Honda Ace Delux

Motorcycles riders:?

Well, I took my first ride on a 2003 Honda Shadow Ace Delux 750 (HOT!! lol) a couple of weeks ago and now I want a bike…a good one! Thing is, I’m afraid of drving one and laying it down all the time. How hard is it to learn? How many times did you lay it down when you drove yours for the first time? What’s a good kind to get, with it not being those tiny “rice burners” but a solid, loud one? Thanks!!
Sorry, I put the term “rice burners” out of context. My novice mind thinks otherwise of what I mean…….lol. Scratch “rice burner”……..keep solid and loud!! THANK YOU ALL!!!!!

If you can ride a bicycle and drive a car with a stick shift, you’re coordinated enough to learn to ride a motorcycle. I’d recommend by starting by taking the MSF class, or similar riding lessons (check with the office that issues your driver’s license for a list of motorcycle classes). You’ll spend two or three days riding a school bike in a safe environment with an instructor watching, and learn a lot of key things a motorcyclist should know.

After taking the class, pick out your first bike and get you some good safety gear. If the bike you rode in the class felt like all you could manage, get one in the 250 cc range. If you did well and feel ready for something bigger, you could go for a 500 to 650 cc cruiser, or maybe even a Honda 750 like the one you took a ride on. Whatever you get, be sure you could pick it up if it fell over – having a bike that’s light enough to manage will make it a lot less likely that it will fall over, and “if you can pick it up” is a handy rule of thumb to weed out bikes that are too heavy to manage for a beginner.

Then you’ll want to spend the first couple weeks of bike ownership practicing in parking lots and lightly traveled side streets to build up your skill. Don’t venture out into traffic until you feel mentally ready for it.

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