Quote from cashmoney69:
The only thing that really worries me is that in an emergency
situation that I wont be able to work everything in sync, sinse
you have to use both hands and feet to operate a bike.
I'll say; even experienced riders come unstuck when they get "overconfident".
I used to ride, but i was never a "good" rider-i couldnt do a mono, had trouble doing a powerslide, couldnt do a cross-up on a jump, but i always rode within my limits, and could brake like a demon.
Very handy, i'd be dead otherwise, many times over.
I never thought i COULD lock up the back wheel on a gravel road, and controlled steer around an obstacle, skidding some 20 metres, until i actually HAD to .
Everyone i know says (er, including me) categorically, dirt riding is compulsory to learn to ride well, you can have tonnes of road experience, but you need to know how the machine behaves with some some serious gravel/mud/
oil etc under the wheels.
The bikes you mention are very, very powerful-and some of them, heavy, (important with braking) its up to you obviously, test riding is the only way to go.
I started of on trail/dual purpose bikes, never had a road bike or a cruiser; i did some test riding on them, only to discover, with back/neck problems, a cruiser just wont let you take the weight on the pegs very well (potholes) leaving the spine very vulnerable, (and dont handle too well) and that the hunched forward posture of many sport bikes just kills my neck, wrists, shoulders and back after no distance at all.
Consequently, i keep coming back to dual sports, off road tourers, were i to look at a bike now-they're far from sexy, but tonnes of fun.
Just an opinion, like i said i was an aggresively conservative rider, i simply wouldnt contemplate a bike that can cruise at 60mph comfortably in first or second gear, or raise the front wheel in top gear with a twist of the throttle at highway speed, yet many of these things now can do that.
Just a thought
