Yeah... So even after the MSJ course (considering a 250 is WAAAAAAAY different from a 750) I decided to throw caution to the wind and go around the block. Darn... I gave the bike a little throttle as I rolled down the driveway (and my driveway's pretty short) and freaked. My mind froze, my right hand reared back on the throttle, I pulled the clutch in (for whatever reason) and took a fall instead of moving into my neighbors mailbox. I didn't listen, and now it was dropped ON IT'S LEFT SIDE!!! I know... :nono :nono :nono But I simply couldn't resist. I quickly picked it back up, and got back on so maybe (big maybe) nobody saw my fall. This wasn't even that bad of a fall... maybe 7 MPH at the most. What happens if I'm pulling in and I freak again, and dent my garrage door?

So, I tried it again, destined to atcually do it. Well- that happened. My hand was a little queezy over the throttle and I stayed in first the whole time. I succesfully made it around the block twice. :sigh: Now here's the problem... My fairing's messed up a little, and the little black box looking thing at the bottom of the fearing (where there's an oppening) is scratched to hell... Also, the knob of the clutch popped off.

I still feel like I'm accelerating, and this was under 25 MPH. Obviously (regardless of how many people will use the euphemism) they're not toys. At the very least, I should've ridden fearringless...

Could any one tell me what to do about the black box? and the fearing/clutch knob? Do I get the two painted, or do I get new ones? I know I'll need a new clutch.

I understand all of this comes with time. But, I'm thankful that it was just 7 MPH or so, and not on a road with people behind me. What if you apply too much throttle (flip upwards???!)? What if you break too aggresively (flip downward, or swipe??!)? What if A HELL OVA LOT OF OTHER THINGS? I've friven fast cars all my life (well, 13+) This is no damned comparison. damnit, I serriously feel like crying guys . I had that stupid "squid" can-do-all attitude. "I won't drop it, nobody knows what they're talking about," is what I thought when I would run a rag over it to make sure it's clean and sparkly. And now part of it's ruined. There are people who've been riding for years... since age 5, and now they're 47 and they wreck. Sorry I'm prattling on, but I'm so pissed with myself...

:offtopic

The Giants suck.

:cursing :cursing :cursing
Now I'm scared of it. It mastere dme, not visa versa.

You can replace the clutch lever, about $28. I would hold off on any other repairs because it sounds like you will drop/crash it again.
Better yet, put that 750 away and get a smaller bike.

Ditto... My next plan...

Someone told me about a throtle alteration so it doesn't stick so harshly when accelerating, advise or no? I do plan to get a smaller bike... Like a GS500... or even a 80CC dirst bike, but I have to get the finds for it.

You can replace the clutch lever, about $28. I would hold off on any other repairs because it sounds like you will drop/crash it again.
Better yet, put that 750 away and get a smaller bike.

putt the bike away and buy a lil 500 or something smaller still. buy a lil 250 dirt bike till you get used to riding or something but damn dude, you keep on with that 750 your gona wreck the bike and even worse wreck yourself.

Wish you had taken our advice NOW? :wait


You didn't listen to us and get a smaller bike before attempting to ride the gixxer.
Then you lay the gixxer down in your driveway.
But then take the gixxer out in traffic anyway cuz you still think you're good enough.:wacko

What do you mean "what happens if I give it too much throttle and it 'pops up'?" YOU CRASH
"what if I use the brakes too hard and it flips forward?" YOU CRASH AGAIN.
And yes, there are hundreds of other factors that will make you CRASH.

I hope you share your experience with other noobs who join this site daily.

And my advice at this point is don't fix the damage to the bike yet. I'm sure you'll drop it a few more times yet trying to learn. And when the time comes to fix it, you'll have so much $$ invested in repairs that you would have been able to buy the proper first bike from the start.

damn squid. I don't think you learned your lesson or ever will.

What do you mean "what happens if I give it too much throttle and it 'pops up'?" YOU CRASH "what if I use the brakes too hard and it flips forward?" YOU CRASH AGAIN.
And yes, there are hundreds of other factors that will make you CRASH.
:biggrin :cheers


HachiBaba just save yourself the broken bones and us the pain of hearing about the bike getting trashed and put it away, or sell it, and buy something smaller till you can atleast get out of your drive way for cryin out loud. the bikes are fun, but they can kill you in a blink of an eye. some people are just not ment to ride.

I feel for ya. Starting out is not easy not matter what your on if your going to start on the street. Think what would happen if you were facing a collision with an oncoming car and you "froze". This actually happens quite often.

Dirt bikes handle much differently, but you learn alot about the basics of bike control while building your confidence in a much more forgiving environement. So if that is an option to you (you have somewhere to ride a dirt bike and can afford one), that is your best bet in my opinion. Otherwise, a GS500 or something similar would be the next best option. Preferably an inexpensive used one since you can always get most of your money back out of it when the time comes.

Whatever you do, be careful and wear gear.

Ouch...that sounds like a nasty way to start riding. Honestly...build up your confidence first. You don't REALLY need to get another bike. Hell, just get some seat time in a parking lot going really slow, or take some advanced courses. Also remember, small corrections made properly can prevent you from making larger and larger corrections until a crash. Never panic and do to much of one action. That will lead to some serious shit. Good luck! :punk!

I dont want to gripe at you and call you names like some of the others..... BUT seriously, you need to get a MUCH SMALLER bike, as you already know, the power of the 1000 or 750 or 600 will throw you on the ground in half a second, you seriously need to put many hours putting around AWAY from ALL traffic and learn to manuever and control the bike.....

250, or dirt bike.....

what would you do if you had to emergency stop or really anything, you by your OWN words couldnt get out of you driveway..... PLEASE sell the bigger bike and start small and stay AWAy from traffic at all costs and get some gear, it will save your skin....... BE CAREFUL OUT THERE..........

I hate to hear ppl being so harsh to the new ppl, but with just reading your post it doesn't sound like you have the right mentality to be riding honestly. Even if you learn to ride, when you panic at a dangerous situation, you are going to be your own worst enemy, I fear.

Please be safe and take your time while learning to ride.

Everyone drops their first bike. Key is not to let it scare you. Get back on it and ride around your nieghborhood until you are comfortable, then when you think you might be ready to go into second gear, make yourself ride somewhere you would regularly go, like the mall.
Eventually you will be fine. AND welcome

Everyone drops their first bike. Key is not to let it scare you. Get back on it and ride around your nieghborhood until you are comfortable, then when you think you might be ready to go into second gear, make yourself ride somewhere you would regularly go, like the mall.
Eventually you will be fine. AND welcome
Well said, no matter what bike but especially this one. And someone to cover your 6 is a good idea, too.....

Still alive?

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/search.php?searchid=359972

Thinking back on most of the noob threads that mention similar situations, or getting GSXRs as first bikes. Not too many post again after creating one or 2 threads. :scratch
Have they been scared away from the site? Or are they no longer with us?

hey hang it there, don't get scared!! But a smaller bike would be a good ideal.
Go to a large empty parking lot and play. I hope you have some one ridding with you, I won't go alone.

Fug' em',
If you really want to ride you will.
Need to find some people nearby who ride, go for some saturday/sunday runs.
Get out there early. and pay attention. Doesn't matter if the local bikers are on hogs, busa's or enduro 250's. Riding is the key to getting better at riding.
It doesn't take long to reflexively apply throttle and release the clutch.
Most of the clowns I see riding have no idea what gear they are in...Learn!
If you have gone thru the posts forum wide you will still find folks that forget about the kickstand, or neutral cut-out on their particular bike. Then there's the old kill switch that you or a 'funny friend' , maybe a stranger flipped on and you didn't notice.
D.C. sucks for riding. I picked up my son's 750 gixxer in Alexandria, Va and that sucked till I got out of town. Pick your riding times to avoid heavy traffic, local sports events, and sunrise/sunset, be pre-turned at stop signs/lights, but do ride.
Everyone has scared the crap out of themselves a couple times, and been embarrased by a brain cramp -no start, being in 3rd gear when trying to leave a red light, kick stand up when parking and dropped the bike- ad nauseum ...
You already showed some guts by getting back on. Even more important, you were concerned for your bike when you dropped it. Give your ride a name!
It's a bonding thing, with a name your 600 is more than just a pretty crotch-rocket.
And you will instinctively take better care of it.
Don't show off, race, wave to friends, slalom thru pavement markings, or ride on truly nasty days until you and your bike start to groove.
Have fun -in a cautious sort of way-
:<)

Fug' em',
If you really want to ride you will.
Need to find some people nearby who ride, go for some saturday/sunday runs.
Get out there early. and pay attention. Doesn't matter if the local bikers are on hogs, busa's or enduro 250's. Riding is the key to getting better at riding.
It doesn't take long to reflexively apply throttle and release the clutch.
Most of the clowns I see riding have no idea what gear they are in...Learn!
If you have gone thru the posts forum wide you will still find folks that forget about the kickstand, or neutral cut-out on their particular bike. Then there's the old kill switch that you or a 'funny friend' , maybe a stranger flipped on and you didn't notice.
D.C. sucks for riding. I picked up my son's 750 gixxer in Alexandria, Va and that sucked till I got out of town. Pick your riding times to avoid heavy traffic, local sports events, and sunrise/sunset, be pre-turned at stop signs/lights, but do ride.
Everyone has scared the crap out of themselves a couple times, and been embarrased by a brain cramp -no start, being in 3rd gear when trying to leave a red light, kick stand up when parking and dropped the bike- ad nauseum ...
You already showed some guts by getting back on. Even more important, you were concerned for your bike when you dropped it. Give your ride a name!
It's a bonding thing, with a name your 600 is more than just a pretty crotch-rocket.
And you will instinctively take better care of it.
Don't show off, race, wave to friends, slalom thru pavement markings, or ride on truly nasty days until you and your bike start to groove.
Have fun -in a cautious sort of way-
:<) :rolleyes
I can't tell if you're being serious or not. Cuz a lot of what you say is really really dumb. :scratch

wow! thats all i have to say

No offense to some people but when I took the msf course I watched how other new people ride and I remembered saying to myself constantly......

"Some people just aren't meant to ride".... or "If they ride out on the road they'll probably end up as roadkill".

I think the original poster is either in the hospital right now or worse... since he/she hasn't posted for so long.

i am sorry, but if you cannot ride a motorcycle with out just basic instruction you should not. the only knowledge it should require is experience from riding a bicycle as a kid/teenager and how the controls of a motorcycle work. i am not saying this is enough to fet the pole at an AMA race, but it should get you around the block. then take the MSF class. then ride with responsible others for a while. and then you can ride by yourself.

i am not trying to be a dick. i am just trying to keep you safe.

I think the original poster is either in the hospital right now or worse... since he/she hasn't posted for so long.


Her last login was 12/3/06...

no shit, thats the way Ive learned everything, just fucking do it, and if yo cant do it, well then you just suck at it, so give it up

I think the worst part is that she actually passed the MSF course.... I would fire the instructors who did the course. If you can pass the course then you should be able to at least ride most bikes out of the driveway and around the block after that.

I find it funny how so many girls want to "learn how to ride first" before taking the MSF class.

The whole point of the class is to learn from the ground up. But for some strange reason most of them think you need to already know how to ride before you take the course.

Not me, i wanted to form my good habits first, I took the MSF first... bad habits are to easy to develop, but hard to quit. Practice time is what makes the most. I didn't just want to go get on the road. I didn't want to mix inexperience with traffic... There is some logic and common sense that should be applied. Sad for this person, but from what I read, they needed to practice in the driveway more before the road test.

you ok habibt????

this isn't good.......

LOL.... I think she's either dead.... or if she's still alive and she's smart she'll just keep the bike in her garage, sit on it, and make revving noises.

That's an expensive piece of furniture @_@

(i aced everything in the msf exam cept for the u-turn, which i still can't do w/o putting my left foot down >_<!)

Not me, i wanted to form my good habits first, I took the MSF first... bad habits are to easy to develop, but hard to quit. Practice time is what makes the most. I didn't just want to go get on the road. I didn't want to mix inexperience with traffic... There is some logic and common sense that should be applied. Sad for this person, but from what I read, they needed to practice in the driveway more before the road test.

Problem was she was in the driveway....

Hey...you guys forgot to give her props for picking up her bike. I'd imagine it's pretty tough for a 110lb asian girl to pick up a 300something-lb bike off its' side

Hey...you guys forgot to give her props for picking up her bike. I'd imagine it's pretty tough for a 110lb asian girl to pick up a 300something-lb bike off its' side
tell me it isnt so!!!. I bet every swinging richard in a four block radius came running to her rescue!!!. only somthing a guy could wish for when the tables are turned!!!:lol :lol :lol

tell me it isnt so!!!. I bet every swinging richard in a four block radius came running to her rescue!!!. only somthing a guy could wish for when the tables are turned!!!:lol :lol :lol

actually, when I crashed, a girl got out of her passenger seat and helped me lift my baby up :D (i can lift by myself, but was having a bit of trouble as i injured one of my knees).

unfortunately, she wasn't a girl, she was a woman, and a lot of woman at that.

Fug' em',
If you really want to ride you will.
Need to find some people nearby who ride, go for some saturday/sunday runs.
Get out there early. and pay attention. Doesn't matter if the local bikers are on hogs, busa's or enduro 250's. Riding is the key to getting better at riding.
It doesn't take long to reflexively apply throttle and release the clutch.
Most of the clowns I see riding have no idea what gear they are in...Learn!
If you have gone thru the posts forum wide you will still find folks that forget about the kickstand, or neutral cut-out on their particular bike. Then there's the old kill switch that you or a 'funny friend' , maybe a stranger flipped on and you didn't notice.
D.C. sucks for riding. I picked up my son's 750 gixxer in Alexandria, Va and that sucked till I got out of town. Pick your riding times to avoid heavy traffic, local sports events, and sunrise/sunset, be pre-turned at stop signs/lights, but do ride.
Everyone has scared the crap out of themselves a couple times, and been embarrased by a brain cramp -no start, being in 3rd gear when trying to leave a red light, kick stand up when parking and dropped the bike- ad nauseum ...
You already showed some guts by getting back on. Even more important, you were concerned for your bike when you dropped it. Give your ride a name!
It's a bonding thing, with a name your 600 is more than just a pretty crotch-rocket.
And you will instinctively take better care of it.
Don't show off, race, wave to friends, slalom thru pavement markings, or ride on truly nasty days until you and your bike start to groove.
Have fun -in a cautious sort of way-
:<)
good advice here!
first and foremost, spend a bunch of time enjoying a dirt bike in the dirt. statistically riders on the road who started in the dirt are less likely to have an accident and if they do, less likely that it will be severe.
you have the will and the brains, giterdone...

Problem was she was in the driveway....


A few short months ago when I first got my gixxer I would walk it down to the end of the driveway so I did't have to make sharp turns + going from uneven to level surface + watching for traffic.

When have tried my Dads Harley recently I did the same thing just because I was not used to it. Not that a 600 isn't too much for a new rider but a 750...really???

You also said you road around in 1st gear everywhere. I am not as experienced as these guys but when I first got mine I couldn't wait to get out of first gear and shift into higher gears so the rpm's were low and the bike had very little throttle response. I could poke around and get used to riding without a huge amount of accel on tap to be scared of grabing accidentaly.

actually, when I crashed, a girl got out of her passenger seat and helped me lift my baby up :D (i can lift by myself, but was having a bit of trouble as i injured one of my knees).

unfortunately, she wasn't a girl, she was a woman, and a lot of woman at that.
ha ha. glad you didnt get hurt bad though:)

putt the bike away and buy a lil 500 or something smaller still. buy a lil 250 dirt bike till you get used to riding or something but damn dude, you keep on with that 750 your gona wreck the bike and even worse wreck yourself.
he should get a moped!

Fug' em',
If you really want to ride you will.
Need to find some people nearby who ride, go for some saturday/sunday runs.
Get out there early. and pay attention. Doesn't matter if the local bikers are on hogs, busa's or enduro 250's. Riding is the key to getting better at riding.

doesn't matter either that can't even get out of the drive way
toss yourself into traffic with others:shifty

good idea:wacko

You freak out like that! Sell the bike

This thread needs to DIE