the guy gets ****** off about people calling his bike a "starter bike" because he thinks it implies that the bike is weak or easy, then he has to make an announcement to make sure everyone knows he thinks riding is "easy".
He guarantees that after 3 or 4 weeks on a 250 you're going to want more power, and claims that he's always going so fast, but you know what, I am willing to bet my car and bikes that there are loads of people on a 250 out there that can ride faster than him.
On a group ride last year, I decided to put aside my 900 and take my 250 out instead, on that group ride, I was easily riding circles around a 600. After I overtook him, I was behind a cbr125, and I could not keep up with him at all. It was that moment that I truly realized, how fast you go is most probably limited by your riding skills, not your bike.
I've been riding 3 years, but I actually don't mind when people think I'm a newb on a 250. If a guy on a 600 rides faster than me, no one thinks anything of it, "oh of course he's faster, he's on a 600". It's when they see that I can keep up or overtake them that makes it all worth it "wow that guy can ride, he was riding circles around a 600, and he's only on a 250!"
A suggestion to the guy in the video, learn to ride, and stop being offended by the term newbie, or starter. Everyone starts somewhere.
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