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aimycorbeil · 02-18-2010, 03:51 PM

Hello!
I just got my license at the end of September (towards end of season here in alberta canada). I am now looking to get my first bike (mom wants hers back). I do NOT want a crotch-rocket...I'm looking for a cruiser...I love the look of the older, skinny front tire models...not a big fan of the fat tank models of today--I am 24 and don't want to look older than I am on it. I don't want a bike that is not gonna keep up with the boys at 120-130km/hr (approx 75 miles/hr)...any suggestions??? thanks a bunch

** should also note that i only have a $5000 budget, so a new harley or victory (prefered bike) is not an option at this point

Dr_Sprocket · 02-18-2010, 04:12 PM

Please read the "New Rider" thread.

What bikes have you looked at already? What do you like?

A Star Ride · 02-18-2010, 04:17 PM

Decent sized bike narrow tank, tall skinny front wheel, Virago, Intruder, Vulcan (A model not classic), but visit the new rider thread.

pushrod · 02-19-2010, 06:30 AM

Not to throw it out there too often, but check out a late model Triumph Bonneville.

seruzawa · 02-19-2010, 06:46 AM

+1 on Bonneville America or Speedmaster. Cruiser styling with a capable bike that will run rings around those V-twins.

aimycorbeil · 02-19-2010, 12:56 PM

thanks a bunch ladies....the vulcan and intruder are the ones we've been looking at...but people keep telling me that they're hard to ride

aimycorbeil · 02-19-2010, 01:14 PM

first--sorry for calling you ladies if you're not a lady..lol...

ok so i was reading the new riders thread---thing is i should mention that although i just got my license i had been learning most of the summer on a cruiser and have even taken some longer trips already, so i'm new, but not that new....i just don't care for the style of bike i learnt on (mom's bike is a Suzuki C50T)--big ol'fat thing...so i'm not sure what to get

Dr_Sprocket · 02-19-2010, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aimycorbeil

first--sorry for calling you ladies if you're not a lady..lol...

ok so i was reading the new riders thread---thing is i should mention that although i just got my license i had been learning most of the summer on a cruiser and have even taken some longer trips already, so i'm new, but not that new....i just don't care for the style of bike i learnt on (mom's bike is a Suzuki C50T)--big ol'fat thing...so i'm not sure what to get

How tall are you? That makes a difference, as well. Also, are you afraid to ride something different than what everyone else is riding? Do you like to go with the pack, or be your own person?

A Star Ride · 02-19-2010, 01:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aimycorbeil

thanks a bunch ladies....the vulcan and intruder are the ones we've been looking at...but people keep telling me that they're hard to ride

I had a 95 Vulcan 800 (A model) bought it new & just let it go last August, I diddnt think it was hard to ride, but I can pull double the miles on my tourer. I wish I cold've kept the 800 great arround town & short trips, but not great for long days.

aimycorbeil · 02-19-2010, 01:29 PM

i'm 5"6 with a 33" in seam (long legs, short upper body)...i'm all about being my own person--i have plans on what the bike's paint will be like (my fiance owns an automotive shop that also does body work)....everyone around us (people we ride with are 40+ in age) rides the newer big fat bikes...not my style...but they keep telling Bill (my fiance) that that is the only thing suited for me

02-18-2010, 03:51 PM	#1
aimycorbeil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 12	advice on first bike Hello! I just got my license at the end of September (towards end of season here in alberta canada). I am now looking to get my first bike (mom wants hers back). I do NOT want a crotch-rocket...I'm looking for a cruiser...I love the look of the older, skinny front tire models...not a big fan of the fat tank models of today--I am 24 and don't want to look older than I am on it. I don't want a bike that is not gonna keep up with the boys at 120-130km/hr (approx 75 miles/hr)...any suggestions??? thanks a bunch ** should also note that i only have a $5000 budget, so a new harley or victory (prefered bike) is not an option at this point

02-18-2010, 04:12 PM	#2
Dr_Sprocket Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Delmarva Peninsula Posts: 2,331	Please read the "New Rider" thread. What bikes have you looked at already? What do you like? __________________ "Aid to the helpless indigent is civilized. Aid to the irresponsible is socially corrosive." ----- Schizuki (c. 2011)

02-18-2010, 04:17 PM	#3
A Star Ride Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: central Va Posts: 1,126	Decent sized bike narrow tank, tall skinny front wheel, Virago, Intruder, Vulcan (A model not classic), but visit the new rider thread. __________________ White Trash Hick from Appalachia

02-19-2010, 06:30 AM	#4
pushrod Founding Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Baja 'Bama Posts: 3,478	Not to throw it out there too often, but check out a late model Triumph Bonneville. __________________ You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb.

02-19-2010, 06:46 AM	#5
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	+1 on Bonneville America or Speedmaster. Cruiser styling with a capable bike that will run rings around those V-twins. __________________ 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.

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02-19-2010, 12:56 PM	#6
aimycorbeil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 12	thanks a bunch ladies....the vulcan and intruder are the ones we've been looking at...but people keep telling me that they're hard to ride

02-19-2010, 01:14 PM	#7
aimycorbeil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 12	first--sorry for calling you ladies if you're not a lady..lol... ok so i was reading the new riders thread---thing is i should mention that although i just got my license i had been learning most of the summer on a cruiser and have even taken some longer trips already, so i'm new, but not that new....i just don't care for the style of bike i learnt on (mom's bike is a Suzuki C50T)--big ol'fat thing...so i'm not sure what to get

02-19-2010, 01:29 PM	#10
aimycorbeil Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 12	i'm 5"6 with a 33" in seam (long legs, short upper body)...i'm all about being my own person--i have plans on what the bike's paint will be like (my fiance owns an automotive shop that also does body work)....everyone around us (people we ride with are 40+ in age) rides the newer big fat bikes...not my style...but they keep telling Bill (my fiance) that that is the only thing suited for me