Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ernie!mazlack From: mazlack@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Lawrence J. &) Newsgroups: net.cycle Subject: Re: first bike? Message-ID: <10799@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 14:47:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.10799 Posted: Fri Oct 25 14:47:45 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 08:22:11 EDT References: <2922@sun.uucp> Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mazlack@ernie.UUCP (Lawrence J. Mazlack) Distribution: net Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 10 >I'm looking to buy my first cycle. Anyone want to suggest a good first bike >for someone who's never been on one before? I'm planning mainly to do short >(~10 mile) commuting and local errand type stuff. How do you recommend >learning to handle the beast? What other things should I know about? > Something relatively small and cheap. Small (about 250cc) because you have to learn a different set of reactions, takes about 5,000 miles. Also, if you really are going to only do short stuff, you don't need anymore. Cheap because (a) you may not want to stay with it, (b) you may want to upgrade and most bikes depreciate very quicly (except BMWs, which are neither small nor cheap).