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From: ibyf@ihlpa.UUCP (d. scott)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: What to start out on
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Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 14:09:27 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 12 14:09:27 1985
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	HERE IS YET ANOTHER OPINION ON WHAT TO START ON.  FIRST,
	I WOULD LIKE TO CLASSIFY  BIKES INTO THREE CATAGORIES 
	AND FOR A STARTER BIKE, MY OWN RECOMMENDATION IS THE MID-
	SIZE BIKE, 450 - 650.  THIS COMES FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE
	AS I HAD A YAMAHA 650 SPECIAL.  I AM A 6' 2'', 250 LB. 
	MALE (NOT FAT) AND ALL THE "BIKERS" I WORKED WITH WHEN I
	WAS CONSIDERING MY PURCHASE SAID THAT I WOULD "OUTGROW" IT
	IN NO TIME AT ALL.  WELL, I GOT THE BIKE AND PROMPTLY TOOK
	A MOTORCYCLE SAFETY COURSE, WHICH A 250 WAS FURNISHED.  THIS
	PROVIDED A GOOD BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A MOTORCYCLE 
	ACTS, RUNS, AND WORKS IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS.  WHEN I GOT
	OUT ON MY 650, I WAS CONFIDENT AND I KNEW HOW TO RIDE.  
	EVEN WITH MY SIZE, I NEVER OUTGREW MY 650 TWIN AND EVEN TOOK
	A FEW LONG DISTANCE TRIPS WITH IT, (FOR WHICH I WISH I
	WOULD HAVE HAD A FAIRING) AND NEVER REGRETTED HAVING A                   	QUOTE "SMALL" BIKE.  FOR SOMEONE WHO IS JUST STARTING, MY
	RECOMMENDATION IS THIS.

		1) GO OUT AND BUY SOME BIKE MAGAZINES, FIND
		   A BIKE THAT YOU LIKE AND CAN AFFORD.

		2) GO TO YOUR LOCAL COLLEGE AND SIGN UP FOR
		   THE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY COURSE (THEY'RE
		   USUALLLY FREE) *BEFORE* YOU BUY YOUR
		   BIKE.

		3) ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




						"ENGINEERING...
						SCOTT HERE...."