Texperkin
Member
Hey peeps,
I'm new here so any offence I give is completely unintended and if I’m going over old ground, there are a LOT of threads so I apologise for bringing up old stuff.
My comment is on the suitability of a mid-sized bike for a beginner. This is the thread that got me thinking:
http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6r-general-discussion/16359-nervous-about-getting-my-fz6r.html
So, in Australia (or at least Qld) of course we’re not allowed on a more powerful bike until we’ve not killed ourselves on a 250 or equivalent for a couple of years (hope that’s right – my information is a bit out of date). This has been indoctrinated into me so much that the very thought of putting someone who’s been on beginner’s course on a 600cc bike fills me with horror. How can the mighty legislators allow inexperienced riders out on something that will go 200kph. Actually, how can they let ANYONE out on something like that…. but that’s a topic for another thread.
For myself, I got my licence in the UK about 7 years ago. Did the basic weekend course to get the L’s and then did a couple of weeks on a CB500 to get the direct access (open) licence. At the time I had no problem with this and considered that I had everything I needed to be able to ride a 1300cc cruiser. Hell, the law said so.
Now I really like that they don’t let novices near a bigger bike in Oz. Far too many people have an inflated idea of their own abilities and even if you know you’re not ready for a bigger bike, chances are you’ll get one anyway because society is telling you your ready. Smoothpapa in the thread above knows he’s not ready but is going to do it anyway.
As for people jumping in and telling everyone that the 600 is boring and you should go straight for the FZ1, well that’s just crazy.
I'm new here so any offence I give is completely unintended and if I’m going over old ground, there are a LOT of threads so I apologise for bringing up old stuff.
My comment is on the suitability of a mid-sized bike for a beginner. This is the thread that got me thinking:
http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6r-general-discussion/16359-nervous-about-getting-my-fz6r.html
So, in Australia (or at least Qld) of course we’re not allowed on a more powerful bike until we’ve not killed ourselves on a 250 or equivalent for a couple of years (hope that’s right – my information is a bit out of date). This has been indoctrinated into me so much that the very thought of putting someone who’s been on beginner’s course on a 600cc bike fills me with horror. How can the mighty legislators allow inexperienced riders out on something that will go 200kph. Actually, how can they let ANYONE out on something like that…. but that’s a topic for another thread.
For myself, I got my licence in the UK about 7 years ago. Did the basic weekend course to get the L’s and then did a couple of weeks on a CB500 to get the direct access (open) licence. At the time I had no problem with this and considered that I had everything I needed to be able to ride a 1300cc cruiser. Hell, the law said so.
Now I really like that they don’t let novices near a bigger bike in Oz. Far too many people have an inflated idea of their own abilities and even if you know you’re not ready for a bigger bike, chances are you’ll get one anyway because society is telling you your ready. Smoothpapa in the thread above knows he’s not ready but is going to do it anyway.
As for people jumping in and telling everyone that the 600 is boring and you should go straight for the FZ1, well that’s just crazy.