10-14-2020, 01:42 AM
I don't have any kids myself, but I have friends with kids, and young coworkers (A girl here at work just called me her "Work Dad" this morning for helping her with her car).
When they ask me to help them get into motorcycles, I usually hear about Ninjas and Gixxers. When I try to curb their enthusiasm for a bike that would be too much for them to handle out of the gate, some of them just go ask someone else.
Those who stick around to listen to my advice about finding something cheap to learn on look at standards like SV650s or KLR650s. They look at my CB and my Triumph and say "Those are cool, but they are old man bikes".
As for the Husky, I'd take the 701 any day of the week. Just not now... I'll wait for a used one after someone takes the hit on the dealer price.
When they ask me to help them get into motorcycles, I usually hear about Ninjas and Gixxers. When I try to curb their enthusiasm for a bike that would be too much for them to handle out of the gate, some of them just go ask someone else.
Those who stick around to listen to my advice about finding something cheap to learn on look at standards like SV650s or KLR650s. They look at my CB and my Triumph and say "Those are cool, but they are old man bikes".
As for the Husky, I'd take the 701 any day of the week. Just not now... I'll wait for a used one after someone takes the hit on the dealer price.