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so finally im at a stage in my life where i can afford to ride a bike.
ive done some dirt riding in the past, but havent touched a bike in a long time...
all ive been looking at lately are 600cc+ sport bikes.
even looking at 1000 cc because i love the new ****ing r1's.
whats a friendly sport bike to start on?
there are no "friendly" sport bikes....
SS bikes or sport touring?
how old are you? (insurance will be one of the important factors)
not trying to be an @ss, but just want more info before giving you suggestions...
21yo...
what's ss?
SS = SuperSport.Quote:
Originally Posted by in-your-face
Get a quote on insurance before looking at any 600+CC bikes. That way, you wont be drooling over a bike and then finding out that the insurance cost just as much as the bike.
how bad can an isurance quote be?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sushii
i've got no tickets since i started driving, no claims, nothing.
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Originally Posted by in-your-face
$10,000 +.. is quite easily possible on a black listed super sport especially since you might not qualify for state farm unless you have held you G for 5 years
Depends what your looking for and what kind of riding your doing. If you can afford a crap tone for insurance then get what you want.
If you have a Budget I would suggest looking at a sport touring like a Katana or VFR if you want a Super sport bike you can look at getting one over 20 years old as they wont be black listed anymore.
At 21 even a 250 might be 3000+ to insure.. but we need to no more about what you want to do with the bike. Not to mention in the end you are the only one that can really decide.
Read through the flow charts in the insurance section
Why don't you call an insurance company and get a quote?Quote:
Originally Posted by in-your-face
I'm sure you'll get a more solid answer than here.
All you have to do is pick up the phone..
http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforum...=1#post1724145
get a 599, it's a street fighter that can keep up with 600ss bike no problem, especially in the corners.
to OP, insurance will kill you... doesn't matter if you never had a ticket/no claim/no accident/no nothing.... that's not how the insurance companies calculate stuff... they use "The Law of large numbers" to determine the crash rate on the age range, the type of bikes, based on the number of accidents involved. 21 year old on a SS bike = super high risk.
You might want to start with a lower cc bike, unless you have $$$ to spend on insurance.
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Originally Posted by in-your-face
In all honesty your probably be looking between $3000-$5000/year for liability with a 600 SS.
Then along comes the Panigale...Quote:
Originally Posted by CruisnGrrl
This question comes up WAY too often, did you check the stickies in this section first? Did you do a search?Quote:
Originally Posted by in-your-face
You're gonna get a lot of grief in this thread now. Laziness has it's cost.
↑ ↑ What he said....topic closed.