New here, advice?

[Matty B 500]

i once sent tad a PM. its was nothing but emoticons. and he said he didnt know what it ment. f%$king duck.

P.S. tad thiers a little invention called a razor. check it out.

[TadMC]

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[Matty B 500]

hey Buddha Loves You look at my posts and then look at your posts.

thiers something called kitty cat. go get some.

[TadMC]

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[annguyen1981]

I refuse to give my money to a mechanic at a dealer unless I absolutely have to. Most of them are basically glorified parts changers who scam you into spending more money. There are some exceptions, but that seems to be the general way of doing things. Plus spending $50+/hour for labour is ridiculious.

You'll fit right in around here

I was thinkin the same idea.

[Matty B 500]

im sorry tad. 

[OctaneMotorsports]

come on, dont tard farm this guys first thread

HAHAHA, oh man that's funny!

[melloGS]

At the time, my friends thought I was an idiot because they spent twice that much on super sports that they could "grow" on.  Two months later, I'm riding circles around them with a pocket full of cash. 

Ya know what i'm sayin'...

Welcome to the site bro. The GS is my first bike...and it will be a great bike for you to get for your first. Here in Ohio, you can get on the road at 15, with a motorcycle.

[Recreational_Anxiety]

Hey Octane - If you live anywhere in Southwestern Ontario I can tell you that you won't get bike insurance for less than $1000/year, and that's liability only.  I'm 29 with a full M license, clean record, 2 years riding, and I pay $850 for liability.  Unfortunately in Canada the insurance rates are ridiculous.  It wouldn't surprise me if your insurance was $1500 or more for liability.  But it's probably still cheaper than insurance on your own car.  My first car, when I was 17, cost me $3200/year liability only - it was a small 4 cylinder, 4 door sedan that was only worth $1000!

[OctaneMotorsports]

Recreational_Anxiety,

Yeah, I figured it'd be in the $1500+ range. I also figured that a car would cost about the same, if not more. $1500-$2000 isn't really a whole lot anyway. I'd rather spend the money and have a motorcycle anyway. It's the most fun you can have with your pants on.

Also, just a quick question for you. Is the GS500 rideable and decently comfortable on the less than perfect roads we have here in Southern Ontario? And, have you found any really good riding areas around here?

[silver_rider]

Hey Brendan,

I live just north of Toronto, 36 years old, been riding for 14 years and paying $485 per year for my GS and my ZX6R was $750 for liability, fire and theft. As far as GS, I think it is a perfect bike, not intimidating and a lot of fun. But insurance for a youg lad like you will not be pretty and if you live anywhere near M postal code (Canadians know what I'm talking about) might as well forget it until you are much older.

Good luck,

Doug.

[Recreational_Anxiety]

Also, just a quick question for you. Is the GS500 rideable and decently comfortable on the less than perfect roads we have here in Southern Ontario? And, have you found any really good riding areas around here?

Yes, its a great commuting bike - especially for around the city.  It's quite comfortable (once you replace the front springs).  I can ride it on the highway for a couple of hours quite comfortably, although I do start to get a little sore after about 2 hours of constant riding - but I think that's going to happen on most non-cruiser bikes.
As far as riding areas, we don't have the greatest roads so you've got to take what you can get.  I usually just start riding and try to get myself lost by taking lots of sideroads and detours - sometimes you discover some nice roads by accident.

[OhDot]

Depending on where you live I could try to reccommend some rides.  What is your postal code?

[OctaneMotorsports]

N3W 2M2.

Just outside of Hamilton.

Not worry until I get the bike though, lol. I already know of one really nice road in Dundas that I have always wanted to ride on. It's kind of dangerous and sketchy though...

[Matty B 500]

N3W 2M2

is that on mars? 

[teamquik]

Hey there,
I just recently bought a 06 GS500F and live near Kitchener, Ontario.  It seems like all the amercan people are getting a real deal on their insurance because I can't find insurance for $600, try adding a $1000 bucks on that and we are up to par.    However, this is the first bike that i have owned and been insured on, but after some searching that was the best that i could find.  I'm 25 and married and i know that the age and married status helps me out (a little).  But it can only go down, as long as my record stays clean.

Hope that helps you out.  You can always go online and get a quote,  try http://www.kanetix.ca/motorcycle-insurance and see what you come up with. 

Take er easy

[Kasumi]

This sounds so familiar to when i was first deciding what bike i wanted. When i was 16 the choice wasn't too difficult. At 16 your only allowed 50cc's of power so most choose a scooter but i spent more time searching and found a proper geared bike with 50cc. Rieju RS1. So that carried me to 17 where your only allowed 125cc of power unless you do your full motorcycle test. I chose to do this and currently own a zxr400. I would really recommend the 400's especially bikes such as the DRZ400 or similar. With your knowledge of motorcross bikes you would find that bike and others very similar to work on giving you an even greater advantage. Plus they have slightly less power (usually) meaning cheaper insurance and they also have less bodywork to smash up. It also would have a similar seat position to a motorcross bike and ergonomics which would be a fantastic advantage because if the bike feels very comfortable to start with it means you can spend more time concentrating on the new stuff like traffic.

I nearly had a DRZ, then SV650 or GS500 but settled on the ZXR400. Great bike - its a shame they appear to be so hard to get over there in the states, the import 400's. All the big names had one and they have great performance - most rivaling the SV's and much newer bikes, also cheap to buy and easy to get parts for. You just have to be aware that many have been raced.

Good luck in finding the right bike and welcome!

ps. im 17 and pay £532 sterling per year TPFT

[OhDot]

Teamquik,

I don't know who you are insured with, but you may want to look at Rider's Plus.  They only insure bikes and have cheaper rates than pretty much all other normal insurance companies.  I have also heard that you can get cheaper rates by switching to State Farm but they want you to bring at least one car over with you too.  Both companies have offices in Ontario and are reasonable.  My wife saved $250 a year by switching to Rider's Plus.