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<blockquote data-quote="beardking" data-source="post: 2726101" data-attributes="member: 31421">One thing to think about with the &quot;ridiculously cheap&quot; 600cc street bikes is that a lot of those have been rode hard and put up wet, so to speak.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say you won&#039;t find the same in the cruisers, but it&#039;s definitely more common in the street bikes.A suggestion that I would make is that you take the rider&#039;s safety course before you even consider buying anything.&nbsp; When I took mine, there was another guy in the class just like me.&nbsp; He had never ridden before, was in his 30&#039;s (at the time) and had ALWAYS wanted to own a bike.&nbsp; I talked with him at the end of the first day of the class and he said he wasn&#039;t coming back the next day.&nbsp; I asked why and he said that he had just saved himself a bunch of money because he found out that he really didn&#039;t care for riding as much as he had thought.&nbsp; He hadn&#039;t had any issues with the class, didn&#039;t drop the bike or anything like that.&nbsp; He just realized that riding wasn&#039;t for him. That being said, I&#039;d definitely look at spending less than $5-8K for your first bike.&nbsp; It will really hurt when you drop that $5-8k on the pavement and scratch it all up.&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t hurt quite as much when it&#039;s only around $2k or so.&nbsp; Just a thought.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="beardking, post: 2726101, member: 31421"] One thing to think about with the "ridiculously cheap" 600cc street bikes is that a lot of those have been rode hard and put up wet, so to speak. That's not to say you won't find the same in the cruisers, but it's definitely more common in the street bikes. A suggestion that I would make is that you take the rider's safety course before you even consider buying anything. When I took mine, there was another guy in the class just like me. He had never ridden before, was in his 30's (at the time) and had ALWAYS wanted to own a bike. I talked with him at the end of the first day of the class and he said he wasn't coming back the next day. I asked why and he said that he had just saved himself a bunch of money because he found out that he really didn't care for riding as much as he had thought. He hadn't had any issues with the class, didn't drop the bike or anything like that. He just realized that riding wasn't for him. That being said, I'd definitely look at spending less than $5-8K for your first bike. It will really hurt when you drop that $5-8k on the pavement and scratch it all up. It doesn't hurt quite as much when it's only around $2k or so. Just a thought. [/QUOTE]

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