Ill start off by saying, My name is Chris, I am 31 years old, have 3 kids and a lovely wife of 7years.
My first bike was when I was 16 a 250 ninja. road it till it had more miles than it really knew hehe, at 21 I bough a SV650s road that till 2006, started doing long road trips with my dad who rocked a triumoh bonnieville. My back would hurt form long trips so I sold my sv (which i bought brand new in 2002) for my Triumph speedmaster cruiser in 2007. The cruiser was a higher CC at 855 instead of 650 but much slower. I always felt very comfortable on the 650 and learned a lot of hard lessons on it. First time i went down on it was totaly my fault and I learned a hyabusa or R1 was way in my future. I road the triumph and just paid it off in 2012. I love it it has 20k miles on it and has seen most states west of the Mississippi river. Recently I was offered an R1 2001 for 1200$ and I told my buddy, I told you not to buy that, way too much for a first bike. He said I know I pissed myself riding it, I dropped it in my driveway, the plastics are all F'd up, pay it off and its yours. I thought Okay, I still have mad respect for the Triumph even, so I should be old enough and responsible enough to own a 1k cc bike finally right. I mean 15 years riding, I run a car club in Omaha here, I don't condone stupid behavior from people in the club lets do it. i drove it home Wed night 3/6/13. It was exhilarating. so fast, so clean in acceleration, and never broke a speed limit. I found this forum, got some helpful hints to ordering new plastics, got those coming and have read through the site last two days. I wanna say Hi, im chris Im addicted to motorcycles, cars and trucks, stock is never okay, and Im here to meet you.
p.S. I read some of the "r1 as a first bike threads" All I can say to anyone who ever reads this post and thinks man i'd never wait 15 years to buy a bike this BA. DON"T buy it first. I'd have died on this bike and missed the great life and family I have. I won't even take my kids and wife for rides on this one. Bought a seat cowl and removed the rear seat. I still own my triumph, will never sell it, and they love riding with me 2 up on that. But please anyone who is looking for a new bike, go through the CC spectrum. Learn on each one, they are all fun you will never regret any bike you buy if your a true rider just having a motorcycle will be the freedom you seek!
Hi to everyone hope to learn a lot and meet some people if anyone is in the NE region. Whats cool and different about this forum than others out there?
Kenryu Chris Bryson. :fork
My first bike was when I was 16 a 250 ninja. road it till it had more miles than it really knew hehe, at 21 I bough a SV650s road that till 2006, started doing long road trips with my dad who rocked a triumoh bonnieville. My back would hurt form long trips so I sold my sv (which i bought brand new in 2002) for my Triumph speedmaster cruiser in 2007. The cruiser was a higher CC at 855 instead of 650 but much slower. I always felt very comfortable on the 650 and learned a lot of hard lessons on it. First time i went down on it was totaly my fault and I learned a hyabusa or R1 was way in my future. I road the triumph and just paid it off in 2012. I love it it has 20k miles on it and has seen most states west of the Mississippi river. Recently I was offered an R1 2001 for 1200$ and I told my buddy, I told you not to buy that, way too much for a first bike. He said I know I pissed myself riding it, I dropped it in my driveway, the plastics are all F'd up, pay it off and its yours. I thought Okay, I still have mad respect for the Triumph even, so I should be old enough and responsible enough to own a 1k cc bike finally right. I mean 15 years riding, I run a car club in Omaha here, I don't condone stupid behavior from people in the club lets do it. i drove it home Wed night 3/6/13. It was exhilarating. so fast, so clean in acceleration, and never broke a speed limit. I found this forum, got some helpful hints to ordering new plastics, got those coming and have read through the site last two days. I wanna say Hi, im chris Im addicted to motorcycles, cars and trucks, stock is never okay, and Im here to meet you.
p.S. I read some of the "r1 as a first bike threads" All I can say to anyone who ever reads this post and thinks man i'd never wait 15 years to buy a bike this BA. DON"T buy it first. I'd have died on this bike and missed the great life and family I have. I won't even take my kids and wife for rides on this one. Bought a seat cowl and removed the rear seat. I still own my triumph, will never sell it, and they love riding with me 2 up on that. But please anyone who is looking for a new bike, go through the CC spectrum. Learn on each one, they are all fun you will never regret any bike you buy if your a true rider just having a motorcycle will be the freedom you seek!
Hi to everyone hope to learn a lot and meet some people if anyone is in the NE region. Whats cool and different about this forum than others out there?
Kenryu Chris Bryson. :fork