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ZX-2R · 06-23-2004

I have to say that not all noobs are newbies. Am i considered a newbie after dirt racing asphault racing being on the military base MSF training force an driding 20 of my 30 years with a license? I've ridden GS1100E honda 1600's all the way down to a Yamaha street legal YSR-50 2 stroke that would crank out 70MPH! Thanks to the Military training MSF course I have ridden most every bike that was produced from 1972 to 1992. I can ride just about anything, but I'm not comfortable with everythig that I have ridden. How much time on dirt bikes do these guys have? how much ATV time, did they race bicycles or mountain bikes extreme style, there are way to many questions that we can't answer but can ask. I still believe the answer is to start low powered and then either increase the power or get a larger bike. The Kawasaki dealer can set the mapping on a racing bike to have no guts or glory all the way out to a full blown race bike and even overide the rev limiter. TIres an safety gear are the most important advice that we can give. You cannot beat this subject to death! We will always have people coming to the forum saying that they fell in love with this or that bike. I don't want to be held accountable of responsible for a kid/adult getting killed because of MY advice. Start small and learn all you can. Most of us know how to build a rocket out of a 250 if we really put some thought into all the things that we could do, enough to stomp a stock 500R...but it would cost more than a 500r to do that. IT Still remains a fact aht some people want a sleeper. Personally I'm ready for a 600 even after the decade away from riding. I'd take both the MSF and Advanced MSF course and I would practice everything. I live in a small town south of Kansas city...I don't care for the city. but I love the back road US Highways...We are not beating this thing to death, we are just doing "do-overs" with new people.

06-23-2004	#14 (permalink)
ZX-2R Banned BTK Expert Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Gardner, KS Posts: 2,159	noob I have to say that not all noobs are newbies. Am i considered a newbie after dirt racing asphault racing being on the military base MSF training force an driding 20 of my 30 years with a license? I've ridden GS1100E honda 1600's all the way down to a Yamaha street legal YSR-50 2 stroke that would crank out 70MPH! Thanks to the Military training MSF course I have ridden most every bike that was produced from 1972 to 1992. I can ride just about anything, but I'm not comfortable with everythig that I have ridden. How much time on dirt bikes do these guys have? how much ATV time, did they race bicycles or mountain bikes extreme style, there are way to many questions that we can't answer but can ask. I still believe the answer is to start low powered and then either increase the power or get a larger bike. The Kawasaki dealer can set the mapping on a racing bike to have no guts or glory all the way out to a full blown race bike and even overide the rev limiter. TIres an safety gear are the most important advice that we can give. You cannot beat this subject to death! We will always have people coming to the forum saying that they fell in love with this or that bike. I don't want to be held accountable of responsible for a kid/adult getting killed because of MY advice. Start small and learn all you can. Most of us know how to build a rocket out of a 250 if we really put some thought into all the things that we could do, enough to stomp a stock 500R...but it would cost more than a 500r to do that. IT Still remains a fact aht some people want a sleeper. Personally I'm ready for a 600 even after the decade away from riding. I'd take both the MSF and Advanced MSF course and I would practice everything. I live in a small town south of Kansas city...I don't care for the city. but I love the back road US Highways...We are not beating this thing to death, we are just doing "do-overs" with new people.