Chris
So I know that a 250 is the ideal bike for a beginner, but I don't know why a 650 would be difficult for a beginner. Can you list me some cons for buying a 650cc if you're a beginner?
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When I was a kid, there were a lot of bikes around in the under-250cc range. Most of us, our first bike was a 90 or a 125, or a big hairy-chested freeway-legal 150! 8^) Elvis Presley made a film called Roustabout, about a motorcycle bum who joins a carnival, and he rode around on a big, menacing-looking Honda 305! The biggest bike Honda made in those days was a 350!
In those days, they used to say there was no reason a motorcycle needed to be bigger than 250cc! People routinely crossed the continent on them. But that was in the day when US highways were 45-50 mph. A 250 is all the motorcycle you will ever need if you never need to go faster than 50 mph.
Today a 250cc bike is about the smallest you can get (except for a scooter or a moped or something). We get the 'first bike' question here a lot and a lot of people insist you should learn on a 250 because it's small and light and easy to manage. Which is true.
BUT these days most people are going to want to cruise on the highway, and a 250 is just inadequate. A Honda Rebel 250 or Kawasaki Ninja 250 will go 70 mph (on a good day with the wind behind you) but the suspension isn't designed for that speed so the bike is all over the road, not comfortable and not safe. A good gust of wind can put you over one lane, and if there's a car there, you're toast. Plus the throttle is wide open, you have no power in reserve.
It really depends on how you see yourself riding. If you're just riding to school and back, to work and back, and perhaps the occasional weekend ride on back roads, a 250 would be fine. But if you ever want to go more than 2 or 3 miles on an Interstate, you need at least 500cc and 650cc is better.
A 500 or 650 is bigger/heavier than a 250, but I don't think it's that much more. A normal 18 year old could handle it. So long as you can sit on the bike with both feet flat on the ground.
People talk about 'too much power'. But in my mind that's not a problem. The bike is not going to just take off with you like a wild horse. If you're mature enough to ride a bike in the first place, you use only as much power as you need. A little extra, in reserve, is a good thing, when you want to pass someone on the freeway. If you aren't mature enough, you can get your fool neck broke just as easily on a 250.
Anyway that's what I think.
When I was a kid, there were a lot of bikes around in the under-250cc range. Most of us, our first bike was a 90 or a 125, or a big hairy-chested freeway-legal 150! 8^) Elvis Presley made a film called Roustabout, about a motorcycle bum who joins a carnival, and he rode around on a big, menacing-looking Honda 305! The biggest bike Honda made in those days was a 350!
In those days, they used to say there was no reason a motorcycle needed to be bigger than 250cc! People routinely crossed the continent on them. But that was in the day when US highways were 45-50 mph. A 250 is all the motorcycle you will ever need if you never need to go faster than 50 mph.
Today a 250cc bike is about the smallest you can get (except for a scooter or a moped or something). We get the 'first bike' question here a lot and a lot of people insist you should learn on a 250 because it's small and light and easy to manage. Which is true.
BUT these days most people are going to want to cruise on the highway, and a 250 is just inadequate. A Honda Rebel 250 or Kawasaki Ninja 250 will go 70 mph (on a good day with the wind behind you) but the suspension isn't designed for that speed so the bike is all over the road, not comfortable and not safe. A good gust of wind can put you over one lane, and if there's a car there, you're toast. Plus the throttle is wide open, you have no power in reserve.
It really depends on how you see yourself riding. If you're just riding to school and back, to work and back, and perhaps the occasional weekend ride on back roads, a 250 would be fine. But if you ever want to go more than 2 or 3 miles on an Interstate, you need at least 500cc and 650cc is better.
A 500 or 650 is bigger/heavier than a 250, but I don't think it's that much more. A normal 18 year old could handle it. So long as you can sit on the bike with both feet flat on the ground.
People talk about 'too much power'. But in my mind that's not a problem. The bike is not going to just take off with you like a wild horse. If you're mature enough to ride a bike in the first place, you use only as much power as you need. A little extra, in reserve, is a good thing, when you want to pass someone on the freeway. If you aren't mature enough, you can get your fool neck broke just as easily on a 250.
Anyway that's what I think.
Good beginner dirt bike?
jhustlecav
im 5'5 145 lbs 13 years old just want something to ride with my friends. theres a 2004 drz 125 would it be good i only have like $1000
Answer
Okay guys, wake up call...a DRZ is a 4 stroke and the kid ain't gonna get a new KX150F for a grand. Yes the DRZ125 would be a great beginner bike for you.
Okay guys, wake up call...a DRZ is a 4 stroke and the kid ain't gonna get a new KX150F for a grand. Yes the DRZ125 would be a great beginner bike for you.
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