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<blockquote data-quote="joegrizzy" data-source="post: 3795615" data-attributes="member: 45524"><p>do you know how to drive stick?</p><p>do you know how to ride a bicycle?</p><p></p><p>if so, learning to ride a motorcycle will be very easy. for a budget of $8k, you can get just about any bike you want.</p><p></p><p>i'm a small bike fan. easier to park, just ride them up on the sidewalk if you need to. i'm talking like 185 vintage trail bikes and whatnot. easy to ride, simple design and construction, will run for miles and miles and miles. some people shy away from 2 strokes for reasons i can get into, but if you are riding it realistically bikes don't need that much maintaining and it's incredibly simple to do.</p><p></p><p>i personally would stay away from the price of domestic bikes, particularly harley. you can get a literal garage full of bikes for the price of one harley; just not worth it for a beginner imo.</p><p></p><p>get a cool 250 or so cafe racer or convert one from a vintage bike. mid controls, upright riding position, won't have way more power than you'll ever use (especially for no highways runs, even on high torque lower revving cruisers you might not get a big cc bike out of 2nd or 3rd gear and to me that's just no fun, whereas a 250, 300, 400 you can at least use all the dang gears and still be faster than like 90% of everything on the road that isn't another bike lol).</p><p></p><p>i'd check craigslist personally. if you hunt you can find good deals. but i'm sure some guys prefer going thru dealers etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joegrizzy, post: 3795615, member: 45524"] do you know how to drive stick? do you know how to ride a bicycle? if so, learning to ride a motorcycle will be very easy. for a budget of $8k, you can get just about any bike you want. i'm a small bike fan. easier to park, just ride them up on the sidewalk if you need to. i'm talking like 185 vintage trail bikes and whatnot. easy to ride, simple design and construction, will run for miles and miles and miles. some people shy away from 2 strokes for reasons i can get into, but if you are riding it realistically bikes don't need that much maintaining and it's incredibly simple to do. i personally would stay away from the price of domestic bikes, particularly harley. you can get a literal garage full of bikes for the price of one harley; just not worth it for a beginner imo. get a cool 250 or so cafe racer or convert one from a vintage bike. mid controls, upright riding position, won't have way more power than you'll ever use (especially for no highways runs, even on high torque lower revving cruisers you might not get a big cc bike out of 2nd or 3rd gear and to me that's just no fun, whereas a 250, 300, 400 you can at least use all the dang gears and still be faster than like 90% of everything on the road that isn't another bike lol). i'd check craigslist personally. if you hunt you can find good deals. but i'm sure some guys prefer going thru dealers etc. [/QUOTE]
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