'11 Kawi KLR650 Pretty decent ride, but had to let her go, after a couple of years.
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Maggie’s SH Motorcycle Thread
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My son and I right before taking off on a nice Father's Day ride. I'm on the MV. The V4 S Corse is his new favorite bike in the garage.
My boy is interested in learning to ride, but he's only fifteen. State law says you have to be 18 to get a motorcycle endorsement, but I'm looking forward to teaching him to ride.
I'm sure the time spent is great!
Start him out on a smaller dirt bike. Honda 150F is about perfect. Practice Practice Practice. Learn to use both brakes, the front has most of the stopping power. I used the front even when flat tracking my 150F. Learn to use both brakes till they slide in the dirt, that will teach the feel from hard braking to pushing the front/sliding the rear. Then once you're on a street bike you're not thinking about the bike and you can focus on all the cars that want to kill you.
Also track days are a great way to get some instruction and learn as well on ANY bike. I've instructed people on everything from supermotos to superbikes with harley 883's and goldwings in the mix.I agree with NewShooter above. If you have the place for your son to start on a smaller bike in the dirt or on a track, that is the way to go. I started riding at 14 years old on a Bultaco Alpina 250. It was my best friend's bike. We rode that and others for two years before we ever hit the street on a bike.
My son is 29 yo now and has a lot of miles under his belt riding with me first and then me and my close trusted friends in small groups after I considered him ready. He took the MSF Basic Rider course (with my wife) when he was 15yo and again 16yo before I started him out with a used Kawasaki Ninja 500. This is was the old style with only 49hp and relatively lightweight. At the time we had access to many rural paved county roads that had very little traffic. I would not allow him to ride without me when he was in high school. His senior year we bought him a new Triumph Daytona 675 LE when he turned 18yo as he had many miles on the Ninja and was ready for it. Again I did not let him ride it without me or me and my friends riding along. He never fought that rule. He learned to ride by example with responsible and capable riders
My son is 29 yo now and has a lot of miles under his belt riding with me first and then me and my close trusted friends in small groups after I considered him ready. He took the MSF Basic Rider course (with my wife) when he was 15yo and again 16yo before I started him out with a used Kawasaki Ninja 500. This is was the old style with only 49hp and relatively lightweight. At the time we had access to many rural paved county roads that had very little traffic. I would not allow him to ride without me when he was in high school. His senior year we bought him a new Triumph Daytona 675 LE when he turned 18yo as he had many miles on the Ninja and was ready for it. Again I did not let him ride it without me or me and my friends riding along. He never fought that rule. He learned to ride by example with responsible and capable riders
Traded a 2015 BMW R1200R for this KTM 1290 Super Adventure S. It was going to take a special bike for me to move away from that BMW and this one ticked all the boxes. I comfortably giggle like a school girl every time I ride it and my wife enjoys the extra room and back rest when I have the top box and panniers on.
Its got full Aarow ceramic exhaust with the Rottweiller stage 4 kit and the SAS delete.
Made a huge difference in how it runs, much smoother and noticeably more power.
Its got full Aarow ceramic exhaust with the Rottweiller stage 4 kit and the SAS delete.
Made a huge difference in how it runs, much smoother and noticeably more power.
Traded a 2015 BMW R1200R for this KTM 1290 Super Adventure S. It was going to take a special bike for me to move away from that BMW and this one ticked all the boxes. I comfortably giggle like a school girl every time I ride it and my wife enjoys the extra room and back rest when I have the top box and panniers on.
Its got full Aarow ceramic exhaust with the Rottweiller stage 4 kit and the SAS delete.
Made a huge difference in how it runs, much smoother and noticeably more power.
Pic didn't show up for me in your post.
Brother, get both of you dirt bikes. He will learn the fundamentals in a safer environment than the street and will be a better street rider later. You will also share some great experiences. I rode/raced dirtbikes for four yrs before my 1st real street bike. Never regretted that.
Irish
Took a ride last night along some of the seasonal roads and along some railroad tracks last night. I like trying to get lost, then figuring out where I am without going back along the route that got me there.
I have a lot of fun exploring on this little bike.
I have a lot of fun exploring on this little bike.
For all us SH riders, hope you will take a moment out of your day to pay respect to the seven riders killed in New Hampshire yesterday in a horrific head-on crash with a pickup.
They were all Marine Veterans out on a club ride together. Three more in hospital.
No background on what caused the accident, but I am sure more details will come out.
For now, take a second and think some thoughts for 7 lost Marines. When it comes to two wheels, we are all brothers.
In sadness and respect,
Sirhr
They were all Marine Veterans out on a club ride together. Three more in hospital.
No background on what caused the accident, but I am sure more details will come out.
For now, take a second and think some thoughts for 7 lost Marines. When it comes to two wheels, we are all brothers.
In sadness and respect,
Sirhr
Heard that this morning my self. I pray for all on two wheels.
HORRENDOUS just doesn't cut it for describing this situation.
Not first hand... but rode with a couple of folks who have them and love them. Pretty bulletproof. Really tall! Even compared to my Dakar. Honda reliable and quality. Not the name recognition or Panache of a BMW or a KTM... but gravity-reliable.
Sirhr
I’ve got buddy’s with the ktm’s and if I was in the market for on off road I would look hard at them.
Sounds exactly like the XR650L that I had in the early nineties, damn I miss that bike!
I had an XT Yamaha 500 single in the early '80s... compression release and all, or it would kick my skinny ass over the handlebars! Used to love riding in the woods in the early spring snow! Bike and times I miss for sure!
Cheers,
Sirhr
This was a ride in the springtime a couple years ago. Those fat tires actually don't do too bad on the snow. Hard to tell from the pic, but the ride down that little evergreen lane through the trees was slightly downhill, and getting back out to the gravel road at the end was a lot harder than the ride in. Lots of duck-walking.
Could have swore I posted in here before. I don't get ride nearly enough. '09 Triumph Speed Triple.
2011 HD FXDB Street Bob
124” Dragos Built S&S
Storz Performance Inverted Front End
Dual 13” PM Rotors with Dual Brembo Radial Calipers
Barnett Billet Scorpion Lock Up Clutch
14.5” Mach Moto Shocks
Sputhe Posi Track
D&D Boarzilla Pipes
145ftlbs / 138hp
She’s a beast..
124” Dragos Built S&S
Storz Performance Inverted Front End
Dual 13” PM Rotors with Dual Brembo Radial Calipers
Barnett Billet Scorpion Lock Up Clutch
14.5” Mach Moto Shocks
Sputhe Posi Track
D&D Boarzilla Pipes
145ftlbs / 138hp
She’s a beast..
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10:8:1. 640 Lift EZ Start Cams. Mild Headwork. I wanted reliable power for touring. Starts everytime. Stock starter and has run flawless for years without issue.
I know I posted a pic of my road glide already. But figured I’d do one of my dyna also.
Bitchin dude. My 2 favorite bike. Dyna and RG and both with TBars. The way it should be. Very nice ??
Yeah man. Can’t beat West Coast Tbars and Scotty is a good dude. Went from apes to Tbars years ago and glad I did. Night and day difference in both handling and comfort.
I sold the first year Fat Boy to get Adria’s braces many years ago. Well, everyone’s college is now paid for so it was my turn. The ride reminds me of my Ducati F1. It is brutal on my back, neck, & wrists but the smile plastered on my face is worth it.
At this stage of the game it does what I want it to.
Like the Ducati, it sleeps inside the house.
Maxwell
At this stage of the game it does what I want it to.
Like the Ducati, it sleeps inside the house.
Maxwell
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Here's a pic of my bride as she's picking up her Slim S on Wednesday. She's kind of a bad ass.
My old ZRX1200. I do not get to ride it enough.
They really are magnificent machines! They handle better than any of my racebikes, and that's saying something considering how much I dropped into the suspension bits from Penske and Racetech.
Surprisingly, my current bike handles better than any other bike I've owned or ridden. I routinely go up into the curvy mountain roads and people seem surprised that a sport bike weighing almost 600lbs can handle so well for stock suspension.
Pic from last night's ride. The silver '07 R1200RT on the right has about 80k miles on it and was sold to a friend this past spring. I put about 45
k on that one. The '15 is my main ride now. Had it for a little over a year with 38k miles and put 12k on it so far even though it was down for 10 weeks with a bad connecting rod bearing. Was out of warranty but BMW paid half the repair bill for new short block with crank and pistons. It is now essentially a zero time motor with 2 year unlimited mile parts and warranty on the parts that were replaced.
I had to throw a few likes out to people who share such fine tastes as myself and will indulge themselves in AGV GP Tech Rossi replicas! I own three myself: 5 Continents, Dreamtime, and Elements
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