Sportbike!

[Tink]

Greg and I used to ride with a group of a couple dozen other bikes. We had a 750 Honda with a fairing, windshiled, etc. It really was fun! We've been talking about getting one again now that the kids are grown and we have the chance to do things without worrying about them.

I too think it's great you're doing this for yourself. We all need to have some fun in life, and it sounds like you'r e heading in that direction!

[Marilyn]

Lindsey, this is so totally cool!!! The bike you are looking at is so cool. I ride a 2000 Harley Davidson Fatboy. This is my 3rd bike. I had a Kawasaki 464 to learn on, and then moved to a Harley 883 Sportster, but it was too top heavy and I kept dropping it, plus I'm just over 5'1", so I got the Fatboy. It's really low and I had a lowering kit installed.

Here's a pic of me a few years ago with my bike in Daytona. I've changed the paint job since this pic. It's now red with ghost flames.

I think it is so cool that you want to ride. Be very careful!!! You have to drive very defensively on a bike. It's not if someone is going to change lanes into you, but when. You have to be ready at any time to take evasive action. I've had some close calls, but there is nothing like riding on a pretty day with that engine between your legs and a throttle in your right hand. Quite a rush!!!

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[Lindsey]

I'm getting more and more excited every day. I am also looking at a year old suzuki GSF500F at the same place. It looks just as sporty but it's small enough to learn on. My brother told me I should go with the kawasaki and just use his bike to learn on, but I think even his GSXR 750 is too powerful for me! Luckily I'm tall and have crazy long legs so the height of the bike isn't a big deal. On some dirtbikes I can just put my toes on the ground but they're a little lighter to balance! I love the color of your bike Marilyn!

[Marilyn]

Here's a pic of mine with the current color. The ghost flames don't show up much in the picture, but they are there. I just bought a different tank and fender set. The originals are boxed up because they were a special edition paint job for 2000 Harleys. Each dealer got just one bike of that color scheme. I liked it, but after a while, you just need a change.

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I'd really recommend the smaller bike to start. I felt much more comfortable on the smaller bike until I got used to it. One day, when I was first learning, I started off in the drive way, and popped the clutch, gave it way too much throttle and shot across the street into a vacant lot and hit a dirt pile. My front wheel was on the pile and my feet were dangling, unable to reach the ground so I fell right over. It scared me half to death. I almost hit a brick mail box, but after it was over, my husband almost died laughting. He said I looked so hilarious with my feet dangling and the bike slowly falling over. Thankfully I was not hurt, only my pride. I would hate to think what would have happened on a larger bike. Be careful, but enjoy!!!

[Lindsey]

Wow that's a great color! My ex always told me that if I got a bike, don't look at the color or condition of the paint job because he would take it back to his dad's autobody shop and paint it however I wanted, so I said PINK! He said he would do whatever I wanted, but he really wanted to put ghost flames on it. Maybe eventually after I'm done with feeling hurt and angry, I'll ask him if that offer still stands.

[Marilyn]

With a sport bike, it's probably a little different. There is so much painted area compared to a Harley, but I bought my tank and fender set on E-Bay from a woman in New York who paints them and sells them. I liked the fact that I bought it from a woman. How cool is that???

Hope your ex's offer does still stand. It would be awesome to be able to pick any color you want & any design. I originally wanted to get a set painted with a dragon on the tank and a castle on the rear fender with the tip of the dragon's tail curled around the castle, and flames from the dragon's mouth on the front fender, but alas, I found the red flame job and went for that. It was much less expensive. Maybe I'll get the dragon sometime in the future. My fear was that with such a complex design, no one would paint it exactly like I envisioned it, and I would be disappointed after paying a lot of money. My license plate is "dragen". Dragon was taken, so I had to alter the spelling.

[Lindsey]

That dragon design sounds cool! I love girls who are into "guy" stuff! I went to school with guys, work with guys, and hang out with guys a lot of the time, so sometimes I just want to scream "I'm FEMALE!" But hey, girls on bikes are hot

[rivermom]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Here's a pic of mine with the current color. The ghost flames don't show up much in the picture, but they are there. I just bought a different tank and fender set. The originals are boxed up because they were a special edition paint job for 2000 Harleys. Each dealer got just one bike of that color scheme. I liked it, but after a while, you just need a change.

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I'd really recommend the smaller bike to start. I felt much more comfortable on the smaller bike until I got used to it. One day, when I was first learning, I started off in the drive way, and popped the clutch, gave it way too much throttle and shot across the street into a vacant lot and hit a dirt pile. My front wheel was on the pile and my feet were dangling, unable to reach the ground so I fell right over. It scared me half to death. I almost hit a brick mail box, but after it was over, my husband almost died laughting. He said I looked so hilarious with my feet dangling and the bike slowly falling over. Thankfully I was not hurt, only my pride. I would hate to think what would have happened on a larger bike. Be careful, but enjoy!!!

Marilyn ~ Your bike is gorgeous. I even had to show my hubby, LOL. He says "Niiicccee Bike, Nice bike!" Of course he commented saying "They even have a shop to store their bikes in". LMAO - My hubby is working on a shop/barn future plans. Oh, hubby also read your "crash/hurt pride" story and says "Damn! Someone got carried away". LOL!! He's sooo goofy.

Much prettier with the paint job! Good job!

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by rivermom

Marilyn ~ Your bike is gorgeous. I even had to show my hubby, LOL. He says "Niiicccee Bike, Nice bike!" Of course he commented saying "They even have a shop to store their bikes in". LMAO - My hubby is working on a shop/barn future plans. Oh, hubby also read your "crash/hurt pride" story and says "Damn! Someone got carried away". LOL!! He's sooo goofy.

Much prettier with the paint job! Good job!

Thank you, Sheryl. The cool garage is not ours. It's in a home my hubby built for a Parade of Homes Tour. The owner of the home is a Harley dude & his bike is in the background. They put mine in there with it for the show. Our bikes are in our garage with hubby's restored 1970 Mustang Mach I. All our cars are parked outside. We are thinking of selling our home so we can build where we have more room and can put a nice shop out back for the bikes and hubby's projects and actually park our daily use vehicles in the garage. We've been in this home almost 4 years now, so it's time to move on. It's the curse of being married to a home builder. He keeps coming up with new ideas, and wants to build them for us. I keep planting trees and leaving them for someone else to enjoy.