Just for slow going backroads?

Question

i want a bike. its 110cc; tops out at like 70mph. i've never ridden; i'm not hardcore/crazy speeder. i just think it would be fun to have this "pocket rocket" at a cheap price. i drive a stick truck. how hard can it be? if i just cruise around on it for kicks, can it really be that hard to learn and dangerous? just for slow going backroads

Answer 1

Being able to Drive a stander car or truck dose not make leaning to ride any ezer but it dose not hurt it make little or no diff. It is not hard to leaner to ride just find the friction point and off you go. the biggest danger to you for the type riding your talking about is car not look for you. More so on back roads because they think they will be the only ones on that road.

Good luck and be safe

good luck

Answer 2

have fun

Answer 3

Are u talking about a X18, or X19/X15?

There's the Phoenix RS125 also, which looks like a 05' CBR600RR. Those are really hard to get a hold of though.

Answer 4

I wouldnt drive on back roads.

Try to get permission from a suburb, or a large parking lot.

I have several of these 49cc 110cc and 150cc, I ride them at the school parking lot when school is out.

They are a blast on cement, but not so fun on dirt roads.

Answer 5

My suggestion would be get something bigger and try to learn in a parking lot, the basics of  starting and stopping. Try turning and starting at the same time and do it in both directions. Mark a spot off and practice stopping. Keep practicing until you KNOW how far it takes from different speeds. Practice stopping without locking the wheels but as close to it as you can get. Then work on evasive steering. Once you have these fundamentals, go out on the road and give it a spin. You should be a pretty good rider in a few days. After a couple of months you'll be either scraped up and road rash or a really good rider. Watch for sand and gravel in turns and intersections. Assume everyone wants to run into you and you are invisible to everyone that has four or more wheels.

Answer 6

I suppose the first thing to say here is to ride is to fall off occasionally, as sure as the sun will set at the end of the day. So before you decide to ride, it is best to accept that. Obviously, that means there is a good chance you will get hurt; how badly usually depends upon how fast you're going. I am not trying to put you off, just make sure you have realistic expectations.

Non-riders will tell you bikes are "dangerous". They're right, but to me life is "dangerous". You could get a brain anuerism and fall down dead later today, so to me, since I LOVE bikes,  I take all reasonable precautions - wear leathers, a helmet, ride defensively etc - but I still ride. However, I recently spent a month injured on the couch after a fall. Boring, and painful ( 2 months later and I still can't walk properly ) and with my wife hating on me and motorbikes the whole time, you have to ask yourself do I love bikes enough to deal with this BS ?

I do, most people, it seems, don't.

Like driving a car, picking up the basics of riding a bike is easy - it is developing the skill to deal with unexpected situations which takes time and experience.  The best advice anyone gave me is ride as if you are invisible. In a car, other cars see you, and make room for you. That doesn't happen on bikes. The only way to avoid being run over by soccer mom's in SUVs who won't even realize thay have hit you is to assume they haven't seen you, so when they pull out in front of you, you're ready to stop. Take as many lessons as you can. Talk to as many experienced riders as you can. Ride as often as you can.

Answer 7

If you can ride a bicycle, and if you can drive a standard transmission truck, then you can ride a motorcycle.  If you didn't have one or both of those skills it would be a bit harder to learn.

110cc is kind of small.  It's for around town.  It might top out at 70 but it's going to be more comfortable around 30-45.  That's fine if it's all you want, but as long as you're getting a bike and learning to ride it, why not get something just a little bigger that you could occasionally take on a long day ride, maybe a short freeway trip once in a while?

OTOH the 110 will get excellent mileage!

It's not hard to learn to ride a bike, and a small bike like that is even easier because it's so light.  Just be sure to ride it around a quiet neighborhood until you have all the controls sorted out, so you don't have to take a second to think "Now which one of these gizmos is the brake and which is the clutch?"

Good luck!