Brendami said:
who said im this new at everything? pretty sure i've had my license for the past 3 years. pretty sure i've been actually riding for the past 6 years. just because i haven't had the need or the desire to "pop the hood" doesn't mean that i can't start now. i appreciate you letting me on to the horrors of owning a vintage bike. but if i wanted to get a brand new cbr i probably wouldn't be posting on DTT. hold on a second... you thought i was totally new to riding and you recommended for me to get a super sport? that seems like a great idea. and why the hell do you care if im new to this anyway? you seem to be getting pissed at me for what? posting a few questions on a forum. geez you would think someone is holding you down next to me and forcing you to give step by step instructions while building my bike. this is the 21st century, not the 80s. so yes i would say a lot gets done on the internet.
look man, i get that you have a vendetta against everyone who buys a vintage bike to make it look good. but seriously one of these days you're gonna need to get over it because believe it or not it is an art form. and a subculture.
so if you want to offer unwanted advice and criticism think twice about replying. take it somewhere else.
ps. be a little more amicable for gods sake. if you are so passionate about these bike try spreading the love a bit more. no one likes an asshole.
Well I did preface my comments by saying that I was assuming alot, mostly because I have no idea who you are and you didnt say that you knew the first thing about riding, and yes with a million new guys trying out this lifestyle its a safe bet that they dont know. Good for you that you have been riding.
Funny that you think that a CBR250 is a super sport and some how unfit for a new rider....
I care that you are new at this and I am actually trying to help you get around all the pit falls that most newbies make. Its fine you think im some asshole or what ever, but one day....maybe one day you will get it.
My comments about how bikes dont get built on the internet stands, again you are new. Bikes and wrenches dont live in the interwebs, its the time in the garage that builds bikes. Sure the web is great for some ideas and dialog on how to do some stuff, but it also can lead you astray
Want to call this hobby a lifestyle or a subculture fine. Art form? Now you are losing me...While the new influx of people are building bikes as an art project to look at in a shop or maybe push through the local fair grounds for a mods vs rockers day, others still are trying to improve how these bikes work as motorcycles, not what you are looking to do? again thats fine and to each their own, but some of what new people try and do ruins how the bike works and in some cases become dangerous, most like you seem to react with this pumped up BS about unwanted advice and state that you are going to do things your way and all, again fine we have all heard this story a million times.
Want to know my passion? its seeing bikes out on the road where they belong so excuse the hell out of me for trying to help someone that is new avoid buying a bike and turning it into a pile of shit.