Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rsp From: rsp@opus.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: motorcycles for novices - (nf) Message-ID: <175@opus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 11:35:14 EST Article-I.D.: opus.175 Posted: Tue Jan 31 11:35:14 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 08:31:39 EST References: <5040@uiucdcs.UUCP> <238@micomvax.UUCP> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 16 A while back I recommended a 250 - 500 cc bike for beginners. As I thought about it some more, I remembered that I really started with a 50cc Honda "step-through" trail bike. It was not only worthless on highways at speeds over 35 mph but was dangerous! But below 35 mph and especially riding through forests and fields it was a *BLAST*!!! It was so light that dumping it was almost fun. So what if the mirrors and brake levers kept breaking off... I'm wondering now how many of us "big" bikers started *REALLY* small. If you ever read about racer's backgrounds you will notice that many of them have a lot of dirt riding experience. That will certainly get you used to sliding a motorcycle around! Russ Panneton NBI Inc. Boulder CO ..!nbires!opus!rsp