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Originally Posted by sugarwood
I'm not sure of the hate for this guy. Everyone here also bought their first 911 and their first motorcycle without having much of a clue.
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Not true. Forget the 911, by the time I bought my first motorcycle, I had more than 15 years of riding exerience. I was fortunate enough to start on someone else's bike and I'd had about 10 years of serious two-wheeled experience before throwing a leg over something with a motor. And, I started out on a small-ish dirt bike. When I made the transition to pavement, I started on smaller bikes and worked my way up the food chain.
The point is, some people take to it fairly well, some people can take an MSF basic course 3 or 4 times before they pass it. When you get done, your ability on a bike is about equivalent to a 16-year-old that just passed driver's ed. Yeah, you can get from A to B but you know maybe 1% of what you ought to.
Not hating on the guy, just pointing out that I've seen hundreds of people that have taken to motorcycling for all the wrong reasons (usually, it was an impulsive purchase of a Harley) and they are very different from the motorcyclists I know.
JR