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New Rider, "Is it ok to go for big bike?"


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4 minutes ago, alx123 said:

That is "HUGE" ????

 

Good thing you bought the ADV150 to practice on, surely you'll be ready in no time. ????

Still his first post and lived here 15 years ???? amazing how many delicate themes first posters always have. Amzing

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5 minutes ago, alx123 said:

That is "HUGE" ????

 

Good thing you bought the ADV150 to practice on, surely you'll be ready in no time. ????

On the other hands, I have seen a small tiny Thai girl handle that bike more smooth than manny  of the old time riders I have met. That was impressive, and Im sure some here in TV know who it is as well. 

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12 hours ago, screwman said:


Nope. 
 

Current model looks like this

 

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I keep looking at this thing and wonder how many people was needed to get it on the center stand...!? Or is there a button for it...????

 

There is a used 2014 black one on sale now on Facebook with all the bells and whistles for just 545k baht..., not much for almost a car with 6 cylinders and 1832cc... ????

 

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9 hours ago, oceaneyes said:

A NInja 400 is a good bike. Fast enough but user friendly, with a slipper clutch and ABS etc. I have a Ninja 300, fun to ride but not too hard to control.

The Z400 naked version has a bit more upright riding position and slightly lighter springing. 

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better acceleration and better braking power, so in that respect,

a bigger bike is safer. a bigger bike also cant go flat tyre,

the walls are too thick for that, so its also safer in that respect.

the sound will also alert at least some oblivious drivers,

so that also makes it safer.

 

i can foresee you will go down when you attempt to

turn on a coin, you will think your leg will be able to keep the bike up

when you are about to fall over, but at 50+ you dont have that power,

do some dead weight lifting to get up to snuff.

 

if your reasoning to buy it is to impress woman,

you are wasting your time and money and

should get some other hobby

 

last but not least, i feel its so dangerous here

so i wont be buying another big bike, i drive the absolute minimum with my scooter to just buy the stuff i want and go back to safety

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1 hour ago, canthai55 said:

Can't get a flat tire ???

555

if front tyre on a scooter bust, you will go down that very second,

if front tyre bust on a chopper, you will barely notice it

because the walls are so thick it doesnt go flat

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1 hour ago, Seeall said:

Big bike = bigger hospital bill!  better of to go hard and hope in heaven/hell they dont make you pay..

no, you are actually better off on a heavy bike injuries wise,

but it is definitely 10 times more expensive to repair,

not many shops can do it, even less shops has spares in house,

and to top it off because so few has spares and knowledge, you also have to add the cost of transporting it to a repair shop

 

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10 minutes ago, scammed said:

if front tyre bust on a chopper, you will barely notice it

because the walls are so thick it doesnt go flat

This comment casts a very big shadow on your credibility.

I have felt every one I have every had, no matter what size of bike.

Run flat tires not made it to motorcycles yet

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3 hours ago, canthai55 said:

This comment casts a very big shadow on your credibility.

I have felt every one I have every had, no matter what size of bike.

Run flat tires not made it to motorcycles yet

what do you quantify as big, and are you referring to chopper or rejjser,

and with felt, do you mean you are aware of it because you know the bike well

or that you can barely keep from going down ?

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3 hours ago, scammed said:
3 hours ago, scammed said:

if front tyre on a scooter bust, you will go down that very second,

if front tyre bust on a chopper, you will barely notice it

because the walls are so thick it doesnt go flat

 

This statement is ... words escape me !

The tire walls are so thick it doesn't go flat ... WOW !

 

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5 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

This statement is ... words escape me !

The tire walls are so thick it doesn't go flat ... WOW !

 

that still avoided all my 3 questions;

what do you quantify as big, and are you referring to chopper or rejjser,

and with felt, do you mean you are aware of it because you know the bike well

or that you can barely keep from going down ?

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34 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Any bike - any size

If a rider can not feel a flat tire, there is something seriously wrong.

What is a rejjser ?

and with felt, do you mean you are aware of it because you know the bike well

or that you can barely keep from going down ?

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Had a bunch of flat tires. Only went down once, leaned over in a curve, on the throttle, with a hard-as-a-rock 1970's bias ply.

Felt - the tire has no air, so no cushion, so the rim rides on the road.

You have very little bike experience do you ? To be asking such a question.

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2 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Had a bunch of flat tires. Only went down once, leaned over in a curve, on the throttle, with a hard-as-a-rock 1970's bias ply.

Felt - the tire has no air, so no cushion, so the rim rides on the road.

You have very little bike experience do you ? To be asking such a question.

what size of the bike ? how many cubic ? and was it a chopper ?

i have over a decade of experience with chopper above 1000 cc

but really no experience with below, besides scooters,

and that experience is that a chopper above 1000 cc

show very little change from empty air or full air

due to thickness of the walls of the tyres,

while with a scooter its almost impossible to keep it

upright the moment i get a puncture

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