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I got my first motorcycle this week. (media.kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago by ChrisFhey@kbin.social to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world

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[–] Bongles@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know people tend to say "that wouldn't work in America" for things but I genuinely think that wouldn't work out in America with our speed limits and distances outside of cities. My brother and I took a course together where we learned on a 125 bike, he bought a 250, and I bought a 750 (a cruiser though, not a sport bike so I'm not going crazy fast) and he struggles on some roads we go on. Something like a throughway is pretty much out of the cards for him.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I kind of get that. I honestly don't feel safe on a highway on something less then 400, especially in southwest America. You might be able to pull it off south east America considering how flat it is and highway speeds tend not to exceed 55mph.

[–] ChrisFhey@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, I wouldn't want to ride motorways here on a 125 either, although entirely legal and possible.

A 35kw bike might be okay though.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

It's like 600cc so yeah that makes more sense now.