I Bought a Motorocycle YESTERDAY

[Bod]

That girl thinks she’s the queen of the neighborhood
She’s got the hottest trike in town
That girl she holds her head up so high
I think I wanna be her bestfriend

Rebel girl, rebel girl
Rebel girl you are the queen of my world
Rebel girl, rebel girl
I think I wanna take you home
I wanna try on your clothes too

When she talks, the revolutions coming
In her hips, there’s revolution
When she talks, I hear the revolution
In her kiss, I taste the revolution

Rebel girl...

That girl thinks she’s the queen of the neighborhood
I got news for you, she is!
They say she’s a slut, but I know
She is my bestfriend

Rebel girl, rebel girl, rebel girl
I really like you, I really love you
I really wanna be your bestfriend
Love you like a sister always
Soul sister, blood sister
Please be my rebel girl

[Bod]

But it's a learnre bike a honda cg125

[xbxDaniel]

My first bike was a Honda Rebel 250. Some fucker ran me off the road my second week with it though. >:

[Tara]

I got a Harley Dyna Rider.

Wanna race?

[Comrade Rocket]

I want the bike from AKIRA

[Marc Summers]

The ending to that movie brings back painful memories

[maggiekarp]

I think everyone wants the bike from Akira, deep down.

My mom rides a motorcycle, and I think it'd be a pretty good investment to get one.

I need to get some actual motorcycle knowledge first, though.

[xbxDaniel]

Just about any motorcycle magazine without a naked woman on the cover offers riding tips. I also have this book with information on how to properly maintain your motorcycle. I'll have to find it and post the name, that is, if you really want it.

[DamnthatDavid]

I want a Yamaha Naked Bike.

When my tax money returns, I might be able to afford either this:

http://www.soundrider.com/preowned/images/MotoI/04FZ6.jpg

or this:

http://www.soundrider.com/preowned/images/pp/01ZRX1200.JPG

Both are selling for roughly 4k.

[ziggytrix]

i have two friends who were crippled by motorcycle accidents.

one of em, the guy wasn't doing anything illegal. he just had a car run a stop sign, knocking him off his bike and clipping his shoulder on the car's side mirror. nearly severed his arm, but luckily it was only severely paralyzed.

the other, well i never got the full story on, as we haven't been in touch in a while, but i heard she couldn't walk for a while after her wreck.

they sure are run to ride tho, if some asshole in a car doesn't kill or maim you. :(

[DeadKennedys]

http://www.soundrider.com/preowned/images/MotoI/04FZ6.jpg


4k ain't a bad price, I could afford that right now but I heard the insurance is a killer.

What bike is that?

[xbxDaniel]

It depends on whether or not you have a clean record. I don't know how much you pay out there, but it's about 114 dollars a week for me.

[DeadKennedys]

Is that just insurance? Or are you talking about bike payments?

[xbxDaniel]

Insurance. Like I said though, your situation is probably different from mine. I also don't have to make bike payments, my friend got me a good deal.

[Bod]

I have a friend who's lost a leg from a motorcycle accident, but then I had a friend who lost all her front teeth in a freak stone-skimming accident.

[DeadKennedys]

Insurance. Like I said though, your situation is probably different from mine. I also don't have to make bike payments, my friend got me a good deal.

I've got a clean (automotive) record, about how much can I expect to pay each month?

[DamnthatDavid]

4k ain't a bad price, I could afford that right now but I heard the insurance is a killer.

The bike is a FZ6
(new model link http://www.presto-corp.jp/lineup/04_fz6-n/FZ6-N-DRMK_s.jpg
http://www.mcjournalen.no/Yamaha05/ya%20fz6%2005.jpg )

And insurance depends also state from state. Washington only requires you to have property damage. It lowish. I'll find the exact quotes later.

[Dole]

I have a friend who's lost a leg from a motorcycle accident

Me too! Scary things. Eek.

[DamnthatDavid]

Even so, more people still die from car accidents.

[Sethomas]

Because more people drive cars, maybe?

[Lingering Haze]

I had a friend in high school who died in a motorcycle accident.

[Sethomas]

From my experience, motorcycling is a totally different world in Europe (YES THAT MEANS YOU, BRITONS) because of the layout of the streets and such; it's more practical as a mode of transport. Plus, driving lessons and permits are far more expensive and rigorous, so although motorcycles are inherently dangerous you have less to worry about over there.

In Rome I was blessed with the vision of a biker gang of hot leather-clad chicks, so I might be biased.

[DeadKennedys]

I'm planning on getting a Suzuki GS500F as my first bike, more than capable of highway speeds but isn't too powerful for a beginner, good price, good for above-average height.

http://www.psndealer.com/powersportsdlr/images/NewVehicles/NV14038_1.jpg

[Vexation]

A 500? Might as well go for a enduro bike.

600 should be minimum. A bike's main defense is the ability to accelerate out of danger problems. Sure, you can go highway speeds, but what if you need to accelerate quickly? Like someone is moving into your lane and the car behind you is on your ass?
(happens often for Motorcycles)

[DeadKennedys]

The last time I drove a 500 it had great acceleration. The design is just so simple that everything works incredibly

[Vexation]

Aye, bikes are freaking ideal. Well, I don't know about the Susuki 500. I going off the Honda 500-600 sized bikes.

[Bod]

Bike tests in the UK are even more so than the car ones. The driving test being one of the most notoriously difficult in the world. People on average these days only pass after the third attempt and I almost failed for not washing the wind shield because a bit of dirt was detrimental to health and safety despite the fact I could see where I was going!

But running a 125 is far cheaper, £15 per year road tax, car tax is about four times that (other brits correct me if I'm wrong?) and insurance third party and theft for a year I've been quoted £96, which is dirt cheap.

I can't afford to run a car in this country.