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- From: jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer)
- Subject: Re: Fastest Bike Known
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:23:59 GMT
- References: <22565@drutx.ATT.COM> <1992Nov21.080820.12579@netcom.com>
- Organization: HP Design Technology Center, Santa Clara, CA
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- In article <1992Nov21.080820.12579@netcom.com> tssmith@netcom.com (Tim Smith) writes:
- >My usual advice to people getting a first bike is to get a streetable
- >250cc dirt bike. You said you won't ride on dirt, but you did
- >mention dirt roads. That's where you'll learn a lot about surfaces,
- >and braking. And have a lot of fun too!
-
- Good advice and I'd add that you'd better learn on the dirt since you
- will fall and it hurts a lot less on the dirt.
-
- >Buy new or in very good used condition. Bikes wear out a lot faster
- >than cars, and a bike (except maybe a Beemer or a Harley) with 30000
- >miles on it is usually completely crapped out. Most cars don't
- >cruise at 7000 rpm. An unreliable bike can be a real bummer.
-
- The premise that bikes wear out in 30K miles may have been true a decade
- or so ago, but not any more. I've seen a number of >80K bikes that are
- fine .. it really depends on how well they've been maintained.
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