Anonymous #1 14h

As far as the size of the bike goes it doesn’t really matter what cc you get. 400s can smoke liters on tracks if you’re a good rider. The main thing is to make sure you can get both feet on the ground while in the bike. You don’t want to be tippy toe while at a light cuz it’ll be uncomfortable and you won’t be super stable so you might drop the bike.

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Anonymous #1 14h

I’m 5’3 so I’m looking for the other baddie bikers to lmk what they ride

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Anonymous #1 14h

There’s a few ways of getting your license, you can either get ride time alongside someone with a license similar to how your parents would help you get hours when doing drivers ed, then you go take a test at the sec of state. The easier and better version which I listed above is doing a class. There’s some that are run at universities and others that are run at dealerships. If you already know how to ride and hsve a bunch of experience do the university ones cuz they’re cheaper.

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Anonymous #1 14h

I’m getting my license through a college course. I just want to know what bike to start looking at so I can get the total cost set

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Anonymous #1 14h

If you have no experience or almost no experience I’d recommend doing one at a dealership. I did mine through Harley Davidson. I know Harley Davidson has stigma around them cuz of the stereotypical Harley riders but I’d 100% recommend to do their course. They are actually very passionate about their jobs and unlike at the university ones if you get stuck on something they will actually spend more time on it since they have more time allocated for your class, university ones have a tight schedule

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Anonymous #1 14h

Another benefit of doing a dealership-run course is that they will provide you a bike to do it on, it usually has crash bars and whatnot so if you drop the bike or lay it down it’s no big deal. In my experience the Harley guys offered everyone in my class a free ticket for their next hosted class in case you fail or couldn’t get something down. I’d assume that most dealerships are like this tho but I have no experience with other riding courses.

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Anonymous #1 14h

I’m not a Harley guy but I recommend them to all new riders that haven’t done a course. I got a Kawasaki Z650 for reference. Main thing I would warn you about is to make sure you get the right size helmet. I got a large when I probably shoulda gotten a extra large and it gave me massive headaches

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Anonymous OP 14h

Ninja 450 is pretty chill if you’re wanting to go with Kawasaki. At the end of the day it’s all up to your own taste, all that matters is that you like it and it works

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Anonymous #1 13h

With Kawasaki the Z### bikes are the exact same model as the Ninjas but they’re naked bikes so they don’t have a ton of the plastic and have slightly worse transmissions so they lose like 10 ish max mph. They’re cheaper tho

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Anonymous #1 13h

Sick ty

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Anonymous OP 13h

Not to scare you or anything lol. I’m just pissed lol

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Anonymous #1 13h

lol well I live in a peninsula with nothing but roundabouts so I appreciate it

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Anonymous OP 13h

Also do your own maintenance or make ur partner or dad do it. It’s 10,000x easier than car maintenance cuz ur vehicle is like 400 lbs total and most of it is just hanging out in the open or just under some plastic panels. You’ll save a ton of money and every single thing you could possibly need to know how to do is on YouTube for your specific model and year

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Anonymous #1 13h

Get a cardo, it’s a microphone and speaker system for your helmet so you can talk to your buddies. It’s really high quality. Also get a mount for your phone, it’ll need its own specific case tho but it allows you to see the blue line when following maps and change music without having to whip out your phone

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Anonymous #1 13h

My partner or dad is wild. I’m a lesbian I hope that ruins ur night

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Anonymous OP 13h

Lol not at all, it’s just better to have your partner or dad do it if you can’t be bothered. It’s like $200 for a checkup at the dealership I got mine from. Is some bs. I do all my maintenance and it’s all really easy, I don’t have a stand so cleaning the chain and stuff can be kinda annoying

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Anonymous #1 13h

Also for winterization get a battery trickler, and if you leave it in your garage make sure to put it on a piece of cardboard or something. My first winter my kickstand put a indent in my garage floor

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Anonymous #1 13h

Also with your helmets, those cool colored visor ones make sure you bring an extra clear visor. The one I have acts as sunglasses so at night I cannot see anything so I just swap the visor to a clear one at night

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Anonymous #1 13h

I’m gonna get heated storage unit as well bc I live on the boarder of Canada

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Anonymous OP 13h

Oo that’s good. I’ve never had mine in heated storage before but it’s definitely better than having the electronics sit out in the cold. Remember the battery trickler, I forgot mine my first year, my battery was fine but still it’d suck to have to deal with a dead battery. Also fuel stabilizer

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