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View Poll Results: What size (cc's) was your first street bike? | |||
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2 | 2.22% |
250 |
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12 | 13.33% |
500 |
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12 | 13.33% |
600 |
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28 | 31.11% |
650 |
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8 | 8.89% |
750 |
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4 | 4.44% |
800 |
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4 | 4.44% |
900 |
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3 | 3.33% |
1000 or bigger |
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9 | 10.00% |
Other |
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8 | 8.89% |
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Sham WOW
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: ATX
Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098
Posts: 2,741
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So what size was your first STREET bike (knowing many people started out on dirtbikes)? 500cc (Buell Blast)
Was it an I4 or a Twin? Neither... single... thumper ftmfw! ![]() Did you have previous experience (i.e. with dirtbikes)? Nope.. MSF only. If you started on something "bigger," do you think it hurt your development as a rider or do you wish you'd started smaller? Not really applicable.. but I did move up to a 600 within after only 4 months on a Blast. I'd like to think I'm a quick study, but really I'm just impatient. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Akron OH
Moto: 03 CBR RR
Posts: 5,350
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Sham WOW
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: ATX
Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098
Posts: 2,741
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Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss |
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Chopstix / \
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Akron OH
Moto: 03 CBR RR
Posts: 5,350
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#55 |
Ride Me Baby....
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Naperville, IL
Moto: '05 FJR 1300A, '01 SV 650S, '86 Interceptor
Posts: 73
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So what size was your first STREET bike (knowing many people started out on dirtbikes)? 700cc (86' Interceptor)
Was it an I4 or a Twin? Neither... v-four Did you have previous experience (i.e. with dirtbikes)? Rode friends smaller bikes growing up, and took the MSF before I started riding. If you started on something "bigger," do you think it hurt your development as a rider or do you wish you'd started smaller? Although a 700cc the bike produces about 80hp on a good day. So although the bike get's up and goes, it really isn't comparable at all to today's bikes. The biggest challenge with the bike is the weight.
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restorer of the original
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Zionsville,PA
Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500
Posts: 1,331
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I had about 5 years serious dirt riding before I purchased my first streetbike, a 1977 Kawasaki KZ750 in 1981. Had 1200 miles on it when I got it and 35K when I sold it two years later.
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Chaotic Neutral
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt
Posts: 13,992
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one other thing, the question about regreting starting bigger: the 'cane being twenty plus years when i got her was kinda shakey, great to learn the basics on but i never really felt that i could trust it if i pushed her any. the blade being lighter and far smoother was much more confidence inspiring ![]()
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SFL Expatriate #1
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: ATL Burbs
Moto: '09 Triumph Speed Triple
Posts: 4,712
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First street bike I owned myself completely was a 600cc I4. However, I rode my brother's Yamaha 150 allot when I was a teenager.
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Fuzznutz
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Moto: 98 ZX9
Posts: 999
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My first bike was a 1989 GSXR 1100, at the age of 18 my mom was not too happy. I survived though.
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Tractor Driver
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Franklin, TN
Moto: Buell XB12X Ulysses
Posts: 1,007
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The Uly is my first street bike. All my street miles are on its odometer.
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