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11-25-2009, 01:02 PM | #1 |
sergeant hatred
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Sportbike then cruiser.
I have ridden with a guy on a Maurader 800, and he could keep up to anyone on a sportbike up to about 100mph in the turns.(his bike would not go much faster)
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11-25-2009, 01:35 PM | #2 |
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I think it depends more on the rider's location. If someone lived in the middle of Kansas, they may never ride uphill, downhill, or around a curve.
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11-25-2009, 04:25 PM | #3 | |
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But having lived in the Ozarks, I do know what a curve is, and I miss them.
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11-25-2009, 04:28 PM | #4 |
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I think those that have spent time on both bikes make the best riders.
Having rode both, I can say that my skills are much better than if I had just stayed on a cruiser.
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11-26-2009, 02:25 AM | #5 |
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^^^Yeah he needs to further define better...better could mean no accidents, ability to go around cones, do figure 8's, lap times at a track etc. etc.
To me a better rider is the one who knows to handle a motorcycle under all conditions.
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11-27-2009, 12:16 PM | #6 | |
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Personally I think if you can handle say a Harley which is heavy and not great at braking or handling and then you go to a more advanced and nimble sportbike they would fair better (once they get use to the bike). A sportbike rider who gets a cruiser may not recognize some dangers that a seasoned cruiser rider would (such as braking earlier). But I think a lot is seat time in different conditions. I feel I'm a fairly decent rider being I ride rush hour interstate traffic, downtown Atlanta, twisties of the mountains, straights of south georgia, SUV dodging of the suburbs, dodging of deer in the out suburbs and country, all weather and just about any condition you could imagine for the street (including some offroad time on my bike). And I've done it without crashing (of course that could change today) despite many near misses and probalby 20k miles in 2 years of riding.
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11-30-2009, 05:01 PM | #7 |
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Depends on what you mean by "better"....
Safer? or More skilled? If it's "safer" then I would probably say cruiser, then sportbike. but If it's "more skilled" then I would probably say sportbike, then cruiser. But that would definitely be more of a TREND than anything else... definitely not the rule.
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11-30-2009, 06:04 PM | #8 |
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Amen! Preach on, Brutha Bastard!
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12-01-2009, 07:03 PM | #9 |
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They offered a discount for having taken the MSF course (and yes you need to prove it with a copy of the completion certificate for auditing purposes), but as I've had my license for more than 6 years I was ineligible for that, as that alone brings your rate down.
I just thought it was funny there were no discounts for actually TEACHING this course :P
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12-01-2009, 07:09 PM | #10 |
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Taking the course and teaching aren't very far off from the same skill set.
Parking lot safety and handling just aren't worth any kind of discount in my mind. ymmv |
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