8 Things Nobody Tells You About Riding Motorcycles

what's up guys showing from SL k cycles dot-com and if you've not checked out our YouTube channel bikes and beard check it out we'll be going a lot of fun adventures here is 8 things you new riders probably don't know and no one's ever told you about riding motorcycles wanna do it I'm showing her and this is our case item number 1 rain drops if you ever get caught in the rain and you have any exposed skin what you shouldn't you should be completely covered up but let's say you're an idiot and you're your next showing or you're you're not wearing a jacket or something like that those little raindrops are like a bee stings that they they hurt if you're moving in anything in 25 miles an hour I mean I got caught in I was driving a little little like moped out there I started raining a little bit going 20 miles an hour I was scared that raindrop might hit me in the eyeball and just explode my eye so raindrops really really hurt be protected number two the other costs a lot of guys don't think about the other cost all you're thinking about is the bike is this much the list price is this much well here's some other cost you guys need to think about you got to pay taxes no matter what bike you do look like you buy you have to pay taxes between like six or seven or eight percent taxes depending on where you live you got to pay registration and and you gotta pay insurance don't forget insurance do not forget insurance you got to do maintenance and then at the very rule of thumb just ballpark if you have nothing you start with no gear at all just figure at the very minimum five hundred dollars in gear and that could get you a decent helmet most that's why gonna be a helmet a decent helmet a mediocre jacket and a decent pair of gloves and wear boots but minimum 500 bucks most people spend 500 bucks on a jacket so I feel in the high end you could spend like 1,200 bucks at 1,700 bucks number three that's speed the first time I rode a 600 Super Sport I never wrote anything that fast in my life and I just I'm getting on it tonal vision my mind really couldn't comprehend fast I was going and the speed in the performance of some of these motorcycles you will be chasing that feeling for the rest of your life it is it really is like a like a drug high if you go back to like the the Vin Diesel comment it really is kind of like that number four tires do not last very long I know you think about you used to car tires and a crappy car tire might last 40,000 miles on a good you know maybe a really long car tire might last 80,000 miles that's not happening on a motorcycle if that was the case and most motorcycles in the East Coast would just have the original set of tires at that point they've timed down the tire compound is too old tires can last as short as two days now you give you if you were running it hard he was known as track day you were on the track you were putting it real hot a lot of cycles and it's really pushing it your tires could last two days if you I thought probably the best if you look on forms and stuff like that and what people experienced 15,000 miles is pretty average for how many for how long you get up you get from a tire so 5,000 miles 215 is actually the range of how many miles you're gonna get on the tire so some guys like almost put the tires on them two years ago we're up in that's that's almost you could have way exceeded the length of that tire to number five you can still have a lot of fun on a really small motorcycle now there's tons of awesome bikes out there you got like new trails 90s and you got groms and you get a little mopeds and you got just you know rebels and ninja 382 50s and all the ways a little fun little bikes a lot of guys think all it's not gonna be fun trust me you'd have a blast if all your buddies if you and your buddies were like we don't very much money let's get in the riding let's all get a little micro bikes you guys would have a blast don't worry about anyone else it's a ton of fun I even loved riding these small little bikes number six you can only ride for so long on a motorcycle before your butt just starts killing you and I don't even care what kind of bike it is you got one of the top of the line bikes you know maybe maybe two to two for hours before you just have to stop you got to walk around there's not as much movement it's not as comfortable as a car seat the most impressive guys are like the gold ring riders are like the ultra classic riders and they have real nice seats and they've you know some of those guys can do 700 miles in a day but they're not doing seminar miles in a sit I was unit gas and everything like that number seven there's actually more than at the big my misconception with a lot of new riders maybe there's two types of bikes sport bikes cruiser bikes that is just completely false there's a tons of types of bikes you have sport bikes you got snake a street fighter you got a sport touring he's got the adventure bikes you've got cruiser bikes you've got touring bikes you've got the micro bikes and there's probably a couple more sub models in there there's a lot of different types of bikes a lot an old amour font all them have their purpose it's not just like ball sport bikes versus the cruiser bikes think you know let's all get over this nonsense we're one type of rider is against and you know as enemies with the other rider that's just stupid and the last one riding a motorcycle makes the most dangerous and questionable of cars seem significantly safer if you're used to riding a bike and you have nothing around you and you're just cruising around with completely exposed to all the elements you happen some you know goofy looking rust ball convertible that your mom is like oh my gosh I can't believe he's gonna drive that and you're like um I'm enclosed I'm way safer pretty much any car Yura is out any cars out there it's significantly safer than any motorcycle that's out there you know I mean of course can you know making sure that all the mechanics is right when you've got a cage around you and I got the Beth of a guy you know you go you can bump into another car with your car would be okay you bump into another car with your motorcycle that's your leg or your arm I hope that was informative there's a lot more things that you as new riders will learn soon if you start riding and keep it up you guys are great don't forget subscribe we'll see you guys next time hey guys thanks for watching this video is brought to you by m1 moto products with the m1 motor club we're the only motorcycle gloves with Kevlar

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Length: 6min 40sec (400 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 16 2019