who here has their motorcycle license!?

[stave]

I have one but I never ended up buying a bike. I go back and forth from year to year about still wanting one.

 

[Schadenfreude]

I do. Take the MSF course, wear the gear (helmet, gloves, boots, jacket) start on a smaller bike to get comfortable -- something with enough power to get up to speed and to merge/pass on the highway but not powerful enough to where if you grab too much throttle you're pulling a wheelie and doing close to triple digit speeds. The Kawasaki Z500 isn't a bad starter bike, nor is the Yamaha FZ-03. The Honda 500 is good but it costs too much for what you get IMO. Oh yeah -- get Abs; it'll prevent you from locking the wheels up when someone inevitably cuts in front of you.

 

[FaTaL]

next thing i knew i was sliding down the street watching the bike slide in front of me. it felt like being woken up from a dream.

i bet you were hoping and praying nobody would run you over?

i love motorcycles but your destined for one bad accident no matter what

 

[Htrb-nvr-blk-&-ug-as-evr]

Yep. Miss having a bike every day despite driving in the shythole that is Dallas. Two main pointers….steer right to go left and vise versa and always look to where you wish to go, do not look down…target fixation will hurt yo ass

 

[cheek100]

Take the course. Get the license. Dont think twice about it.
80% of the motorcycle accidents are from dikkheads that didn’t take the course and didn’t get a licens.

 

[maxamusa]

i laid down my boys 1100 one night on a street in front of the airport. i was lucky i didn't get run over. i was also lucky that i didn't take my potna up on his offer to take the bike home that night, because it was cold out and i didn't know how the cold affected the tires when you first start the bike up, and honestly i had no business on something that powerful. i hadn't been riding even 3 mos, and i didn't have a bike so i wasn't even riding regularly. i had just taken the class and gotten my license, and would ride my boys bike sometimes in the parking lot up at work.

i used to read the bike forums where dudes new to riding would always come in asking what their first bike should be, and when told to by the vets with years of riding to start on something small like a 500, there was always pushback. those vets would warn that certain bikes, even some 600's were too powerful and to learn how to ride first because those big bikes will make you pay for your mistakes. they talked about how when you fukk up on a big bike you'll find yourself on the ground before you even know what happened. and they were right. i was riding one minute, called myself "downshifting" to slow down at the light and the next thing i knew i was sliding down the street watching the bike slide in front of me. it felt like being woken up from a dream.

I tell everyone to start in the 300s. they are affordable and realistic. anyone "pushing back" is a squid and immature AF.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I have one.


The thing you have to realize and hardly anyone will tell you this: You cant just get on a motorcycle and ride like its a car.


-Take the MSF course.
-Get licensed.
-Buy a cheap bike with low power and light weight
-Practice, Practice, Practice. Practice some more
-Always wear gear
-RIDE LIKE EVERYONE IS OUT TO KILL YOU. WATCH FOR INTERSECTIONS. RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, DRIVE WAYS, ETC. PEOPLE WILL TURN OR PULL OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU CAN ALSO BE HIT FROM BEHIND. BE ON GUARD.


If you look at the most common accidents:

-Riders were under the influence of alcohol

-Riders were going too fast and out of their skill level

-Riders don't pay attention to drivers around them.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I didn't have one for like a decade. but the only advice I can give (not sure on your state) is to actually know how to ride prior to field test.


I was shocked how many people couldn't ride and were taking the test; this one Lenny Kravitz breh in leather pants got fukkED up dropping his bike just going like 20 yards from cone to cone

If he goes the MSF route, which everyone should, that is the test. He'll get his endorsement and just got the DMV.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I wish I had the courage to get a bike, they're cool as hell but so dangerous. My brother in law's close friend just had his foot amputated not too long ago after a motorcycle crash. Someone turned out in front of him, not much he could do. Lucky to be alive.

Be safe OP, wear that helmet, stay vigilant, and only ride in good conditions.

-RIDE LIKE EVERYONE IS OUT TO KILL YOU. WATCH FOR INTERSECTIONS. RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, DRIVE WAYS, ETC. PEOPLE WILL TURN OR PULL OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU CAN ALSO BE HIT FROM BEHIND. BE ON GUARD.


If you look at the most common accidents:

-Riders were under the influence of alcohol

-Riders were going too fast and out of their skill level

-Riders don't pay attention to drivers around them.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

That's why you dont ride near anyone else.........you are either faster than everyone else, or you are letting them go by........none of that means ride reckless.......it just means theres multiple big rig lengths between you and anyone else.......

I think picking and choosing where to ride helps eliminate a lot of dangers too. Interstate is by far the safest for riders, probably followed by empty country roads. TBH, riding in the city is boring anyway. If you got some back roads near, thats the way to go.

Most the MC clubs are on the interstate.

 

[CoryMack]

i bet you were hoping and praying nobody would run you over?

i love motorcycles but your destined for one bad accident no matter what

hell yeah i got lucky than a muthafukka. traffic behind me was stopped at a red light.

 

[Pazzy]

I may get a motorcycle license but going to get my CDL first

 

[null]

a german driving license automatically allows you to drive motorcycles (up to a certain displacement)

or it is on my license (apparently the rules changed in 2013)

 

[summwunn]

a german driving license automatically allows you to drive motorcycles (up to a certain displacement)

or it is on my license (apparently the rules changed in 2013)

.... ride fast . . . . ride hard . .. .

 

[boogers]