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Old 02-17-2005, 08:37 PM  
Rochard
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Bikes are dangerous and if you've never ridden - I mean really ridden - you need to go with a smaller bike.

Three years ago Lightspeed bought me a bike as a bonus. Although I had owned bikes before, I went with a small Ninja 500. I also took a motorcycle saftey course - in fact, I learned one of the most important things about driving a course, something I hadn't learned on my own or through other courses.

Once I felt better about being on a bike again I upgraded - to a Honda CBRxx 1100. It's the biggest bike I've ever driven but now I'm so used to it anything smaller feels, well, small.

Go with a small bike for at least a year, perhaps two.

Keep in mind that if you have an accident with a car you have a fender bender. An accident on a bike means your going to the hospital - and that's if your lucky.

Good luck.
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