Grasshopper..... have you got the point yet??!
We all (I think) hope you ARE really kidding.
Be safe - make a smarter decision...please.
Dandy

  Alright you got me.  I was just testing the waters to see how bad I could get assaulted by you guys... I thought you guys would lay into me a little harder than that though - But I'm glad to see that you care enough to discourage a new rider from a bike like that... very commendable!  I actually have a GS and am very happy with it - great bike and lots of fun.  I wouldn't even dream of getting on a bike like the RC51 until I had at least a few years experience.  Thanks for being such a great group of people.  By the way, I'm nearly 30... not the 16 as claimed.... Now please don't  :guns:  me!

Quote from: grasshopper   Alright you got me.  I was just testing the waters to see how bad I could get assaulted by you guys... I thought you guys would lay into me a little harder than that though - But I'm glad to see that you care enough to discourage a new rider from a bike like that... very commendable!  I actually have a GS and am very happy with it - great bike and lots of fun.  I wouldn't even dream of getting on a bike like the RC51 until I had at least a few years experience.  Thanks for being such a great group of people.  By the way, I'm nearly 30... not the 16 as claimed.... Now please don't  :guns:  me!

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well, a typical 16 year old never go for a rc51 anyway...

Aw, and I was going to suggest you lengthen the swingarm on the turbo 'busa so you couldn't turn.

Have cash? Buy a chopper.  :lol:

Quote from: crash

Quote from: RVertigoRead this:  The Hurt Report

you know, that's interesting.  i was under the impression (i think from my msf class) that the majority of mc accidents are single-vehicle... i guess i was wrong

Reading that changed my mind about a bunch of things...

I wasn't going to take the MSF class...   I was going to ride around without a moto-endorsement...   I was going to get a 3/4 helmet...   I wasn't going to get a motorcycle jacket...

Good thing I read it...   I guess I'm not as smart as I thought!  :lol:

yeah... it states "24. The motorcycle riders involved in accidents are essentially without training; 92% were self-taught or learned from family or friends. Motorcycle rider training experience reduces accident involvement and is related to reduced injuries in the event of accidents. "

but fails to elaborate the percentage of people on the road that are self or family taught... if that were 92" (which i doubt it is) as well... than the couses would hold no advantage

I'm not saying MSF is bad... I took it and I'm glad I did... you just have to read into statistics like these before you make your decisions.

I've been riding since '86, self-taught, did California Superbike School in '88, and raced in '90; the MSF course I took in '93 was the best thing that ever happened in my riding career.

Just for fun, I'm going to say, "He who lives by statistics, will die a statistic".

I'd been riding a little before the class...  But, I have to say that it was GREAT to take the class...  I was doing several things wrong and would have ended up a statistic for sure.

Hey, good news for all you speed freaks; it says the one in a thousand occurance of accidents is over 85 mph! Keep flyin' in the wind, only one in a thousand of ya is gonna bite it.  Love the motorcycle we call the GS500, Louisiana (do cops there really look for out of state vehicles?), and this forum.

C........

I had a feeling this post was a joke from the start when I saw that the person's username was "grasshopper". That just seemed too ironic for me.

I'll be on the lookout for grasshopper at Laguna Seca racing with the big boys!!

just...lame...

'hee hee lets see what this forum says when i say im sixteen and want a liter bike!! hee hee!'

sorry, that just seemed useless...could tell it was a fake right from the very beginning...why post asking about a rc51 in a gs forum?!?

meh... :guns:


- alex