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Originally Posted by geezer
yeah i feel you, im220 and me and the bike dont really ge along either. well get comfy with turning and balance and then upgrade, please dont feel like you need a bigger bike just cause it cant keep up on the highway. rding is so more in depth than that. you hve to really learn how to ride or you could get yourself killed.msf course go, now
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I don't think I need any more beginner courses. I am going to take an advanced course later on though.
As of now, I feel really comfortable on the bike. I work night shift... and it rains a lot here in FL. So needless to say, I ride my bike at night while in the pouring rain sometimes. I definitely need to practice my parking lot skills. I just can't really find the time really. I cant quite take a 90 degree turn in 2nd gear yet. 15 mph is the max really. Honestly I think all of those close quarter 90 degree turns... should be done in 1st. Should only be done in speeds like 5-15 mph. It's just that some of the pros try to rub speed in your face, lol.
The GZ is just really light for me. I did the HD course on a buell blast. Those things weigh 200 more pounds than the GZ, and even those felt really really light. I think that is a good sign for me, because between 600-1100 lbs are where a lot of cruiser / touring bikes sit at. I was thinking about graduating in ~ a year to some HD sportster or something like that. I am getting mixed messages from riders. Some say HD makes amazing bikes, and they last forever. Others say you can have a serious mechanical malfunction as you are driving it off the lot (brand new). All I know is that the harley people I dealt with in my course are really in it for the sport. I like that.