PA motorcycle law?

[loserpunkx182]

ok..i forget how it goes but is it...if you have a drivers license you can ride and you only need a motorcycle license to have a passenger?

[scootter]

You can ride only in daylight and solo with a permit.

[loserpunkx182]

so i can come over but gotta spend the nite

[scootter]

Yep yep, I'll pull out the couch soffa for you.

[loserpunkx182]

no deal...u get the couchi'm taking ur spot

[Pulski]

You'll also have a real hard time getting any dealer to let you take a test drive without a license.

It's nice being able to walk into the shop and say, "Can I take that R1 out for a test drive?", "Sure, let me get a plate."

[loserpunkx182]

too poor...goin to be a used one...but i dont mind

R1+my weight = out of control

[scootter]

50 cc + your wieght = out of control! hhehehehee

[Pulski]

I got my bike used at a dealer, and will probably do so again this spring. It was a fairly timid 600cc.. only 87hp. I'm hoping to get something a bit quicker this time around, possibly something of the 1000 variety.

[loserpunkx182]

Originally Posted by scootter

50 cc + your wieght = out of control! hhehehehee

that's how u like it

Originally Posted by Pulski

I got my bike used at a dealer, and will probably do so again this spring. It was a fairly timid 600cc.. only 87hp. I'm hoping to get something a bit quicker this time around, possibly something of the 1000 variety.

what do u have now?

[Pulski]

I actually haven't had a bike for a little over a year now, just never bothered to take the picture out of my avatar. I had a 96 Yamaha FZR600.

http://www.umassk12.net/~dpulaski/My_Bike2.jpg <-- 800x600 version of my avatar.

The most recent bike I've ridden was a 2002 Honda F4i, which has a good 35-40 more hp than my old bike did, and weighs about 30 lbs less. I traded my alty for it for a day because my buddy needed to move some stuff around to get his car running before snow started falling. Yeah... that basically clinched my getting a new bike next year.

[loserpunkx182]

that looks yummy...i dont think i'm goin to be startin on anything like that hahah...even a 600cc might be too much

[Pulski]

I miss my baby. The FZR is a decent starter bike (it was mine) if you want to ride sport bikes. It's absolutely nothing like an F4i or an R6.

My recommendation to you is to take a riding course somewhere. Prices vary... anywhere from 175-200 up to 300-400. Mine was 190 (240 for 21+yr olds, snuck in two weeks ahead of my b'day ). The way to look at the price is, how valuable is your life to you? Same rule goes for buying a helmet.

If the class is like the one I took, you get your license afterwards for passing the class and you learn a lot of things you wouldn't necessarily think of on your own. I had been riding almost a year when I took the class and wish I took it right away.

[loserpunkx182]

yeah i was not big on driving school but i think this time it'll be the smart thing to do....but wow $190, hope i can find one cheaper..what do they do at these courses and how many classes did u have to go thru?

was shifting hard to learn?

[Pulski]

Shifting is a piece of cake. The class I took started from the bottom up. It's a class that's designed to teach someone that's been riding, but still accomodate someone that has never touched a motorcycle before. The class I took was two days that ran a total of 15 hours I believe. There was a 3 day group which had classroom time on Friday night for 3 or 4 hours and then you picked up the rest of the hours on Sat. and Sun., but I ended up in the "cram it all into two days" group.

I forget the exact balance of class time to riding time, but it's not bad when you realize that in a weekend you can go from never having ridden to having your license to ride.