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(11-28-2016, 08:59 AM)AzBob_imp Wrote: (11-26-2016, 09:33 PM)curlyjoe_imp Wrote: Nice save use2b! I guess traction control would have helped in that instance. Maybe my next bike will have both abs and traction control.
Yup, traction control would definitely have helped out. That's why my commuter bike has both.
Yup, traction control would definitely have helped out. That's why my commuter bike has both. [url=http://www.cycleworld.com/cover-your-brakes-avoid-deer-motorcycle-safety-ienatsch-tuesday]Tuesdays with Nick discusses this stuff in detail today (11-29-16).
This is why the dirt-riding background comes in real handy. The TC is built in to the right hand already, as well as ABS. That is if the rider really got out and learned to be aggressive in the dirt.
Whacking the throttle open on this bike can be very surprising. Not a beginner's bike in any sense.
Even without stainless lines and HH pads the brakes are very powerful as well.
Anyone pondering buying a bike these days without a lot of dirt riding experience NEEDS both TC and ABS and even then the learning curve gets steep.
One also does not need a 540-lb bike when practicing parking lot maneuvers. Not a confidence-builder.
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XOf course there are lighter, smaller and less powerful bikes out on the market than the CB, which may fit the needs of a beginner better, if there is a better.
But it surely depends on the physics and the character
of the starter, if the Honda can be the one, to learn how to drive a motorbike. It's not so easy for me, to imagine after the long time I'm driving motorbikes, how a person without any experience may feel sitting on a CB.
If he or she will give some time to improve and grow together with the Honda, the case is not impossible.
The CB brings some good points to the table, an upright sitting position, a solid and trusty frame, an engine that is predictable with linear power, good brakes and although beeing not light, easy to handle once in motion.
Besides the question, if the CB may be a good choice to start riding motorbikes, I would answer, give it a try, but always be careful, wether you have some lessons learned or not. I try to be careful after all these years all the time and don't let the Honda surprise me too much in speeding up or slowing down. And the Honda like most other bikes is able to surprise, often in a kind way.
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