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Should have included the Suzuki Hyabusa as well!!!!!

If your intent is to KILL the new rider then.......Yes.

Oh SNAP.

Maybe you should realise that I do realise and it still smells like rice because it looks like rice. You obviously hav'nt been keeping up.

Sure you did.

I think we can safely say you very much dislike rice.

Not only is he a bleeping college prof. He is evidently beyond reproach for lacking to do proper research on the subject matter and extrapolating realistic advice for the common man. Deletes our comments? What a punk.

Just went back to the article... yeah, all comments are GONE!!

When did you acquire the Speedy ... pre or aft the introduction of the Bird?

I purchased it new in April 2006.

So whats with the twenty questions?

Well Stevie, I wonder if your problem with rice may stem from a horrific wedding incident, or some sushi that had gone off.




Maybe its Just that most of the newer Jap bikes are ugly. U G L Y nothing else about it. No way around it they are just ugly, and no one should model there bikes after them.

After all isn't the Triumph thing "Go your own way"?

to get back on topic, the guy does not even have a PhD as far as i can tell - just a B.A. and teaches religious classes. most of his articles seem to be based solely on opinion. there is even one on witches!!

anyway, the important part, this dude get money for the # of page views, which really pi**es me off for some reason.

I sent a note to the main Yahoo contributor network. not sure if it will actually do anything though.

link-
http://contributor.yahoo.com/company/contact_us.html

got response from Yahoo. If you still want to say something and not have it deleted click the link below.

"Hi Jason,
Thanks for letting us know about that we will follow up."

http://contributor.yahoo.com/company/contact_us.html

Lance, I really appreciate your intelligent and informative post. Your perspective as a newbie carries a lot of punch.

I tried to sign up so I can post a comment again but the site won't respond.

I wanted to say to Randy, "You advise getting the proper education and training before embarking on any new venture", well Randy, how about you take your own advice and get educated and trained on which bikes are appropriate for beginners - because most of the ones your recommend DEFINITELY AREN'T suitable for beginners. AND your while your hasty disclaimer may or may not protect you from any legal liability (from any related accidents), you won't be void of liability in the eyes of God.

Seriously Randy, get some credible advice and education about beginner bikes. In the meantime - withdraw this article."

So I'll just post it here and maybe copy it to the article's comments page if I can log on at a later date.

Thanks for the complement Lance. I agree with you 100%. I remember my first summer riding in the states (2009). I rode everywhere everyday and then had to switched back to my truck for a week. Well, when I got back to my speedy I was coming to a stop and used the rear break only (car habits with the foot). Scared the crap out of me but I released and then used proper breaking. Don’t know what would have happened if I was on a sport bike.

Apparently "Clueless" is the first word that rattles around in many of our minds.

I don't get the $20K limit, should be $8,000.

And none of those motorcycles fit in the Beginner category...a Ducati, a 675R, a R1??? I hope no "beginner" buys a motorcycle based on his advice and proceeds to wrecking it.