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Originally posted by 86 911
I never knew sport bikes were that hard to control. I will definatley go with a smaller cc bike now that I have read these posts. When I do get one, it will be mainly a town to town bike. I will probably never do freeway riding unless I feel confident enough to try. Most of the speed limits here are below 40 MPH, and there isn't much traffic, so I might be okay.
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Truthfully, I basically LEARNED to ride on my Ducati. Prior experience in riding a motorcycle involved riding my friend's R6 up and down his block twice. Then the 15-20 minutes after I bought the bike where I learned the basic controls and the shifting (1 up 5 down on mine, confused me for a while). Then, I jumped on the highway and onto the freeway to take it 20 miles back into town. IMHO, the bike is so much easier to handle on the freeway. I'd rather be on the freeway than on regular streets, where you easily feel the weight of the bike.