Begining Motorcyclists: Start Slow or Get Right In It?

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I faced the same dilemma when I started riding. At first I was going down the path of looking for a reliable used bike but some little voice in the back of my head started asking me if I wanted to spend my time learning to ride or learning to repair the bike. So I started looking at new starter bikes and I'm glad I did. I financed a new cb 500. It was light enough to learn on and had enough power and speed to keep up in traffic. I kept it in great shape and when I sold it to another new rider a year later it had great resale value. I knew I was ready for something bigger when I had mastered the 500 in a range of conditions. One thing I did learn very quickly is that it would get up to highway speed but there was no more power for passing or a quick speed up to get out of the way of a car merging on top of me. So I just stayed off the interstates. If you get a good starter bike with good resale value it's no big deal to sell it when you are ready to go bigger in my opinion. There are always new riders looking for good used starter bikes.


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