My first love...

I started about 15 yrs old and have had the following:

85 Kawisaki Ninja 600
93 Suzuki GSXR 750
99 Yamaha R6 (Number 18 'EVER' off the assembly line)
89 Yamaha XT 350
01 Yamaha YZF 426
99 Kawaski KX 250
98 Suzuki GSXR 750 (my old race bike)

The only one in my garage, sold all above:
01 Suzuki TL1000r (my current street bike)

Got into MX about 6 years ago had a blast... Did a couple of supermoto events, and did some sporatic road racing (all novice level) at Willow Springs.

 

oooh i love TLR's.... i ride a 05 ninja 636. there's a couple riders on this board. i started a post about a month ago seeing who else rode.

 

Check out this site:

ti-racing.com My bro is involved with designing & building a new single cylinder race bike with a unique suspension.

 

With gas prices loking to stay sky-hig, for teh forseeable future, I am, for the 3rd time in my life, considering purchasing a scootR. 600 - 900 sized, I think. Gonna take some classes, late in the summer, and prolly shop around for a scootR over teh winter. So, suggestions for my 1st bike? Three things to consider, prior to tossing in your comments/suggestions"
1. I will most likely be (ab)used. More bike for less money, that way. And, I can prolly do my own wrenchin...
2. I'm partial to Italian Sport bikes, but not MARRIED to them. Nothing Brit (nothing personal, just not asthetically appealing to me.
3. I'm not old enough to want a cruiser, YET!!!

 

I've had my license for about 2 years now and have been riding my brother's Honda VT1100 cruiser from time to time. can't afford my own yet because of other financial responsibilities.

 

I use to ride dirt bikes, all my friends ride but i just never bought one, lost my best friend, well even worse than that he is still alive, but mentally retarded due to his injurys happend when we were 19 he is 25 now, still cant walk, cant use his hands, he is in a home in MA because he has no short term memory.. coundt get on a bike after seeing him laying on the ground motionless in a pool of his own blood 500 freet from my house about 1000 feet from his..
sorry to kill the thread..

Have fun on your bikes..

 

^^^ummm... Maybe I'll stick to my Mountain Bike

 

didnt want to scare anyone but most of my friends ride hard, and when you take chances on a bike there is more to loose..

 

Yeah. I know that. Most of my buds rode, too, when I was growing up. They rode (mostly) sensibly, tho. And, believe me, I've seen worse accident aftermath scenes while living in/traveling around Europe... Ever see what's left of a body after it launches through a windshield from a head-on between a Fiat 850 and a Cagiva 500? I have. Much worse, too. Still gonna get me a scootR...

 

actually one of my friends roomates just lost his arm and broke both his legs, in a really bad acident lucky to be alive, drove right off the road didnt see a turn.. the worst part about it he dose not have medical insurance..