Quote from: Dr.McNinja on September 26, 2011, 10:07:27 PM

Quote from: crzydood17 on September 26, 2011, 01:50:19 PM

Remember you have a standard/sports cruiser this is a slow bike but is still brutally fast in the world of speed. It will hurt you and could kill you if you abuse the responsibility.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_motorcycles

Where's in the box did it come with better touring handling and highway pegs? I want mine, it would make being hunched over my tank for 30 minutes every day more comfortable. I'm calling Suzuki tomorrow and asking for my off-the-lot luggage and passenger accommodations (my gs500f can't go 2 up without lagging in acceleration or comfort). I want a refund!

All I got was a sport fairing that improves my aerodynamics over my naked counterparts. .

Sport Touring
Main article: Sport touring motorcycle

Sport touring motorcycles combine attributes of sport bikes and touring motorcycles. The rider posture is less extreme than a sport bike, giving greater long-distance comfort.[1] Accommodation for a passenger is superior to a sport bike as well, along with luggage capacity.[1] Being lighter, at 550–720 lb (250–330 kg) wet,[8] than a pure touring bike and often having racier engines, suspensions, and brakes, sport tourers corner better and are more at home being aggressively ridden on curvy canyon roads.[1] The distinction between touring and sport touring is not always clear as some manufacturers will list the same bike in either category in different markets. The Honda ST1300 Pan-European, for example, is listed by Honda as a sport touring motorcycle in the USA and Australia, but as a touring motorcycle in Europe.
Standard


Standards are versatile, general purpose street motorcycles.[1] They are recognized primarily by their upright riding position, partway between the reclining posture of the cruisers and the forward leaning sport bikes.[3] Foot pegs are below the rider and handlebars are high enough to not force the rider to reach far forward, placing the shoulders above the hips in a natural position.[2] Standards are often recommended to beginning motorcyclists due to their flexibility, relatively low cost, and moderate engines.[1]
Standards usually do not come with fairings or windscreens, or if they have them, they are relatively small.[1] Standard is often a synonym for naked bike, a term that became popular in the 1990s in response to the proliferation of fully faired sport bikes. The standard seemed to have disappeared, fueling nostalgia for the return of the Universal Japanese motorcycle (UJM),[1] which were admired for their simplicity, quality, and versatility.[3][4][6]
Muscle bike is a nickname for a motorcycle type, derived from either a standard or sport bike design, that puts a disproportionately high priority on engine power.[1][16][17]

my god just go away...

A few of my favorites. . .
Suzuki Stevo's first post - - Exactly! First-ride survival strategy.
mister - - I'm printing your post and handing it to my wife! Thank you Sir.
crzydood17 - - Yeah squid; don't ya' love em'?

And of course, my own 2 cents worth. . .
Two things ya' got to' learn:
1.) The Bike.
2.) The Traffic.
Until operating the bike becomes a matter of automatic reflex, the bike will continue to be a distraction to your ability to handle traffic.
However, you will learn the bike rather quickly. In a few months you will be able to make it do almost exactly as you wish. From that point on, you will spend the rest of your life learning (and dealing with) traffic.

So Stallmaster, get enough "tips" yet?