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View Poll Results: What size (cc's) was your first street bike?
125 2 2.22%
250 12 13.33%
500 12 13.33%
600 28 31.11%
650 8 8.89%
750 4 4.44%
800 4 4.44%
900 3 3.33%
1000 or bigger 9 10.00%
Other 8 8.89%
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Old 11-18-2008, 11:14 PM   #27
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So what size was your first STREET bike (knowing many people started out on dirtbikes)? 500cc (Buell Blast)
Was it an I4 or a Twin? Neither... single... thumper ftmfw!
Did you have previous experience (i.e. with dirtbikes)? Nope.. MSF only.
If you started on something "bigger," do you think it hurt your development as a rider or do you wish you'd started smaller? Not really applicable.. but I did move up to a 600 within after only 4 months on a Blast. I'd like to think I'm a quick study, but really I'm just impatient. But it was a '93 F2, so it's not like it was just dripping with power or anything.. so I don't regret riding it at all, and it definitely didn't hurt my riding skill, I think. Crashing it, on the other hand, did. At least as far as self-confidence is concerned.
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