I will say it...Some people have no business riding a bike. Some people ride like maniacs in the worst places, the streets. I would not recommend a bike to some jackarse kid who says COOL in their sentence more than 3 times...Now for an older rider such as myself, I would recommend a bike...Now if they were over a certain height a 600 if they were vertically challenged a 250 but I mean in the extreme. Sub 5'5". I rode my bikes stock for a bit and yeah it was tough on hills but I never stalled on a hill...That was me though and not everyone can ever be me. I have always said that not everyone should ride...I do not deny that...Now starting your wife on a 650R is smart...Why? Because you know your wife's character...I stated I would start my wife on a 250 because of her character. Now talking with friends, 600 easily...It is hard to recommend a bike on this forum because we do not really know the people asking the question. You can tell sometimes by the way they write or respond, but that is not the whole picture. Just presonally it depends on who is asking and how big they are.
I would recommend are bikes that can allow you to learn and still have room to respect the power underneath and also the power to still give you a thrill, and room for riding a while. Not to say a smaller bike won't but in some instances it may not...Yeah the smaller bike is lighter but not that much but again that is a rider thing.
There are reasons you did not start her on a 250 and that is what you should share...Not the hypotheticals but the real world truths. Some of us did start on 600s, some on 250s, some on 650s etc. You share the reasons why we started on those bikes, what was good and bad. There are NO ABSOLUTES in any of these topics of which bike...Just shared stories to help others in their decision process.
That my people is sound advice (Definition -
Opinion (Definition - A belief or conclusion held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof) about what could or should be done about a situation or problem; counsel) . You give them the info (from real world personal experiences and none of this hearsay BS from some yahoo writing on the web) to make a smart decision. You can not nor should you force someone into a decision based on conjecture (Definition -
- Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork.)
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Originally Posted by bennice
Glad to hear that the disagreement didn't rub you the wrong way. Are you shallow? I dunno about that, but one thing you said sticks out in my mind and makes me laugh. Remember this?
So I think I get your angle a bit better now. You're essentially saying that you recommend a newb that doesn't have the smarts enough to ride a 600 proficiently and safely should grow up and not ride at all until they do...right?
But do you acknowledge that not all sensible people that want to learn how to ride are capable of handling, and may not want to handle a 600cc supersport? Can you agree that none of us NEEDS that kind of power, but we definitely like to have it on tap?
My wife is long legged and strong, and is almost 6 months into learning how to ride on a 650. Had she tried to learn on my 6RR it would have been bad...VERY bad, and it probably would have scared her away from riding. That doesn't make her a squid or suggest lack of smarts on her part. It's just much more power than she needs, much too aggressive riding position, and intimidating to someone completely new to riding.
I still think you should borrow a 250 someday and let her rip thru the twisties a time or two.  |