# first time bike buyer / rider

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 29, 2008, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-bike-buyer-rider/44197 "2008-02-29T09:26:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-bike-buyer-rider/44197/19 "2008-02-29T19:36:58Z")

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Little anecdote:

I thought it was easy to not go down too. Then one night in my second season I made a little mistake, lowsided, and went home with a bloody elbow and a turn signal in my pocket. A guy who apparently was also a rider was walking with his family nearby and came running over. Once he made sure I was OK he shook my hand and said “There are only two kinds of riders: Those who have gone down and those who are going to go down. Be glad your no longer part of the latter.”

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