Know where neutral is!
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Know where neutral is!
Between first gear and second, I assume.
(seriously it is between 1st and 2nd, so if you're unlucky you'll hit it once going up and once shifting down, know how to feel out whole-clicks)
Seems really easy! In practice... you'll see. Heard a LOT of accidental revving at the MSF course.
This hasn't happened to me yet, but I had a little scare the other day when I rolled on the throttle just a hair by accident when I was reaching for the front break on a hill. WOAH HORSE!
Half clicks suck. I have to learn to remember what gear I'm on. At least in a car you can memorize the shape of the gate.
Best thing is just to recognize when it's in neutral so you don't get spooked by it. "Oh shit. Click." Done.
I've never seen that color combo in the wild. It looks great! I love the SV as an in-town bike. Low-RPM acceleration feels great; the torque just pulls the bike right along.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I would advise waiting a few months before riding with a group. Group riding dynamics can be a little different than riding solo, but if you find the right group, riding with others is really, really fun, as long as the groups are small; ideally no more than eight or ten riders. You just have to find people with the same riding philosophy. If you're caught in the middle of a pack of experienced riders, you may be pushed to ride beyond your skills.
Somewhat related, I went for a ride with a few friends the other day, one on a Ninja 250 (an omg ~girl~) and another on a ZX-6R. The 250 was the ride leader, and the only difference her leading the ride and someone else on a bigger bike was the max speed. Cornering speeds were about the same.
With a bike, there are fun new games that you will play such as, "Can I time this light just right so that I never have to put my feet down?"
I'm not a big fan of group rides. Me and two or three friends is about as much as I'm down for.
Also, people are always surprised that a Ninja 250 does everything bigger bikes do. I've been on rides with a bunch of people and the only person I ever slowed down was another guy on a 250--dude is way faster than me, which is good 'cause I know there's much more my bike can do.
I've found that more riders is fine, but having a similar riding style is crucial, and when riding on more technical roads, give space.
And really, when riding on public streets, there shouldn't be that much difference between smaller and larger sport bikes. Riding at 10/10ths on the street is really asking for lots of broken stuff.
At lunch I saw a Nissan GT-R for the first time in person. The dude that owned it saw me looking at it and let me sit in it. Very Nissan on the inside, nothing really stands out. The seats are sweet though. It's got some weird ass door handles on the outside.
Yeah, GT-R doesn't look "wow" like you expect a supercar to look. The interior is pretty plain, not at all extravagant. But that's because, while it's got supercar performance, it's actually an every-man's supercar. Crazy to think a $90k car could do what that car does.
EDIT: Shit the GT-R price has gone up. It was a $70k car not long ago.