What’s the best way in your opinion?
I can teach you. I taught my kid how to ride a bike. It can’t be that different.
If you can balance a bicycle you can balance a motorcycle. However, I think you’re much better off learning with a smaller bike in terms of engine displacement as it should be a bit lighter and easier to ride. If you have access to one, I’d say get a dual sport bike and take it out on a grass field someplace so if you dump it, it won’t be an issue.
I learned a long time ago by doing what dcb said which was riding a dirt bike. Not sure where in Ca you are but that’s an option. I took a break from riding and when I came back I took the MSF course and found it really helpful and a good introduction to bikes.
I would probably take the course and then buy a cheap 250 dirt bike and spend a bunch of time in a parking lot with it.
Best of luck. Motorcycles kick ass.
james
Take an MSF course. They’ll start you out on a 125 or 250 riding around the parking lot. If you’re going more than 5 mph, the bike stays up by itself. If you like riding after the course and you get your permit or license, buy a small-displacement beater to get comfortable on for a year or two. A used 600cc cruiser, Ninja 250, something like that.
Don’t go out and buy a brand new literbike or Harley for your first bike. You’re bound to drop the bike once or twice and too much engine mixed with inexperience can get you in trouble.
[quote]Pigeon wrote:
Take an MSF course. They’ll start you out on a 125 or 250 riding around the parking lot. If you’re going more than 5 mph, the bike stays up by itself. If you like riding after the course and you get your permit or license, buy a small-displacement beater to get comfortable on for a year or two. A used 600cc cruiser, Ninja 250, something like that. Don’t go out and buy a brand new literbike or Harley for your first bike. You’re bound to drop the bike once or twice and too much engine mixed with inexperience can get you in trouble.[/quote]
This is what I did about a year ago to learn.
Not sure about California rules, but where I live taking the MSF class (I took it at a local community college over Friday night, Saturday and Sunday morning and afternoon) get you out of taking the riding portion of the motorcycle test at the DMV to get your license. I still had to take the written portion of the test, but that’s the easy part. I thought the class was well worth the $100 or so it costs.
I think getting the smaller bike (I got a Ninja 650R) was probably the best idea, I am now looking to get a liter or bigger at the end of this summer.
Ride an 85cc two stroke. If you can ride that shit you can ride anything.
Shit, I only clicked with the illusion that this thread was “Best Way to Learn to Ride a Mormom.”
Bummer.
Mormons are like the Amish dude
the women are freaks
no real lessons needed for them
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Mormons are like the Amish dude
the women are freaks
no real lessons needed for them[/quote]
Noted. Thread has served its purpose.
It’s like jumping in the deep end. You want something that has no less than 1500cc’s and make sure it is a “full dresser”. It’s best to ride during rush hour as fast as you can to speed up the learning curve. You’ll get the hang of it in no time.
[quote]SSC wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Mormons are like the Amish dude
the women are freaks
no real lessons needed for them[/quote]
Noted. Thread has served its purpose.[/quote]
theyll sit on anything, brah.
living in Ohio I’ve made a good number of trips to Amish country for a blowjay lol
one girl I used to mess with was into horses…like I watched her get under a horse and take it all, swallow too
ahh those sexually repressed…
[quote]pushharder wrote:
Learn to nose wheelie right away or GTFO![/quote]
Otherwise known as a stoppie.
I actually teach motorcycling all summer, been at it the last 5 days in a row in fact including in the snow yesterday.
Honestly please take a class. Can you hop on a bike and figure it out yourself? Perhaps but will you know the optimal way to brake? Corner? etc? Hell no. Not even close.
You can learn on a dirtbike but the challenge you run into is that a lot of what you do on the dirt is right on the dirt and wrong on the road.
If you have any questions shoot me a PM but there’s no substitute for taking a course and then getting out there and racking up expereince.
STU
sorry, first one is a student. The second one is the Boss James. He used to race professional superbike and is our head instructor.
[quote]super saiyan wrote:
I can teach you. I taught my kid how to ride a bike. It can’t be that different.[/quote]
That’s hilarious dude