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Julz C
Im 15 years old, about 5'5" and im learning how to dirt bike. My dad offered a Kawasaki klx 110. Would that be a good bike to start on?
Answer
Julz,
Ignore the idiots. Kids start riding as young as 4 with PW's and the like. Girls should ride as much as guys. My little sister rides and has fun. Riding is not a "man" only thing. if you want, some of the plastics manufacturers, like ACERBIS, make pink and purple replacement plastics for the KLX.
at 5'5" The KLX would be good. Make sure he gets the regular wheeled version. If there is a "tall" wheeled version, the bike may be a bit tall. Thus it wouldn't do much for your confidence since you can't touch the ground.
The other option is the TTR110E from Yamaha. Same type of four stroke 110CC motor in a small wheeled package. The TTR110L is the big wheeled bike.
See if your dad will take you to the bike shop to go sit on them. Realistically, you only need to have 1 foot on the ground to ride a motorcycle, just like a bicycle. However, having both feet touch, even if it's the balls of your feet will help your confidence when you're a beginner.
HTH,
D
Julz,
Ignore the idiots. Kids start riding as young as 4 with PW's and the like. Girls should ride as much as guys. My little sister rides and has fun. Riding is not a "man" only thing. if you want, some of the plastics manufacturers, like ACERBIS, make pink and purple replacement plastics for the KLX.
at 5'5" The KLX would be good. Make sure he gets the regular wheeled version. If there is a "tall" wheeled version, the bike may be a bit tall. Thus it wouldn't do much for your confidence since you can't touch the ground.
The other option is the TTR110E from Yamaha. Same type of four stroke 110CC motor in a small wheeled package. The TTR110L is the big wheeled bike.
See if your dad will take you to the bike shop to go sit on them. Realistically, you only need to have 1 foot on the ground to ride a motorcycle, just like a bicycle. However, having both feet touch, even if it's the balls of your feet will help your confidence when you're a beginner.
HTH,
D
Why cars engines are smaller while motorcycle engines are getting bigger?
PRINCE OF
I mean in the 60s the biggest b@d@$$ motorcycle was the Triumph Bonvillie with 650cc air cooled parallel twin engine and I have heard numerous times from old citizens that there was a saying "you don't need anything bigger than 250cc". While cars used to be really big! I've not much knowledge about vintage cars but all of them used to had about 4.0L engine minimum.
Now as of 2013. 650cc bikes with modern technology like fuel injection, liquid cooling, high compression ratios and other electronics aids are considered beginner bikes (I'm looking towards Suzuki SV650 and Ninja 650R) even though they're lighter and also have more power than the old Bonvillie. While at the same time a car with anything over 2.0L engine considered BIG!
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?
Answer
Well, cars were not "always" big. Look at a 4cly model T from the 1920's.
They started to grow in the 50's and kept getting bigger.
In the late 70's there was a gas crisis and MFRs started thinking about making things smaller. This is why they stopped growing by 1980.
During the 80's, the EPA became more powerful, butting more and more restrictions on emissions. The easiest way to bypass emissions is by making the car smaller.
When I was a kid, a Ford Taurus was considered a mid-sized car. Now it is considered a full-sized car. The reason is that actual full-sized cars do not exist any longer.
During the 80's, the song "Little Red Corvette" was made popular by Prince. Back then, the Corvette was little. That same Corvette today is 50% larger than the average "family sedan".
The only cars that haven't gotten smaller are trucks. The last top model Ranger would crush one of the original 1983 Rangers.
As for bikes, again, it's what's out there. A Bonnie was big in the 60's, because the only people making anything larger was HD.
But on the track, the Bonnie's main HD Competitor was still only a Harley xr 750
The Japs came and raised tha bar as to what could be expected , performance wise.
Today, there are more bikes to choose from, and they are much more sophisticated. It is true, a modern 650 is usually referred to as a beginner's or commuter's bike.
But a beginner could not ride a vintage 650. Also, if you put the power of a modern 650 into a vintage machine, you'd end up with horrible results.
I love old things, but old bikes were made for old traffic. The novelty of an old bike wears off when it can't keep up with, or stop quickly enough for modern traffic.
Those "numerous old citizens" of whom you speak, would probably have a heart attack if they took their old Triumphs and BSAs out for commuting service, 85 MPH stop-and-go traffic.
I guess it depends on where you live.
Many old bikes have flimsy frames and suspension. If you ride a new bike, then ride an old one, the last thing on your mind is making the old one go faster. On many old bikes, you feel like ur going 90 when ur going 70.
I almost died twice when my vintage BMW couldn't handle the ABS brakes of the guy in front of me. New cars stop on a dime compared to old bikes.
And if you leave too much of a space-cushion to make up for your "new for 1964" brakes, someone usually passes and fills up the space, leaving you with about 2 feet.
It sux.
I swore off riding old bikes for anything other than local, low speed events.
The closest thing I would ride to an old-tech bike is a Suzuki Savage.
Well, cars were not "always" big. Look at a 4cly model T from the 1920's.
They started to grow in the 50's and kept getting bigger.
In the late 70's there was a gas crisis and MFRs started thinking about making things smaller. This is why they stopped growing by 1980.
During the 80's, the EPA became more powerful, butting more and more restrictions on emissions. The easiest way to bypass emissions is by making the car smaller.
When I was a kid, a Ford Taurus was considered a mid-sized car. Now it is considered a full-sized car. The reason is that actual full-sized cars do not exist any longer.
During the 80's, the song "Little Red Corvette" was made popular by Prince. Back then, the Corvette was little. That same Corvette today is 50% larger than the average "family sedan".
The only cars that haven't gotten smaller are trucks. The last top model Ranger would crush one of the original 1983 Rangers.
As for bikes, again, it's what's out there. A Bonnie was big in the 60's, because the only people making anything larger was HD.
But on the track, the Bonnie's main HD Competitor was still only a Harley xr 750
The Japs came and raised tha bar as to what could be expected , performance wise.
Today, there are more bikes to choose from, and they are much more sophisticated. It is true, a modern 650 is usually referred to as a beginner's or commuter's bike.
But a beginner could not ride a vintage 650. Also, if you put the power of a modern 650 into a vintage machine, you'd end up with horrible results.
I love old things, but old bikes were made for old traffic. The novelty of an old bike wears off when it can't keep up with, or stop quickly enough for modern traffic.
Those "numerous old citizens" of whom you speak, would probably have a heart attack if they took their old Triumphs and BSAs out for commuting service, 85 MPH stop-and-go traffic.
I guess it depends on where you live.
Many old bikes have flimsy frames and suspension. If you ride a new bike, then ride an old one, the last thing on your mind is making the old one go faster. On many old bikes, you feel like ur going 90 when ur going 70.
I almost died twice when my vintage BMW couldn't handle the ABS brakes of the guy in front of me. New cars stop on a dime compared to old bikes.
And if you leave too much of a space-cushion to make up for your "new for 1964" brakes, someone usually passes and fills up the space, leaving you with about 2 feet.
It sux.
I swore off riding old bikes for anything other than local, low speed events.
The closest thing I would ride to an old-tech bike is a Suzuki Savage.
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