New Toy :)

[FrayAdjacent]

Originally Posted by Lil bastard

I'm an MSF Intsructor (Basic and Advanced Riding Skills classes), and the one thing I notice with Sport Bikes is that they are meant for speed - low speed maneuvering seems to challenge many of my students with these bikes.

Be sure to spend more time practicing low-speed operation as this is where it'll get hairy on a sport bike, and in the City, this is where you'll spend a lot of your time.

If you haven't taken any MSF courses, I highly recommend doing so. I have students who've ridden for many years come to the course and comment on how much they learned... often to their surprise - not everything can be learned simply by doing. Good Luck !!!

Listen to this man! I took the MSF basic class a couple weeks after picking up my scooter. I learned a lot, and got my riding life off to a good start. Even if you've ridden for years, you need to take this class. As mentioned, low speed skills are something a lot of people don't pick up just by doing.

We can ALL learn more.

BTW, I had fun, and I was the only one in my class to scrape a footpeg!

[FTD]

+2 on the MSF courses. My Dad would likely have circumvented an accident if he had remembered some basic training. In his case, it was road positioning.

[markab986]

Nice bike

Were you by chance heading West on E Ontario around Michigan Ave on Aug 2 about 8:00PM?

Wife and I were in the city about that time and ~15 minutes of sport bikes came blazing through holding up traffic and having a good time!

Everyone was cool with it and there were tourists taking pictures of all the bikes coming down the street.

[Jaxonalden]

Nice bike, I'm a cruiser guy myself, like LB. I've got a FLHTC "Geezer Glide". I don't know what my wife means by the term "Your toys"? Any ideas?

BTW- Motorcycle Safety Foundation Experienced Rider Course-'94, '04

[dmcutter]

Sweet ride, dj. I love the fairings on the Rs, very predatory looking. Of course, I am partial to my ZX10R.

I had a Buell Ulysses before this Kawi and after the last one, but it was too quirky for me. Buell has neat engineering, I like the 1125 especially since they got rid of that lump of a Harley motor. I say go for it, Nick.

BTW, just got back from a week long class in Chicago at the CNA bldg. Beautiful city and the people were the friendliest city dwellers I've ever come across. Having been living out in the country for so long, though, I think I would find driving or riding in the city pretty nerve wracking. Just a matter of what you're used to, I guess.

[NickCats]

Picked it up from Chicago BMW today and love it !

Nick

[dmcutter]

You need to trailer that badboy down to the Dragon behind your Box. It'll handle much better than your Road Hog did, I'm sure.