# New toy for this summer!!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 16, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967 "2008-01-16T20:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/21 "2008-01-17T17:37:03Z")
siq yo ---
**Author:** ![IWantaSupra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iwantasupra/32/7222_2.png) [@IWantaSupra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IWantaSupra)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/22 "2008-01-17T17:39:06Z")
I dont know if I want to sell my bike and upgrade, or get out of the game. Im 19 and have had way too many close calls. 99% were other drivers. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/23 "2008-01-17T20:31:20Z")
> [@IWantaSupra](#): > > I dont know if I want to sell my bike and upgrade, or get out of the game. Im 19 and have had way too many close calls. 99% were other drivers. what do you ride… i know a guy selling an 05 gsxr 1000… would be a perfect upgrade 😉 lol… ---
**Author:** ![IWantaSupra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iwantasupra/32/7222_2.png) [@IWantaSupra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IWantaSupra)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/24 "2008-01-18T20:30:56Z")
lol, gs500. Does your bike come with a free cemetery plot? ---
**Author:** ![SOLITUDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@SOLITUDE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SOLITUDE)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/25 "2008-01-18T20:32:36Z")
^^^^planning ahead nice 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/26 "2008-01-18T20:53:48Z")
> [@IWantaSupra](#): > > lol, gs500. Does your bike come with a free cemetery plot? ill be selling life insurance soon, so maybe we can work something out ;)… check back in early february when i’m fully licensed ---
**Author:** ![turbosilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@turbosilly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbosilly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/27 "2008-01-18T21:40:26Z")
sweet! I would love to have a bike, but I would be afraid of killing myself while learning. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/28 "2008-01-18T22:02:53Z")
you’re normally fairly safe during the first month or so… thats when the invincibility sets in and downhill from there… i think the statistic i heard when i started was if you make it past 90 days of regular riding your chances of survival on a bike increase by 200% first 30 days = learn the basics next 30 days = become adequate basics final 30 days = become invincible, try new things, make mistakes, get hurt theres some truth to it, if you’ve ever ridden… esp in the pre-25 age Everytime i go riding, i still learn alot… many things become second nature, but alot of things need to be reminded, especially at the beginning of the season. Nice bike… be safe… if you ever have any questions feel free to ask ---
**Author:** ![Shrives](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrives/32/7250_2.png) [@Shrives](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrives)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/29 "2008-01-18T22:10:38Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > first 30 days = learn the basics > next 30 days = master basics > final 30 days = become invincible, try new things, make mistakes, get hurt 100% false imho but thats just my experience with riding. I dont want to turn robs thread into a motorcycle how to course. Then again i wasn’t the average squid going out and riding like a retard my first summer… ---
**Author:** ![Shrives](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shrives/32/7250_2.png) [@Shrives](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shrives)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/30 "2008-01-18T22:12:25Z")
> [@02svtfocus](#): > > siqqqqq bike! > > this makes me for sure get another bike this summer, but since Shrives is such a good guy I’ll just ride his 636 or 600R 🙂 im a nice guy when its not my period… ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967/31 "2008-01-19T06:44:08Z")
im pretty sure riding a dirtbike at the age of 5 and till now helped, robs got a quad, im not sure if he knows how to ride it all the way LOL. but like willy said, a lot becomes second nature. some jackass decided to spike his brakes for no reason in front of me on the harley. i dropped a few gears got some front brake and some back, the bike started to slide. so i let it slide like i was sliding into a berm lol slide to the back of the guys car and rested my foot on his bumper. but something like that i knew i could save. if im letting a 20,000 dollar bike down i dont wanna be awake to see it [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-for-this-summer/41967.md?page=1)