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forest · 09-11-2010, 10:40 PM

dear bikers
i would like some opions regarding to purchasing a motorbike as a learner
i am 6ft 1. long legs and arms
i am very much interested in the 2010 yamaha xvs 650 a v-star classic
please tell me if this bike is as good as it looks positives and negatives.owner riders please reply.
Or if any one can suggest any other bike.
im also interested in bonneville triumph 650.
please reply asap. thankyou forest.

seruzawa · 09-12-2010, 06:03 AM

"im also interested in bonneville triumph 650."

Er, only if you are really good with a wrench since they quit making those in the 80s and they weren't all that reliable in the first place.

pushrod · 09-13-2010, 07:27 AM

forest,

Pack a lunch and look up the 'New Rider' "sticky". Loads and loads of good info on bikes and gear for newbies.

sarnali2 · 09-13-2010, 10:23 AM

If you're talking about a NEW 900 Bonneville I'd say absolutely, they're excellent trouble free and forgiving bikes. If you do in fact mean a 650 then they're beautiful bikes but they need a lot of TLC, probably more then you wish to give,

Kenneth_Moore · 09-13-2010, 10:57 AM

These days, with so many bikes to choose from, you almost can't see the forest for the trees.

If I were you, I wood leaf some time and read the New Rider sticky as 'Rod suggested.

And please, don't be a sap and start barking about the wisecracks. It goes with the territory.

The_AirHawk · 09-13-2010, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenneth_Moore

These days, with so many bikes to choose from, you almost can't see the forest for the trees.

If I were you, I wood leaf some time and read the New Rider sticky as 'Rod suggested.

And please, don't be a sap and start barking about the wisecracks. It goes with the territory.

Kansas, or Oklahoma?

trenttheuncatchable · 09-14-2010, 08:00 AM

You have a lot of gumption, Ken.

09-11-2010, 10:40 PM	#1
forest Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1	yamaha vxs 650 v-star classic and triumph 650 dear bikers i would like some opions regarding to purchasing a motorbike as a learner i am 6ft 1. long legs and arms i am very much interested in the 2010 yamaha xvs 650 a v-star classic please tell me if this bike is as good as it looks positives and negatives.owner riders please reply. Or if any one can suggest any other bike. im also interested in bonneville triumph 650. please reply asap. thankyou forest.

09-12-2010, 06:03 AM	#2
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	"im also interested in bonneville triumph 650." Er, only if you are really good with a wrench since they quit making those in the 80s and they weren't all that reliable in the first place. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

09-13-2010, 07:27 AM	#3
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	forest, Pack a lunch and look up the 'New Rider' "sticky". Loads and loads of good info on bikes and gear for newbies. __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

09-13-2010, 10:23 AM	#4
sarnali2 Aging Cafe` Racer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sittin' down by my window, lookin' at the rain. Posts: 8,132	If you're talking about a NEW 900 Bonneville I'd say absolutely, they're excellent trouble free and forgiving bikes. If you do in fact mean a 650 then they're beautiful bikes but they need a lot of TLC, probably more then you wish to give, __________________ "Carpe` Throttelum -Loud Suits Save Lives" "All the BMW riders in the room, I want you to leave. Now. Out. "

09-13-2010, 10:57 AM	#5
Kenneth_Moore Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: VIsiting the GIft Shop in the Pit of DIspair Posts: 7,118	These days, with so many bikes to choose from, you almost can't see the forest for the trees. If I were you, I wood leaf some time and read the New Rider sticky as 'Rod suggested. And please, don't be a sap and start barking about the wisecracks. It goes with the territory. __________________ www.kennethmoore.org

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09-14-2010, 08:00 AM	#7
trenttheuncatchable Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 834	You have a lot of gumption, Ken.