Dester,
Congrats on the new ride. As for gear selection I don't ever pay attention to what gear I am in when I ride. I usually can tell by
my speed and RPM's what the bike is doing. As long as you know that first is down and all the rest is up you should be fine.
Unless it is set in a racing configuration. Which I am sure it is not
Do yourself a favor and get a good set of riding gear. You already have a helmet but make damn sure it fits properly. You don't
want it coming off in a get-off. Gloves are also very important. There are a lot of riders out there who don't wear them and its
sad to think what their hands will look like after sliding on them at 65 mph. If you can't afford a full leather suit(which I would
fully recommend)find a good quality leather jacket. Preferably one with some armor in the arms, chest and back. I know this seems
like a lot but take some advice from someone who learned the hard way. I have been down a handful of times due to both idiots on
the road as well as trying to do stupid things. My last accident was when I was in a canyon going too fast around a corner and I
got scared and stood the bike up and fell down at about 30mph. Because I had a full suit and gloves I was fairly uninjured except
for a sprained ankle because the bike fell on it. Road rash sucks. Take my advice. Also take the advice of the other DML'er and
take the MSF basic riding course. It will help tremendously. Good luck.
Chris Oertell
Arcadia, CA
http://www.dodgetruckonline.com
coertell@earthlink.net
1998 Dodge Dakota Sport V6 Regular Cab Emerald Green
1989 Kawasaki EX500
AOL IM--coertell73
ICQ #--19870422
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Chuong Nguyen
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:10 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: finally got something fast (bike) hehe
Okay, I initially was going to get the kawasaki ninja 500EX, but that dream
faded. 4200 bucks-1000 down and 175 in payments for 2 years PLUS another
140 for insurance a month didn't sound too good.
I looked around and there was a 92 katana 600 for 2200 bucks.
Black/blue/purple paint job with purple powder coated rims (factory)
it has a timing advance kit, yoshi carbon fiber pipe, has been resprocketed
and has new dunlops along with a new x-chain (gold color)
I got it with a shoei matching helmet from the guy for 2050, Took it out
for a spin and WOW... you give it gas and the MPH gauge on the bike is
equivalent to the RPM gauge on the dakota. it screams to 10k rpms in first
gear, shift. run about 7k rpms and I was at around 70-80. man it's fast.
It feels great, but kansas weather is a little too cold to drive around in.
Hope it gets warmer and I want to give a thanks out to all those whom
suggested a used bike or gave ANY comments. Your opinion really did help
and I really have to say. a 600CC bike would be a great starter bike for
almost about anyone. It's fast, maneuverable, and nicely balanced in
weight.
I'm gonna go get my shifting/cornering straight so everything works out
better. Do you guys have any tips or tricks you use on how to mentally
remember which darn gear you're in? I feel like I'm just having too much
fun and I can't keep track if it's 2 or 1st I just shifted into for that
corner.... know what I'm saying? Thanks again in advance.
-Chuong
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