I'm looking for a Yamaha V-MAX if any one is selling one!! Also I'm going to sell my Honda 750 Magna 1994 if any might be interested?? I won't lie I rebuilt it from a fire but my funds are slowly going away! [Bang]
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I'm looking for a Yamaha V-MAX if any one is selling one!! Also I'm going to sell my Honda 750 Magna 1994 if any might be interested?? I won't lie I rebuilt it from a fire but my funds are slowly going away! [Bang]
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Originally Posted by Monky
Soon as the weather gets warm enough and we can go shooting then wings. **NODS**
or ride then wings.... I'd say ride, shoot and wings .. but I think we might get funny looks riding motorcycles down the road with the AR's strapped to our backs....
EDIT: oh and I was here first.. look at my join date and post count :-P
Your post count only shows your lack of a gf.. same w/ your join date. [ROFL1]
I still have more and way cooler guns!
ps - to the OP.. sorry for the Hijack..but I've known club forever.. [Stooge]
Actually I DID have a GF when I joined this site LOL ...... Dumpped her last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monky
And yes sorry to the OP... we kinda railroaded your thread.
I like the Kawasaki KLR 650. It's a really big dirt bike with headlights and street gear. Water cooled, they say they last a long time. Would be good for taking the less beaten path, or if TSHTF. The US Marines have a diesel version, but it is unavailable to the public.
http://www.hayes-dt.com/vehicle-m1030-m2.php
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Originally Posted by Monky
Bumps is bumps! Besides, it's not like it's one of the "For sale" threads, right? [Beer]Quote:
Originally Posted by clublights
I'll go along with "start small on the dirt"
My first bike was a beat to shit yamaha 90 enduro, got it for $50. Six bikes later my biggest bike was an RZ350.
Riding is a blast, but you gotta watch out for every other vehicle on the road and your damn right wrist.
I know you said you didn't want hte input of us "older guys", but I can't help myself.
The biggest factor with riding you MUST remeber is that it isn't a matter of if you will wreck, but when you will have your first street bike wreck.
I rode for 20+ years with many close calls due to inattentive drivers. The only thing that kept me from wrecking during all of that time was training (remember SIPDE from your class - use it) and experience.
This all came to a crashing (pardon the pun) halt on August 28, 2000 when I had my first street bike wreck. It almost ended my life. It was all thanks to the guy in the car 4 cars in front of me who decided to slam on his brakes and caused all 3 lanes of traffic to follow suit. I was only doing 35mph as we had just come out of a red light. The only reason I'm here today is that I was wearing a very good full-faced helmet. Anything less than full-faced would have left me DOA for a closed casket funeral.
So, my recommendation to you is once you decide on the bike you want, buy the absolute best full-faced helmet you can find - do NOT skimp on this. This even goes if you were to decide on a cruiser style bike versus the crotch rocket you indicated you're interested in. Good jackets with kevlar imbedded is really good to have, but it's your head that requires the most protection.
I will never forget becoming cognitive in the trauma center and watching the police officer who responded to my accident handing my helmet to my wife and telling her it saved my life - and then one of the nurses attending to me indicating her experience was that most people who had motorcylce wrecks and were as busted up as I was arrived at the hospital DEAD.
Something to consider.
Glad you're still with us Ginsue!Quote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
[Beer]
As an old guy - I'll second the helmet riff... I'm only old beacuse of them... I was once a professional bike crasher... that's why I don't own a bike anymore... well, that and the wifes' awareness of my aptitude.
14+ years of riding experience, I say don't buy a 250, all your gonna do is wish you bought a 600 in about 5months after. I see it all the time. I ride a very "lightly" modified '03 636 ZR6.