Holllllllllllllllllllllllly %&%*CK!!

[baby1]

TweetMust be where you live cause we pay $450 a year for fuzo's bike insurance.

[Born2Juice4Ever]

Tweetyes but he sounds like he has been riding a while...this is my first bike.
The girl said that if I brought my car over to their company, that the bike would only cost me 600.00
But also advised that I should bring the car after 12 months of being with them...which makes sense. Build reputation (no tickets), then she will lower me. WOW

B2J

[baby1]

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yes but he sounds like he has been riding a while...this is my first bike.
The girl said that if I brought my car over to their company, that the bike would only cost me 600.00
But also advised that I should bring the car after 12 months of being with them...which makes sense. Build reputation (no tickets), then she will lower me. WOW

B2J

He has had he bike for 4 years and that was the first. Naybe age amd marital status has some effect? Regardless, it is something you have to have so there is not much you can do about it.

[Born2Juice4Ever]

TweetYesterday this prick on a van gets on my ass on a side street...I signal him to back off, he does but not much.
We come to a stop sign I look behind and tell him to back off...he smiled,
Then we met at another red night, side by side, I looked at him and said: hey man back off!!! he had his teen son with him.
The guy laughs and says: are you ok?
I fuckng lost it, and told him that i would knock his fat ass smile right off his face.....he drove away. WTF!!!! Is this the kind of thing that I am going to encounter on the road??

I was on fire for a while...no respect!!! And why instigate trouble!!


B2J

[tilltheend]

TweetIf I ever get one of those I will be dead, I'll get an adrenaline rush and floor the fucking thing, hit a crack in the road and probably break every fucking bone and bleed in the street.

[Blackfoot]

Tweetsipde - scan, identify, predict, determine, execute!

i remember this from the motorcycle safety course i took an i can say that this simple acronym has, without a doubt, saved my ass on more than one occassion.

and, most importantly, CONGRATS on your bike! nice choice man!!'

[JerkKILLER]

TweetI know at first, the backpack idea makes sense. Yes, lots of other bikers use this so it's a common site, which unfortunately makes you think it better than it really is. Just because the other morons on the road use a backpack, it doesnt make it SAFE, or the correct thing to use, to haul your crap.

(if everyone jumps off a bridge because there's an imaginary pot of gold at the bottom of the river 500+ feet below, would you do it to!??)

It will NOT help with balancing because your body constantly moves front to back, left to right when operating a motorcycle on public roads. For anything to remain stable, the CG (center of gravity) needs to remain constant ie.- in the same position at all times. And there's NO WAY that can happen with a backpack on your back!

As I said, I've got 30yrs of riding experience under my belt. And at least half that is from riding on the street.

There WILL BE a time when you think everything's fine and you start whipping that thing around corners - slower speeds, very sharp turns ie. like canyon carving where you have to sit upright more, but TONS of fun! - and the weight in the backpack will try to throw you off the bike. You'll turn the bike left, you'll try to lean left, but the backpack will yank you hard to the right like a bully pushing you off your bmx bike in middle school. Remember those days lol? Same thing happens here.

With a strap on tank bag, the CG stays in the exact spot no matter if you are accelerating, decelerating, turning left or right, or sitting tall or hugging the tank. It remains constant and the bike's maneuverability stays controllable and predictable.

It's beginning physics man, did you skip that class in high school or what?



You can still hug the tank to go "supersonic" if you want. The bag is an excellent cushion to lay on.

(btw- thats probably before your time but it's from the Top Gun movie.. when Tom Cruise was racing the fighter plane on his crotch rocket. Anyone remember that? I bet Kruzzer and Geezer saw it lol)

Jerk I like the backpack...I saw others carry similar to those. It's tight around the body, and for sure this helps with balancing.
As far as the tank one...what I have found out on my own, is that when I hit the bike at 90+k/phour, my first action is to get low and hug the tank with my quads and rest my arms on it...

[JerkKILLER]

TweetOn another note- did you know that you can't or at least shouldn't just hop on a bike and go?

That the bike needs to be set up specifically for the size/weight of the rider that's riding it, so he (or she) can get the absolute best performance and handling capabilities out of the bike ? It's true!

There's so many things that you should check/adjust and set specifically to your height and weight from such things as:

foot pegs (feet position)
shift lever adjustment
clutch lever freeplay
handlebar positions
brake handle freeplay
suspension sag
proper compression of front/ rear shocks
proper rebound of front/ rear shocks
TPS (throttle position sensor) adjustment

as well as cool add-ons such as: aftermarket fuel management systems, a higher windshield for better wind protection, frame sliders, and steering dampers.


It just so happens I have a sweet ass book that explains how to do all those things for the "do it yourselfer". With hundreds of color photographs covering everything. It's an excellent book on in LIKE NEW condition. It covers all years of the SUZUKI GSX-R and was made in 2004, but it still applies to the performance bikes of today. If you would like it, I'll hook you up (I dont have a GSX-R so I dont really need it).

The retail price in Canada is $30, but u can have it for $20 and I'll even mail it for free from the USA. (as long as shipping is under $10)

LMK man, tons of good info in here.

[rmewrench]

TweetQUOTE=guns01;92206]i dont know if they have it available where you are but a lot of the colleges around us have basic and advanced rider courses for street riding. it even lowers your interest costs also. hell, i have known guys that have been riding for 20 + years that said they learned some cool stuff from the courses. i had to take them because of my old job required it but it lowered my insurance 40%[/QUOTE]

B2J4 take this advice... I got my first dirtbike at age 4. 1979 jr50... I still have it as a matter of fact..I grew up with a motor and two wheels under me. Anyways.. Got my first street bike in 02. I bought a brand new GSXR1000. went 4 up in the back and 520 chain and it was on.. A girl I was dating got me a beginners street course for my birthday. At first I thought it was an insult considering I'd been on bikes for 20+ years. It was acutally the begenners race course. They call it Street course so if you crash your insurance still covers the bike. Anyways.. I highly recommend fininding one of these. They will teach you exactly how to ride a machine like yours.. Do you know ,youre supposed to warm up your tires when you first start riding?? Do you know how to warm them?? little things like that could save your life..I have some pics of me on the track somewhere I'll post up..trackday.giftrackday2.jpg

[rmewrench]

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