hi everyone, I am brand new to the biking sene and while searching for information to help me get started I came a cross this forum.  I have decided that I would like to get a GS500 for my fist bike, I understand the basics of motorbikes but not much beyond that.  I am currently sutdying to get my licence and so I have come here in the hopes that you guru's of biking knowledge could impart some of said knowledge onto me 

I am currently 23 years old, weigh 285 pounds (working on loosing weight) and stand aprox 5' 10" tall.
I live in the Kamloops area of B.C

any information you can give me or a recomended NOOB reading and study list to learn about bikes (the GS500 in paticular) would be great. thanks for your time.

Welcome...

read this.
http://www.msgroup.org/DISCUSS.asp

Take the course.

HAve fun.

thanks for the link, I am reading over it now but I dont understand what course your talking about.  anyways I will keep reading and learning all I can.

been doing a bit of reading and I now have a question, should I be looking at getting a dirt bike or borrowing someones bike to try out before I decide to get my liceince (try out off the road of course)  I am quite sure its what I want but at the same time I dont want to be dangerous to other people and other riders. any sudgestions?  I dont know anyone who has a bike so I would have to either rent a dirt bike or figure somthing else out.

Sorry you aren't getting many replies, this is in a meeting forum instead of the main one. Try remaking this thread in the General Discussion Forum. Also, check out gstwins.com and gstwins.vriders.com

Talon Take a MSF riders course  its worth its weight in gold plus it can offer a discount on insureance.


Bryce

Welcome!

You could order the Clymer repair and maintenance manual from a link on the home page www.gstwins.com.

"Proficient Motorcycling" by David Hough.