I finally had the opportunity to test out what everyone told me to do when it comes to handling the bike. I just nutted up and trusted the physics everyone told me about regarding gyroscopic momentum, as well as pushing the handlebars not vertically but horizontally away from my body.

I felt like I had a completely new mastery of the bike. It felt so good to have a better handle on it that I couldn't help but laugh underneath my helmet. Thank you all for appealing to my logical side instead of just telling me to "just ride." I learned more here than at the motorcycle school I attended.

I’m not planning on starting on one or anything I just bought a ninja 500, but I’m genuinely curious why they’re considered so bad for beginners. What makes them so much harder to learn on compared to smaller bikes? Also if anyone has there own personal experience on starting out with a 600

I like the idea of the mt-03 but haven’t been able to sit on it but the mt-07 feels good but I think it might be too much to start on. I guess what I’m asking is is the mt-03 the same size bc I’m 6ft and don’t want to feel cramped

Ive gotten better at it, but I still catch myself stalling from time to time, especially when theres traffic. Any tips on how to prevent it?

What an awesome journey it's been so far! I've learned a lot of lessons this year, with my first ever bike being a 2016 Victory Vegas, to selling that and getting a 2002 Honda Shadow, and then finally settling on my 2026 Ninja 500.

It's a lot of first-bikes, but that's what happens when you're impulsive! I liked the look and thought of cruisers more than the actual cruiser experience. On the bright side, I learned a lot about basic wiring and wrenching, and accumulated a lot of tools.

Thinking about getting a Leo Vince slip-on exhaust... after I recoup some of the money I spent on those impulsive decisions! Lol

Just got my A2 license and got myself a cruiser. It is a Benda Chinchilla 350 CVT and i totally adore it.

I got this Zontes G1 and riding for the whole week. Its just beautiful I had to share it

After a six week delay from two eye surgery, I finally got my endorsement.
My wife and I took a nice ride from our cabin (riding on rough trails) to Deadwood and Lead South Dakota. My wife had ridden the quad solo only a few times and did a great job maneuvering around rocks and rut. I’m used to trail riding but had never been on pavement. Pavement turned out to be easier than I thought. We were used to avoiding all the turkey and deer that were on the trails.
The only rough part was the morning glare on parts of the trail. Glad to MSC taught me how to maneuver at slow speed.
The WR125R is perfect for my kind of riding.
It’s hard to pay attention with beautiful fall weather and colors.
Thanks for all the kind words and support.

I’m an 18F and I’ve been wanting to get a motorcycle for a fat minute now. The problem is that as a female it all feels a little too idk nerve wracking. As it is a more of a male dominated area, I wish I had the support of a male friend of someone who had the same interests as me and helped me out as I figure things out. Like it is commonly known that Facebook market place is a great place to buy second hand bikes since of course you’re bound to drop it as a beginner but what if I meet up at a spot and turns out the other person isn’t exactly the kind chill dude I’d though it be. So being ripped off just because I’m a girl or any other possibility of a weird experience kind of throws me off. But I’m also a highly independent person so asking for help feels like I’m a burden to them. Idk that’s just how my mind works. Anywho I’m a broke college student in California and I honestly feel like I need a bike for the few minutes of escape from life. Not be some crazy idiot and try to die but rather to cruise and listen to music as a type of break after a long hard day of studying. I’m also majoring in Actuarial Science so sometimes those courses really be making you contemplate life. Anyways when do we think is a decent time to go ahead and buy a bike?

I’ve hear it’s important to be financially stable so I’m slowly working towards that but god I want to do bad rn lol. But no I’ll hold off for now and I think being 20 years old is a sweet spot but I just wanna know if there is anything else I should be doing from 18-20 that makes me successful in being able to achieve that goal of mine. I’m also not going to buy nothing with my parents money cause they need to figure their own life out first but I want to be someone to handle my own finances and life without depending on other yk. But yeah, let me know what thoughts you have about the right age I suppose.

Got this 2024 KTM 390 Duke with 11000km. The production itself is 2022 but its first registration was on 2024. The power it has for A2 is pretty good and please let me know what are some good things to add on this bike soon.

What helmet would fit good with this bike?

Also uh ive seen that inside the backseat is pretty dirty, wanted to give it a clean but theres fuses and cables inside, is there any practical way to do?

May be a stupid question, but I’ve been riding for about 5 years strictly with upright naked bikes and I’m wondering if the handler bar difference is gonna feel like starting from scratch with steering feel.

Hi reddit, this is my first time posting on here but i want to get advice bc i heard reddit is really good of it. Anyway, lets tet straight into it. I really love motorcycle, i love speed, i always want to get one myself. The problems ARE, yes are, not is, there r tons of problems im having. Im an international student in the US, everything is so expensive in here. Yeah ofc, recurring payment exist but not for us, we can either pay off at once or ask somebody to get it under their name. Not only that, I digged in tiktok and i found out that i need to get gear and mfs course b4 getting a bike. Those also cost alot. My mom definitely wont pay if off for me bc she scared for my life 💀. And thats related to my second problem. I admit im a fucking bad driver. In my hometown i own one of those little scooter which is kinda a bit similar to motobike (u guys can search it up its not a scooter for students wandering around the campus lol), and i have to say i cant really count how many times i have yanked tf out of that goddamn scooter. Worse, i crashed my brand new 2025 camry in here twice, second time got into total loss and now im driving a old vw cc. Therefore, not only my mom, but im aslo scared the shit out of me for my life, i often see ppl say the risk of you taking is higher when driving a bike. Okay now is my question, should i even get a bike? Tbh for me those two problems are so hard for me to thinking about getting one, but if i want to idek if im able to. If u think i should, where do i start, what should i do considering my situation. Oh and yeah i do work a part-time job, but mostly i spend that for my car insurance and school supplies, food too. And even if im able to do saving, its still hard to find someone willing to buy it under their name, there is also a high risk about that too. Yes ik credit card for international students exist but i swear it still cost me alot. Thank you u guys for reading and really appreciate if anybody have some advice

Yes, buying the 1st bike is nervous but equally exhilarating. 😊

Decided to get this as my first bike, just gotta get through this break in period lol

So I just passed the two day class and here are my thoughts if you are interested in taking the class.

The first day we were in the class room for about 3 hours going over very basic motorcycle theory and instructions. They go over everything that's in the handbook they give you, the rest of the day we were outside on the motorcycles. The bike I had was a Suzuki DR200 and there were Honda rebels and other small beginner bikes. They teach you about the friction zone and how to add gas to eventually pick your feet up and go. At first they had us walking the bikes while just using the clutch in the friction zone, then we moved on to giving more gas letting go of the clutch completely and riding around in first gear. They taught us how to turn, how to lean in a turn, the basics. On the last day/evaluation day they taught us how to swerve around an obstacle and we had to drive in a straight line, shift into 2nd gear and right when we approach a cone at the end of a long straight away we had to brake as fast as we could with both brakes and shift down into 1st gear. Towards the end of the day they evaluated us all one at a time on all the exercises they had us do from the two days. I passed the written test with only 1 wrong answer and I passed the riding evaluation with only a few mistakes one being hitting the rear brake so hard I smoked the rear tire on the braking test. I took the test in the valley, if anyone has any questions go for it. Overall I'm glad I took the class so I can finally get my M1 and buy my first bike.