Any of you have them? What are your payments/insurance?

yeah, I should get insurance but they want like $500-1000 every six months and it's just not worth it to me, I could pay for the bike twice over in a few years at that rate
just trust in God and hope He grants you safe passage through traffic without accidents?

or attend track schools, read all the books you get your hands on, and try to keep your skills from getting rusty
that doesn't mean shit when it comes to accidents. no ammount of practice can get you to where you can know what another driver is going to do before they do it. Sure, you can guess, but you can't know.

There is one sure rule when riding on two wheels, you will wreck. Be it today, tomorrow, or even next year, you will go down. Or you might even T-bone a car. But it will happen.

invest in suspension mods before power modsSuspension mods -are- power mods ;)

They allow more efficient power transfer to the pavement, allow you to handle the power better, etc.

and, in my not so humble opinion, big pipes are only needed when intake mods are done. There is no point in having a huge exhaust system and a super restrictive intake/valve train.

im 19, no accidents or tickets (knock on wood) and i have my motorcycle license, but yet to get a motorcycle. ive been quoted for 500 dollars a year here in los angeles california for insurance (liability only of course)

ive been riding a motorcycle since last summer in the philippines, i was 17. i was riding around town, 40-60mph without a helmet. stupid i know, but i learned. since then ive been driving on and off with my friends bikes. i would suggest playing around in the dirt before you play in the street. alot of it has to do with riding in your limits. im no where near trying anything stupid, like tricks and speed, and i know if i do, i might die, so its out of the question.

im waiting for money to get a bike now =D

Bike payments are cheap, like with anything else it's how quickly you want to pay it off.

I have full coverage for about $500 a year. I know someone inside GMAC however, which is the only reason it's that low.

As far as the whole dirt vs. street argument, eh I don't know about that. I started on dirt too, but they are two completely different arenas. I would just reccommend getting a smaller bike and and learning to ride in empty parking lots and streets before hopping up to something bigger or going out in traffic. Just don't be a dumbass and learn the ins and outs of your machine, that's about it.

Funny, I just finished installing new stainless lines front and rear, hawk pads, Ohlins damper, and a new Dynojet PC on my CBR.......We'll see what the southeast Ducati club has in store for me this spring. Track days at Kershaw, Martinsville, and Charlotte only cost $100 this year.

Track days at Kershaw, Martinsville, and Charlotte only cost $100 this year.


:shocked:

I guess bikes are so cheap because oyu don't have an instructor on board.

I just finished installing new stainless lines front and rear, hawk pads, Ohlins damper, and a new Dynojet PC on my CBR.
stainless lines are the shit, aren't they? and mmmm. :drool: Ohlins...

:shocked:

I guess bikes are so cheap because oyu don't have an instructor on board.


Exactly. They make you follow a lead rider for a while in the lower flights, but after that it's open season. Can't beat 8-9 hours on exclusive tracks like these for $100.

stainless lines are the shit, aren't they? and mmmm. :drool: Ohlins...


Absolutely. The difference you notice with new lines in a car is negligible compared to the difference on a bike.

And yeah, Ohlins just received a healthy chunk of my weekly pay....

And yeah, Ohlins just received a healthy chunk of my weekly pay....
I'm about |---| close to dropping some serious cash and putting Ohlins shocks all around on my snowmobile...

I'm about |---| close to dropping some serious cash and putting Ohlins shocks all around on my snowmobile...


It's a semi-wise investment. Definite difference in performance though. What kind of sled do you have?

It's a semi-wise investment. Definite difference in performance though. What kind of sled do you have?
its an 05 RMK 700.

I need better shocks, since this thing has the very base POS non-adjustable shocks on it. Though the Expert X (http://www.adboivin.com/en/expert.html) suspension looks bad ass.

so nobody has a monthly payment?

so nobody has a monthly payment?

paying insurance monthly is for knee-grows. You pay a shit load more money that way.

I'm talking about a loan payment

I'm talking about a loan payment

ohh. Didn't you know, everyone on illstreet is a millionare baller!

The internet is full of millionares with 9 inch dicks. It's like people with small cocks can't use a computer.

I'm talking about a loan payment
I don't own a street bike :hide:

But I was paying $500/month minimum for my XR to get it paid off ASAP.

I'm talking about a loan payment



I pay around $200 a month for my bike. Could pay $69, but I want it paid off.

YZF-R1

0 payments, 0 insurance :)

yeah, I should get insurance but they want like $500-1000 every six months and it's just not worth it to me, I could pay for the bike twice over in a few years at that rate



what about the police? what happens if you get pulled over? don't you 'mericans need insurance by law?

the law?? BAH! You just outrun them with your honed track skills!

:dunno:

Cops dont even bother to pull street bikes here and if they do think they can catch them I've never seen one pull over ... EVER

now that i think about it, i have never seen any time of motorcycle ever pulled over...... strange

Yeah I see bikes pulled over once in a while here too. Usually it's a group of them that get pulled at once whenever I see them. But I definitely don't see them pulled over that often. Hell I think I've only been pulled once on mine, and the guy pulled me over to talk about bikes.

very rarely do I see a bike pulled over.

Id really just like an older ninja that I can ride to class instead of walking for 25 minutes four times a day

I'd really like a $500-$1000 bike

Found an '03 RC51 locally for $5,000 when i looked at buying one last year. Insurance was going to be $350 a year but its a v-twin -vs- 4cyl think they are cheaper.

Nah. The RC51 is Honda's MotoGP replica. V-Twin or not, they judge by the size of the motor and orientation of the bike. They know for damn sure that bike isn't a cruiser.

i ride for fun. i dont jack off to the biker boyz dvd, subscribe to a motorcycle magazine, bench race... there are better things to do just enjoy what you own.

...but wait a minute, you probably possess neitherI thought you claimed that you weren't judgmental. His choice of bike isn't up to your standards and he didn't read your article, therefore he can't ride?

Boy, it's fun having you around. You bring so much to every forum you bless with your presence.

my post was in reply to the post above the one you assumed i was quoting. thanks for the reply.

are we being just a little hypocritical here Jim?No. Are you sure you know the meaning of that word?

ha, yeah something like that

or attend track schools, read all the books you get your hands on, and try to keep your skills from getting rusty

on the street, the best policy is, know your limits, and always leave something in reserve for the inevitable distracted driver who does something stupid, it will happen....avoid riding in congested areas if at all possible, risk goes way up

also, invest in suspension mods before power mods....loud pipes just piss people off, my R1 is atually very quiet

I always believed that if you drive/ride like everyone wants to hit you, you're pretty safe. Up here, I would never get a motorcycle, it's like the asshole New Englanders try to kill all the guys on bikes.

'85 Ninja 600, that was my first bike

I wonder what they're worth now? $500 maybe? :)

My first was an '86. :)

My first was an '86. :)Same here.

My first was an '86. :)
mine was a 1978 ;)

1978 XL175

then
1983 XR500R, talk about instant wheelie at any time because of the damn torque.

try an '85 CR500 :)
meh.

I rode the CR-500's too, they don't have torque. But they do have a something like 15hp jump in less then 2k rpms.

The XR's have the torque, the CR's have the arm stretching, but clenching power that makes you just go :shocked:

the RC51 is already a dinosaur

the '06 R6 would run circles around it


Probably true, but that's still a great bike.