Sorry I haven't been around too much , can't see how I missed this thread ....
Motorcycles find themselves in your blood stream real quick , I being raised on
two wheels its been part of my DNA to ride free "man".
In my experience its been good knowledge that any of the 80's JAP bikes were all good ,
good for learner bikes , gas milage , dependability and price .
I've owned 3 CB 750's several rockets and a VT500 , three of them still in my garage ( ones I cant bring myself to sell ).
One can argue all day about brand or quality but the one thing that matters is how do you fit the bike .
Can you handle what the bike can do ? Also for what real purpose is the bike going to be used for . I.E. recreational , pure transport , cross country riding ? Every bike manufacturer makes a bike for these specific purposes . Each one engineered and designed to fill that specific need .
Race bikes are great for that thrill , that excitement of pure race bred power at your fingertips but they aren't very comfortable
for long term riding and they hold nothing , so you'll need a backpack and a job to pay the insurance .
Choppers and standard frame cruisers are just that , cruisers . Made for long and short term riding for just about any occasion .
You can also do allot to these bikes like dresser bags and heated seats , navigation systems , stereos anything you can think of has already been done . The problem with cruisers is that they have been built to resemble an era in motorcycling history going
back to the 1950's with the start of the Hells Angels . Sad really that haven't changed very much with the tech in the last 20 years . Cruisers are just now getting upgrades that sport bikes have had for twenty years or more . However a weeks worth of pay takes care of the insurance for a whole year . Thats why I have one of those too ...
Enduro bikes have a special market , it was one of the first bikes to break the mold on what a bike is supposed to do . These bikes are made for a blend of on / off-road riding , short or long term riding and some even have the power of a sport bike
Like the new inline six BMW enduro that puts out about the same power as a moto GP 600 and looks like a dirt bike ??>>>???
The only real problem with enduro's is they look goofy as hell and you got to be tall enough to ride them , they have some of the tallest stances out any of the other bikes .
So all in all just go buy one and ride the crap out of it , you'll find your own personal preference soon enough .
Like me I have to have both a cruiser bobber , a Cafe' bike and a 160+ HP liter class race bike .
Thats when my wife cut me off and 86'ed me from CL .....:badpc:
