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The very first time I rode a motorcycle was during the MSF class and I was immediately hooked! Ah to be free and ride! I scoured the internet after passing the exam and found that there were opposing arguments about what to buy as your first bike. 1) buy a bike that’s used and cheap, sits low, and is light and slow.. vs 2) buy something you can grow into a bit, something that even may scare you at first but you will grow into.. I went with option 1 and purchased a used 2016 suzuki TU250x. I owned it for exactly 10 days. So those of you out there that ponder riding, take the MSF course AND AFTER YOU PASS buy a 400 or 500cc bike! I can’t stress this enough. You are prepared enough to grow into something. Stick to your neighborhood at first and then start to slowly venture out.
I purchased the Ducati Sixty2 because it has the freaking best suspension, brakes, weight and handling of any 400 < cc bike period. I tested them all! If you like sport bike looks then go for the ninja 400. Buying a slow 250cc will put you in serious danger on the road. It’s too slow and it’s too light. Pay no attention to how they tell you you can hit a freeway on it because you can’t without being blown around like a methed out piece of pollen. Cars blow you to the edges of the road and cut right in front of you because they’re pissed you’re slow.
The Ducati helped me get over (real quick) the fear that bigger CC motorcycles look like huge serious machine because the Sixty2 is a real bike. Those fat wheels keep you planted and you have throttle room left even on the highway going 70. You need that. You need power pulling onto a 45mph road from a stop sign or else you will be waiting half an hour for a large enough gap. You will be fine on a 400 CC bike.. period! Don’t waste $2800 like I did on a bike you will grow out of within days. It will be days too!
I’m a woman in her early 30’s, I’m 5’6 (and a half. gotta have that half damn it) and between 130-135lbs. I can flick around and make this Ducati Sixty2 my bitch and I love it. Everything else in the segment feels subpar.. and for you icon people out there who are reading this.. I probably should have come to you because I already feel remorse 5 days after buying the 62 as the sales people told me to get the 803 engine but I reneged due to the icons shit throttle which scared me. 2 bad.. so in conclusion, don’t go for a 250 or 300 as a first bike.. for real.
I purchased the Ducati Sixty2 because it has the freaking best suspension, brakes, weight and handling of any 400 < cc bike period. I tested them all! If you like sport bike looks then go for the ninja 400. Buying a slow 250cc will put you in serious danger on the road. It’s too slow and it’s too light. Pay no attention to how they tell you you can hit a freeway on it because you can’t without being blown around like a methed out piece of pollen. Cars blow you to the edges of the road and cut right in front of you because they’re pissed you’re slow.
The Ducati helped me get over (real quick) the fear that bigger CC motorcycles look like huge serious machine because the Sixty2 is a real bike. Those fat wheels keep you planted and you have throttle room left even on the highway going 70. You need that. You need power pulling onto a 45mph road from a stop sign or else you will be waiting half an hour for a large enough gap. You will be fine on a 400 CC bike.. period! Don’t waste $2800 like I did on a bike you will grow out of within days. It will be days too!
I’m a woman in her early 30’s, I’m 5’6 (and a half. gotta have that half damn it) and between 130-135lbs. I can flick around and make this Ducati Sixty2 my bitch and I love it. Everything else in the segment feels subpar.. and for you icon people out there who are reading this.. I probably should have come to you because I already feel remorse 5 days after buying the 62 as the sales people told me to get the 803 engine but I reneged due to the icons shit throttle which scared me. 2 bad.. so in conclusion, don’t go for a 250 or 300 as a first bike.. for real.