Crotch Rocket
What is a good starter crotch rocket?
When will i find the best time to get one and what do you recommend? A 250 or should i just go to a 600? GXSR any good?
A good starter crotch rocket is one that won’t rip your ankle off if you make a mistake, and won’t cost you a fortune in repairs.
Not everybody makes mistakes when they’re learning. And not every mistake will cost you a limb. In fact, most usually just cost you a couple hundred dollars in replacement fairings and blinkers. But some do. And if you’re on a bike that’s too aggressive for you…you might lose an ankle…or a thumb…you get the picture.
Ok, enough of the scared-straight bs. You can learn on a 1200cc bike if you’re careful enough, smart enough, and disciplined enough. Keep in mind, though, crotch rockets are crotch rockets for one reason…they’re aggressive. Even on a 600cc, the high-revving in-line 4 cylinder engines are paired up with really precise clutches to give you really responsive and powerful control. Add in there humongous brakes designed to stop 600 lbs on a dime, and you’ve got lots of “control.” Twitchy is another way to put it, except it’s like a twitchy rhinoceros, not a twitchy poodle; be careful with that. If you let that clutch slip a few mm further than you meant to…you’re going to lurch forward with some ferocious intent. Different engine configurations are less twitchy, like a v-twin. And standard bikes have more forgiving clutch plates. Some sport-touring models also have a less sport-oriented clutch, which is more forgiving, like the old Katana’s.
You sound like you’re dead set against getting a standard or cruiser model though. That’s alright. It just means you have to be a little more careful when learning. So…as for engine size…well, it depends a little on where you’re starting from, and how capable you are. The 250′s are awesome to learn on and can be killer track bikes cuz you can *really* whip those things around. But they’re kind of tough to tolerate on the highway, just bcs they’re engines are absolutely going nuts at highway speeds. I’ve found 500cc’s like the Ninja EX 500 to be a nice in-between starter bike, and you can find alot of them used, which is nice bcs you’ll probably lay it down once or twice. (In fact…lay your bike down a few times, gently, just to practice picking the thing up by yourself and get a feeling for the weight of it). Plus, the clutch on the EX-500 is really a pretty forgiving clutch for a sport bike.
600cc’s is nice mostly because it’ll take a long time to really grow out of a 600cc bike. 600cc crotch rockets are damn powerful machines, can hold their own against liter bikes in most real-life situations, and even kick some liter-bike-butt in the twisties bcs their more agile. But here are some situations where I wouldn’t go for a 600+cc bike as a starter bike. If you’ve never even been on a scooter or moped, and you’re less than, say, 150 lbs, and shorter than, say, 5′-7″ or have an inseam length less than, say…28″ I’d say you’re better off on something smaller. Seriously, what I’d do is go to a dealer and get on an R1, or a GSX-R…whatever you want. And then lean the bike over about 15~20 degrees. Can you hold it up easily? If you can’t…think about something a little smaller.
Also, if you’re…well…dumb…I’d say you better start off smaller. What do I mean by dumb? Ever do something like what you see in a Jack-ass movie? Yeah, you know who you are. If you have every intent to do stoppies and wheelies or you want to have friends take pics of you scrapin’ kneepucks around corners within the first month of owning a bike…basically If you’re a monkey with apposable thumbs, then yes, you’ll hurt yourself less with a smaller engine. Learning how to ride on a sport bike is a little like learning to fly in a jet fighter…it can be done, but you’re not making it easy on yourself, and the margin of error is slim.
Keep in mind also one last thing…it costs a lot less money to learn on a used piece of crud than a nice shiney bike. And the resale value of a used starter bike is always pretty good bcs hey…everybody’s got to learn on something.
G’luck…and ride smart!
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