Reply To: Suzuki sv650 a good starter bike?
May 17, 2010 at 7:20 pm
#26507
briderdt
Participant
I’m one who started out on a SV650s. I had an advantage that I’d been road bike (bicycle) riding and racing for MANY years, so I kind of already had the built-in hazard radar, so really mostly had to worry about operating the bike itself and not so much on learning to watch for traffic, etc. BUT… I rode my SV before taking the MSF class. Smart? Maybe not. I survived, and got a good dose of respect for the throttle in the process. After taking the class on a Honda 250 Nighthawk, I was second-guessing my choice of bikes.
No doubt I made learning to ride more difficult on myself by starting out with the bike I did. I’ve been lucky in that the only drop I’ve had was a no-speed corner when I killed the engine and set it down real easy.