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I'v been riding it for about two weeks now and am geting close to 100 miles on it. Some how it dosn't feel like it at all.
A few things I thought I would share with every one.
1. I had rode a scooter before my 96 750. Scooters are a great start but one thing I wanted to point out is the fact that scooters don't steer like motorcycles. At least not for guys my size (311lbs). All that was needed to turn the scooter was for me to shift my weight to one side and away you go into the corner. I'm guessing this has some thing to do with the weight ratio of rider to scooter and the fact that the scooter has tiny tires on it.
2. Counter steering is a must. At first I have to admit that I was trying to get the 750 into turns like I did with the scooter. This can work but its very slow to get into the lean. If you are new and have never road a motorcycle before go out on a nice road with as little traffic as you can and play with the counter steering a bit. Be gentle with it and its not so hard to learn.
3. Learning to ride in the grass is an ok way to learn the basics like how to start and stop (slowly). Geting out on the road though helps with shifting because going threw the grass when you pull in the clutch realy slows you down. On the road you can cost further between shifts if you need to.
4. Shift fast. This dose not meen shift threw the gears as fast as possible. It meens between the time you pull in the clutch, shift the gear, and let out the clutch, try and make that as short as possible. The first few rides I was pulling in the clutch, puting my foot under the shifter, shifting, removing my foot from under the shifter, and leting out the clutch. By the end of all that the speed that I started to shift at (lets just say 35mph) had droped 5mph by the time I let the clutch back out. This made for a hurky jurky ride.
Now I'm not saying any of what I said is completely correct. I'm just saying what seems to work for me. If any one has any corrections let me know so I can work on it.
One thing I'm still curious about is when you come to a stop do you clutch, break, downshift, and then let you clutch and break back out? Or do you clutch, break, downshift tell you come to a stop?
A few things I thought I would share with every one.
1. I had rode a scooter before my 96 750. Scooters are a great start but one thing I wanted to point out is the fact that scooters don't steer like motorcycles. At least not for guys my size (311lbs). All that was needed to turn the scooter was for me to shift my weight to one side and away you go into the corner. I'm guessing this has some thing to do with the weight ratio of rider to scooter and the fact that the scooter has tiny tires on it.
2. Counter steering is a must. At first I have to admit that I was trying to get the 750 into turns like I did with the scooter. This can work but its very slow to get into the lean. If you are new and have never road a motorcycle before go out on a nice road with as little traffic as you can and play with the counter steering a bit. Be gentle with it and its not so hard to learn.
3. Learning to ride in the grass is an ok way to learn the basics like how to start and stop (slowly). Geting out on the road though helps with shifting because going threw the grass when you pull in the clutch realy slows you down. On the road you can cost further between shifts if you need to.
4. Shift fast. This dose not meen shift threw the gears as fast as possible. It meens between the time you pull in the clutch, shift the gear, and let out the clutch, try and make that as short as possible. The first few rides I was pulling in the clutch, puting my foot under the shifter, shifting, removing my foot from under the shifter, and leting out the clutch. By the end of all that the speed that I started to shift at (lets just say 35mph) had droped 5mph by the time I let the clutch back out. This made for a hurky jurky ride.
Now I'm not saying any of what I said is completely correct. I'm just saying what seems to work for me. If any one has any corrections let me know so I can work on it.
One thing I'm still curious about is when you come to a stop do you clutch, break, downshift, and then let you clutch and break back out? Or do you clutch, break, downshift tell you come to a stop?
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