Do you think I can ride on a Yamaha R1?

Question

Hey I'm almost 18 and planning to buy a motorcycle on my birthday, I'll have about a grand saved up by than. I'm taking a MSF course before my birthday and I also have ridden a Moped quite a few times this summer down in the city's and I plan on riding one more. I'm familiar with shifting gears and breaking/cornering. I've only ridden Mopeds and Dirtbikes but yeah do you think I wud be able to handle a Yamaha R1?

Answer 1

No dude. You are not ready for an R1. In order to survive, you'll need to work up to an open class sport bike like the R1. Start out with a bike like the Ninja 250 or 500, or perhaps the Suzuki GS500F. Then you will be ready for a 600cc sport bike for at least 1 season before you will be ready to try the R1.

Remember to always wear all your gear, you never know when you might go down!

Answer 2

No. Besides, if you could handle an R1 your insurance would be ridiculously expensive.

Answer 3

I would seriously recommend you buy a bike with a quarter of the power until you are actually able to properly ride a bike. People I know say that its a challenge just keeping the front wheel of a 1000cc sportbike on the ground, they are insanely powerful. Reconsider.

Answer 4

Nice try!  Where are the cameras?  I'm being punk'd, right?

I mean, nobody in their right mind would ask this seriously!  Ha ha!  This HAS to be a staged question!

If not, then the answer is an outstandingly, unbelievably emphatic NO, Junior.  If you don't know why, then make sure someone has a HUGE life insurance policy out on you.

Ah, who am I kidding.  No 18-year old would be able to afford the $400+ per month jut to INSURE an R1!  Of COURSE this is a joke!

Answer 5

No way.  Too much power, hunched over riding position, expensive plastics = lousy first bike.  I'm thinking third or fourth bike.  Also check what your insurance rates would be as a teenage new rider on a R1.  I bet it would equal about the cost of a R1 per year :)

You mention that you will have $1000 saved up to buy a bike.  While I congratulate you on saving money, it's not going to go very far to buying any new bike.  Unless you have a co-signer, or a high paying job (at 18?) you're gonna have a hard time getting a loan.  I'd recommend getting something VERY used as your first bike and THEN get a nicer bike.  Also keep in mind that gear will be quite expensive ... in fact half of that grand should be put aside for proper gear IMO.

Answer 6

Don't be dumb and start on a literbike, a 600 will scare you enough.