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08-08-2006, 02:33 AM
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Thinking of Buying a Motorcycle
Yes I am indeed thinking of buying a bike. Everytime I bring this up, it is INSTANTLY **** down by my mom. My dad, however, has owned 3 bikes. He seems cool with it, but my mom always talks him against me. Good news is IM MOVING!!
 out of the house, and into a college dorm.My reason for getting a bike, is gas prices. Seriously, nobody believes me when I say that. Being in college, im not going to be going anywhere, except to work and the airport(Aviation Major, gotta find money to fix the SVX  ), and the bikes I have been looking at get around 60-70mpg. The bikes: 1) Honda CBR 600, an older one, pre-2000 2) Kawasaki Ninja 600, also pre-2000 3) Kawasaki Ninja 250, smaller cc, dont need to crash Just looking for thoughts, and maybe a way to convince my parents to be OK with it. 
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#2
08-08-2006, 02:55 AM
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The CBR and the Ninja 600 are 4 cylinders I believe. The 250 is too small if you are over 5'10 175. You left out what I consider the best starter bike out there, the Ninja 500. Plus it's only a 2 cylinder so it'll get better milage then a 600, but it's no where near as fast.
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08-08-2006, 05:26 AM
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The Ninja 250 will give you 60-70 MPG......and be plenty if you mostly do around town riding (back and forth to work comuting).....if you're going for gas mileage.....if you want to go fast go with a 600
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#4
08-08-2006, 06:16 AM
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+1 for both Royal Tiger's and Huck's advice. That 250 smacks up a 0 to 60 pretty dog gone quickly in it's own right.
Bring up your driving record to help convince mom. Unless it isn't good. If it's bad... don't bring it up. If it's real bad. Don't buy a bike.
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#5
08-08-2006, 07:41 AM
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Huck Subaru Ambassador 92 SVX LS-Tour Magnaflow Exhaust, 5-Spd-AWD 88 XT6 AWD 5-Speed "Bride of FrankenWedge" 15 Impreza Premium Sedan 15 Crosstrek XV 5-Speed My 5-Speed "How-To" Write-up 1976 Pontiac Firebird Formula Current Count of Subaru's Owned.... "70"
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08-08-2006, 08:08 AM
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I've wanted a bike for some time now. Unfortunately both parents are pretty much dead set against the idea, and I need to keep my insurance under their name or else I'll be paying like $eleventybillion a year.
So I compromised with them and got a mini-bike. It might only be 2hp, but when you're 10" off the ground going 25mph it's awesome
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