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<blockquote data-quote="SacramentoMike" data-source="post: 936318" data-attributes="member: 11508"><p><a href="https://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/MotorcycleIntroA.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> is an article I meant to link to when your question came up earlier. The website for California Scientific (maker of some of the best FJR windshields, IMO) has a lot more than windshield info. Good info for anybody, along with lots of solid advice on riding and buying bikes. The guy's got lots of opinions, most of them pretty darn sound. I'd suggest reading the part titled "Buying a Motorcycle" on the page previous to the linked one, too.</p><p></p><p>As for your question, I was 19, in the Air Force and stationed in Denver for tech school, and it was just a little rented 150 with a bunch of friends. No instruction, no gear, no m/c-specific license; just turned us loose on the streets. I'd always wanted one but didn't buy my first one till I got back to the states a year later. My folks were dead against it when I lived at home. The old man rode a police bike and for some reason, they thought they were dangerous. Guess I've had eight now, unless I lost count.</p><p></p><p>p.s., If you already bought the 16 y-o.'s bike, what did you go for?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SacramentoMike, post: 936318, member: 11508"] [URL="https://www.calsci.com/motorcycleinfo/MotorcycleIntroA.html"]HERE[/URL] is an article I meant to link to when your question came up earlier. The website for California Scientific (maker of some of the best FJR windshields, IMO) has a lot more than windshield info. Good info for anybody, along with lots of solid advice on riding and buying bikes. The guy's got lots of opinions, most of them pretty darn sound. I'd suggest reading the part titled "Buying a Motorcycle" on the page previous to the linked one, too. As for your question, I was 19, in the Air Force and stationed in Denver for tech school, and it was just a little rented 150 with a bunch of friends. No instruction, no gear, no m/c-specific license; just turned us loose on the streets. I'd always wanted one but didn't buy my first one till I got back to the states a year later. My folks were dead against it when I lived at home. The old man rode a police bike and for some reason, they thought they were dangerous. Guess I've had eight now, unless I lost count. p.s., If you already bought the 16 y-o.'s bike, what did you go for? [/QUOTE]
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