Explosivpotato
Junior Member
Hello all,
I've been lurking around these forums the last few weeks and finally decided to register & post.
I am a brand new rider (insert squid comments here), and just finished my MSF course (through a H-D dealership an hour away because I didn't want to wait a month ++).
Yes, my confession is that I bought my brand new leftover 09 as my very first motorcycle. I actually intended to go with the tamer FZ6R or a Ninja 500 when I walked in to the dealership, but When I saw the FZ6 I knew I had to sit on it... and once I did that it was all over. The pegs were in *exactly* the right place, and my knees fit perfectly against the bottom edge of that crease in the tank (not against my teeth like on those sh*tty little Buell Blasts in the course), and the clutch felt effortless (again compared to the neglected, unlubed clutch cables on the Blasts). My feet reached the ground perfectly, and I knew I had no choice but to get the one I loved. I know I will drop it at some point. Best case it's in a parking lot because I stepped in a slick pile of dog crap trying to put the sidestand down. Worst case, well, I've got insurance and all my gear for the worst case. All I can do is be as safe as I can be and fix whatever I break.
So yes, I got too much bike for my first. :ban:
Should I have gotten that used Ninja 500 or at least the fz6r with the nerfed FZ6 motor? Probably.. But I just didn't love them like I loved the FZ6. I caved.
I've had it since Monday night, at which point I rode around my apartment complex parking lot (yes with full gear... at 8 mph. Felt like a BAMF.) and got my temporary registration on Tuesday. Tuesday night after work, I came home and immediately grabbed my gear and sprinted to my bike. I rode for over 3 hours, mostly carving up undeveloped subdivisions in my area. Well, it felt like carving, but after 3 hours I had exactly 53 miles on the bike so that might give you an impression of how fast I was really going.
So, my impressions of riding in general are:
-WHY did this take me so long??
-This is amazing
-I can't stop smiling
-I wanna ride. All. The. Time.
My impressions of the FZ6 are:
-Everything is 10,000x smoother, more planted, and confidence inspiring than the Blast.
-The clutch's friction point DOESN'T MOVE like it did on the Blast. THANK GOD! I can't count the number of times I felt like I almost dumped on the course because the friction point decided to move a half inch in or out..
-Holy crap it's faster than the Blast
-HOLY CRAP IT'S FASTER THAN THE BLAST.
-Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle 6k RPM is scary, I think I'll stick below that for a while.
-I love the fact that it has enough torque and the gearing to operate at average road speeds and keep up with (blow away really, but I'm not doing that) traffic easily while staying below my break-in requirements for both bike and rider.
Already had my first encounter with an asshat cager on my way to taco bell tonight.. Was in the righthand lane of a 4 lane undivided road, going the speed limit, and some dumbass in a pickup truck decided to see if he could fit inside my tailpipes - despite the fact that there was NOBODY ON THE ROAD BUT US. He could have easily passed me, but nope. Let's crawl up the tailpipe of the one other vehicle on the road. Luckily TB was just ahead so I flashed the crap out of my brake light and signaled waaay in advance and he finally passed me as I pulled in. He never did shift into the (COMPLETELY VACANT) passing lane.
So yes, let the chastising commence because I've bought the wrong bike as my first, that I'll never learn to be as good a rider as if I had started with a 6 horsepower bike, and that I'll end up a statistic or perpetual squid (perpetusquid?). I brought my flamesuit. Thanks for reading my story.
I've been lurking around these forums the last few weeks and finally decided to register & post.
I am a brand new rider (insert squid comments here), and just finished my MSF course (through a H-D dealership an hour away because I didn't want to wait a month ++).
Yes, my confession is that I bought my brand new leftover 09 as my very first motorcycle. I actually intended to go with the tamer FZ6R or a Ninja 500 when I walked in to the dealership, but When I saw the FZ6 I knew I had to sit on it... and once I did that it was all over. The pegs were in *exactly* the right place, and my knees fit perfectly against the bottom edge of that crease in the tank (not against my teeth like on those sh*tty little Buell Blasts in the course), and the clutch felt effortless (again compared to the neglected, unlubed clutch cables on the Blasts). My feet reached the ground perfectly, and I knew I had no choice but to get the one I loved. I know I will drop it at some point. Best case it's in a parking lot because I stepped in a slick pile of dog crap trying to put the sidestand down. Worst case, well, I've got insurance and all my gear for the worst case. All I can do is be as safe as I can be and fix whatever I break.
So yes, I got too much bike for my first. :ban:
Should I have gotten that used Ninja 500 or at least the fz6r with the nerfed FZ6 motor? Probably.. But I just didn't love them like I loved the FZ6. I caved.
I've had it since Monday night, at which point I rode around my apartment complex parking lot (yes with full gear... at 8 mph. Felt like a BAMF.) and got my temporary registration on Tuesday. Tuesday night after work, I came home and immediately grabbed my gear and sprinted to my bike. I rode for over 3 hours, mostly carving up undeveloped subdivisions in my area. Well, it felt like carving, but after 3 hours I had exactly 53 miles on the bike so that might give you an impression of how fast I was really going.
So, my impressions of riding in general are:
-WHY did this take me so long??
-This is amazing
-I can't stop smiling
-I wanna ride. All. The. Time.
My impressions of the FZ6 are:
-Everything is 10,000x smoother, more planted, and confidence inspiring than the Blast.
-The clutch's friction point DOESN'T MOVE like it did on the Blast. THANK GOD! I can't count the number of times I felt like I almost dumped on the course because the friction point decided to move a half inch in or out..
-Holy crap it's faster than the Blast
-HOLY CRAP IT'S FASTER THAN THE BLAST.
-Jesus H. Christ on a bicycle 6k RPM is scary, I think I'll stick below that for a while.
-I love the fact that it has enough torque and the gearing to operate at average road speeds and keep up with (blow away really, but I'm not doing that) traffic easily while staying below my break-in requirements for both bike and rider.
Already had my first encounter with an asshat cager on my way to taco bell tonight.. Was in the righthand lane of a 4 lane undivided road, going the speed limit, and some dumbass in a pickup truck decided to see if he could fit inside my tailpipes - despite the fact that there was NOBODY ON THE ROAD BUT US. He could have easily passed me, but nope. Let's crawl up the tailpipe of the one other vehicle on the road. Luckily TB was just ahead so I flashed the crap out of my brake light and signaled waaay in advance and he finally passed me as I pulled in. He never did shift into the (COMPLETELY VACANT) passing lane.
So yes, let the chastising commence because I've bought the wrong bike as my first, that I'll never learn to be as good a rider as if I had started with a 6 horsepower bike, and that I'll end up a statistic or perpetual squid (perpetusquid?). I brought my flamesuit. Thanks for reading my story.