can pick them up cheap. so that might be the way i want to go then have a fuck around bike
We can all say what we think but in the long run do what your comfortable doing :nod
I actually considered buying a DRZ myself just to have a motard bike to slide around the streets on. My buddy had one, but he got bored with it relatively quickly. For something to just get your feet wet on or something you just want to screw around on, you can’t beat them. Good luck man!