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lmao. No I just logged back in today and reading through all of the advice. I thought I would get an email when someone replied but I didn't.
lmao. No I just logged back in today and reading through all of the advice. I thought I would get an email when someone replied but I didn't.
Welcome. Tell us a little about yourself and type of riding you are interested in? What area are you near?
What is your height and weight?
What is the weight of the G310 and F750?
It's a difficult question to answer w/o knowing much more about you. Here are some questions that might give enough insight:
1. Age, height, strength?
3. Ability to stay focused at all times while on the bike?
4. How dedicated are you to learning safe and smart riding practices? Provided #1 and #2 above are good this is probably the most important piece IMO.
I put maybe 12K miles on motorcycles as a younger fellow then never touched one until 28y later at at 61y, whereupon I bought as used F800GT. I had no trouble w/ it, and quite frankly I had no 'trouble' with riding the other bikes in my youth w/ no training, never dropped any of them, etc. I was lucky, more or less!
I think regardless of which bike you end up with it is very useful to attend a Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Rider course which I would try to do before buying anything. This is not only useful for learning a couple of things that will help save you from disaster, but it's an opportunity to ride smaller displacement bikes and see just how that feels. Also, before buying ANY motorcycle pick up David Hough's Proficient Motorcycling which is chock full of very helpful information and guidance on so many aspects of riding.
First of all, welcome to the sport and welcome to the forum! I wish you many happy years and miles ahead.
Everybody is different but my advice would be the following.
1. Don't get anything bigger than 500 cc for a first bike. More weight and more power is not your friend when starting out.
2. If you are of the type that enjoys learning by all means take the MSF beginners course. With your background I expect you will find some of it very elementary but there's plenty of good stuff to pick up in it. Also, one of the hidden secrets of the course is that it's fun. Riding through slalom cones on a somebody else's 250 is a hoot and a half.
3. Don't buy a first bike that's going to break your heart when you drop it for the first time. Also, a smaller bike is much easier to pick up on the (hopefully rare) times that it falls over.
4. Buy a used bike. For most of us, when you own your first bike you will come to find that there's something about it that isn't quite right for you, be it performance, wind protection, ergonomics or whatever. You'll be able to sell a used bike a season or two down the road for close to what you paid for it. If you buy new you'll get hammered on depreciation selling it two years later. The fact that the first bike is an "interim solution" doesn't mean you've wasted your time or won't have a load of fun with it.
5. MOST IMPORTANT: Have fun!
My first bike in 2008 was a 2005 BMW R1200RT. All the nay sayers told me it was too much bike for my “first bike” that I would crash and die. 160,000 miles and 12 years later, I’m still accident free. I’m still waiting for the nay sayers to admit they were wrong, hadn’t happened yet. Regardless of displacement, weight, and size, lack of discipline and training will kill you every time. Buy the bike, get trained, wear proper gear and enjoy the hell out of it and connect with fellow BMW riders in the club, no regrets!
I'm 5'11" about 210 and I'm pretty fit. 310gs is mid 350lbs and the 750gs is in the high 400, I believe.
Funny you say that because it was pretty elementary but fun lol. We were on groms. Pretty neat little bikes. Your point about dropping a new bike is something I didn't put much thought into. But holy crap would I be pissed if I dropped a brand new bike lol Been looking at used also. I'll look a little more into that thanks for your input
I totally agree with you.The Suzuki TU250 they use in a number of safety courses would be excellent for you. It's a good size match and the engine is FI so there's no fussing with carbs.
I totally agree with you.
Here's one for total heresy on this website.............having riden both the TU250 and the G310, I would choose the TU250 as the more user friendly bike. That's after, I've given the G310 a billion bonus points for ABS............
I rode a TU250 in my basic skills motorcycle course. I've sat on a G310 at the local dealer. Having ridden the TU250 for an afternoon I would agree that when it comes to user friendliness it would be very hard to beat.
I want a TW200.
Yeah, but.......................I'm pulling on that Asbestos suit for when Mr. Glaves, the "Patron Saint of all things G310" flames me.
No. We love our 310s. But with our combined 2,000,000 miles we do understand that some motorcycles are better suited to experienced riders qualified to be able to handle the astounding performance and amazing handling.
I want a TW200.