new riders

[bikeaholic]

yesterday i rode in our local ABATE toys for tots run -and a huge success by the way,over 1500 bikes participated-and as i was milling around looking at at the sweeet scoots i overheard on more than 1 occasion folks complaing about new riders and about the fact they hated to ride with someone they did'nt know
i thought to myself-you know you were once a new rider too and think how you would feel if you heard that
i've been ridin 20+ years and love to ride with new riders and people i don't know,everyone was new once
so the next time you ride in a big event - encourage the new riders,ride with them,after all they are the ones who will keep motorcycling alive

the moral: don't degrade or diss another biker cause he's/she's not as experienced as you are-think about when you first started how nice 99% of the riders you encounted were

[tinks]

Thanks for that hon , not that im likly 2 ride with u as im in the uk!!!! but being new its nice to know

[bikeaholic]

ya never know tinks-when they build that big bridge across the pond i'd ride over

[Freakinout]

I try to be as helpful to new riders as I possibly can, I give them pointers and make sure if someone new is riding with me that I take it easy so they don't go down.

[MaineKawi]

Sometimes I wish that all riders were as decent as you guys here. I know what its like to be a new rider (still kind of am) I went riding with some people on bigger bikes than mine was. I ended up being left on my own. Oh well I enjoyed the solitude I guess. Too bad we all didnt live in the same area

[bud8fan]

theirs only 3 of us where we are..but we are incouraging other friends to buy a bike and ride with us as we dont have very bad winters down here..we usually get to ride all year long.

[HunnieBunnie]

Its nice to know that there are people like you all out there wiling to help out the new riders... wonder how many of those "nice people" there are in my area...I shall find out very soon

Originally Posted by bud8fan

we dont have very bad winters down here..we usually get to ride all year long.

ba-humbug!!!!

I'm in MD...we have REAL winters...how about when winter roles around again I come ride with you in Texas

[bikeaholic]

i used to live in md--you know where bowie md. is?

[HunnieBunnie]

Originally Posted by bikeaholic

i used to live in md--you know where bowie md. is?

yep i'm 15 min away in Upper Marlboro

[bikeaholic]

that's hilarious i was actually in upper marlboro,i only said bowie cause i did'nt think you would know where u/m was -small world

[HunnieBunnie]

yeah i know plenty about old Upper Marlboro.. LOL!

[Uncle Bob]

Hey, I know nothing of upper Malboro, is there a lower Marlboro ?

[M3Rlin]

i also am from the uk and bought myself a 2002 636 yesterday, only passed my test about a month ago so i appreciate the advice given for new riders. like you say all bikers started somewhere and it is difficult

[Uncle Bob]

Welcome to the site, a lot of bike for a beginner so take it easy and respect the power.

[axledeep]

Originally Posted by HunnieBunnie

yeah i know plenty about old Upper Marlboro.. LOL!

Hmmmm......I'm in Arlington, VA. Not too far down the road. If you're ever up for a ride, let me know .

[metric sprocket]

Help new guys OK What about us old guys trying to remember how

[konica]

i am new to this forum
just bought my first bike a week back, the ninja 250
all pointers for new riders will be welcome here, my total riding experience is the msf course i took in nov 06
i acutally dropped the ninja on the 2nd day
but got lucky as only the clutch lever got a little wonky, and i am riding the bike just like that
am hoping wont need to do anything to it anytime soon.
can't wait to get onto freeways, though i think i am pretty far from that

[trikebubble]

Hey dudes, this thread sure has been reserected from the dead. It's almost 3 years old.

And welcome Konica, good to have you on board. Drop into the Main Lobby and start a thread to introduce yourself to the gang.