# Newbies with Liter bikes. **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newbies-with-liter-bikes/251608 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [April 19, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newbies-with-liter-bikes/251608 "2010-04-19T20:24:19Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 107
### Author: ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban) #### Post date: [April 20, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newbies-with-liter-bikes/251608/107 "2010-04-20T21:17:29Z")
> [@Wannabe racers @ Dunville (or.... more BS than your nose can stand)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wannabe-racers-dunville-or-more-bs-than-your-nose-can-stand/31221/47): > > The R6 is mighty taller though. Further from the ground = more hurtness. yes while it is a giraffe bike the slight difference in nothing when youre getting laid out at XX speed, youre in for a painful experience regardless. and most times youre getting thrown from the bike in some way. low siding and sliding is probably one the least common crash(because not many new riders are trying to drag knee) so the weight also wont has as much of an effect either since it wont be laying ontop of you --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/newbies-with-liter-bikes/251608)._