gammapoison
The face destroyer
Hello everyone, New rider here..Well hear is my newb stories..
My Army brother and I just decided to go out and each get bike.
I got a brand new 09' FZ6. My good friend Josh got a GSX650.
I currently only have 42 miles of experience on the bike (or any bike for that matter keep this in mind lol).
So after about 2 weeks of watching how to videos on the internet my bike gets delivered to my apartment .
The first time I get on the bike everything I learned was in motion...So the first thing I do after I get it started and ready to go I put it in 1st and get in motion...
Everything was fine until I went to go into 2nd that's when my mind and everything I learned went right out the window.
I never saw anything on any video about how touchy the throttle was and After redlining it I started to swerve and come to the end of my parking lot and into traffic
I saved myself by engaging the clutch (Wile I was still redlining it) and putting the front brake on (really hard) and almost dumped the bike...But the crisis was adverted because I had a kung fu grip on the clutch and let go of the front break almost right away slowly coming to a bouncing stop (front break is touchy too lol).
So at this point my buddy Josh comes up on his bike...stops...puts his stand down... Takes my hand off of the throttle (was still redlining it)and I think he did the emergency shut off switch turned the bike off ....
Well needles to say everything went good after that for the rest of our 2-3hr ride I had lots of fun.
So far I had the bike for 2 months and the only thing that went south for me was the first time riding by myself three days after I got the bike.
I went to a gas station pulled into a spot but cut the bars too hard and at almost 1mph the bike was laid down in slow motion.
But ever since then I have had no newb moves...But in all honesty every time I am getting my gear on to go for a ride my heart is racing none stop until I am leaving my parking lot and out of 2nd gear.
If there Is anything I have learned out of this experience it's get a good feel of the bike and all it's workings before you get on it.
Well I hope everyone gives me a warm welcome and some good advise...(currently having trouble stopping and going on hills..and I am not sure if it's a good way of doing it but every time I am at a stop I keep it in first and squeeze the clutch just enough so it's almost engaged so when I go I barely have to let it go with out bogging out the bike..
My Army brother and I just decided to go out and each get bike.
I got a brand new 09' FZ6. My good friend Josh got a GSX650.
I currently only have 42 miles of experience on the bike (or any bike for that matter keep this in mind lol).
So after about 2 weeks of watching how to videos on the internet my bike gets delivered to my apartment .
The first time I get on the bike everything I learned was in motion...So the first thing I do after I get it started and ready to go I put it in 1st and get in motion...
Everything was fine until I went to go into 2nd that's when my mind and everything I learned went right out the window.
I never saw anything on any video about how touchy the throttle was and After redlining it I started to swerve and come to the end of my parking lot and into traffic
I saved myself by engaging the clutch (Wile I was still redlining it) and putting the front brake on (really hard) and almost dumped the bike...But the crisis was adverted because I had a kung fu grip on the clutch and let go of the front break almost right away slowly coming to a bouncing stop (front break is touchy too lol).
So at this point my buddy Josh comes up on his bike...stops...puts his stand down... Takes my hand off of the throttle (was still redlining it)and I think he did the emergency shut off switch turned the bike off ....
Well needles to say everything went good after that for the rest of our 2-3hr ride I had lots of fun.
So far I had the bike for 2 months and the only thing that went south for me was the first time riding by myself three days after I got the bike.
I went to a gas station pulled into a spot but cut the bars too hard and at almost 1mph the bike was laid down in slow motion.
But ever since then I have had no newb moves...But in all honesty every time I am getting my gear on to go for a ride my heart is racing none stop until I am leaving my parking lot and out of 2nd gear.
If there Is anything I have learned out of this experience it's get a good feel of the bike and all it's workings before you get on it.
Well I hope everyone gives me a warm welcome and some good advise...(currently having trouble stopping and going on hills..and I am not sure if it's a good way of doing it but every time I am at a stop I keep it in first and squeeze the clutch just enough so it's almost engaged so when I go I barely have to let it go with out bogging out the bike..