Hey guys! I'm looking for a bike! My boyfriend rides, and he is currently teaching me how to. He told me to start looking for bikes for a good price so we can fix it up and I can have my own bike. It doesn't matter if the bike is wrecked...at least not too bad...he enjoys fixing them up. I'm looking for any kind of 600.....Honda, Suzuki or Yamaha. We don't really want to spend more than 6,000. I would like a 1999 or above. And if you know anybody in my area (Mobile, AL; Mississippi, Florida)....please let me know! Thank you so much!

Hey guys! I'm looking for a bike! My boyfriend rides, and he is currently teaching me how to. He told me to start looking for bikes for a good price so we can fix it up and I can have my own bike. It doesn't matter if the bike is wrecked...at least not too bad...he enjoys fixing them up. I'm looking for any kind of 600.....Honda, Suzuki or Yamaha. We don't really want to spend more than 6,000. I would like a 1999 or above. And if you know anybody in my area (Mobile, AL; Mississippi, Florida)....please let me know! Thank you so much!



While its cool that your boyfriend is going to teach you how to ride I would strongly suggest that you look into an MSF course first. Secondly I personally wouldnt go for a 600cc bike right off the bat unless its an SV650, which from my understanding is a great bike to learn on. Third, dont forget that an older bike will be much easier on you as far as insurance goes. Also, if your boyfriend rides, and he doesnt know which bike would be good for you to start out on, I'm not sure you want to be taught by him.

If you looked through the stickies befor posting you probably would have found more answers then you will in this post. My advice to you is to take your time and do some research. Start here as it has good information on riding and buying bikes. http://www.totalmotorcycle.com

i have a 2002 triumph tt600 with 3600miles and a clear title. it was crashed and i repaired most of it except the fairings. fairings are scratched and left side fairing has 1 crack. i am currently waiting for an exhaust header to purchase. the only thing stopping me from riding it is the exhaust header. i should have a header within 2 weeks. i am asking a fair 3800.00
i am located in tampa.

Busa, have you kept up on the service recalls on that TT?

i have a 2002 triumph tt600 with 3600miles and a clear title. it was crashed and i repaired most of it except the fairings. fairings are scratched and left side fairing has 1 crack. i am currently waiting for an exhaust header to purchase. the only thing stopping me from riding it is the exhaust header. i should have a header within 2 weeks. i am asking a fair 3800.00
i am located in tampa.

Do you happen to have a picture?

While its cool that your boyfriend is going to teach you how to ride I would strongly suggest that you look into an MSF course first. Secondly I personally wouldnt go for a 600cc bike right off the bat unless its an SV650, which from my understanding is a great bike to learn on. Third, dont forget that an older bike will be much easier on you as far as insurance goes. Also, if your boyfriend rides, and he doesnt know which bike would be good for you to start out on, I'm not sure you want to be taught by him.

If you looked through the stickies befor posting you probably would have found more answers then you will in this post. My advice to you is to take your time and do some research. Start here as it has good information on riding and buying bikes. http://www.totalmotorcycle.com


I haven't really talked to him before placing this in the automotive forum. He wants to get me a used one first...in case I mess it up. He has taught a lot of people...and girls...to ride and they are all good now. We're not going to start out in the street, we're going to start out in a parking lot or something. He wants to get me a 600 so that he can ride while he is fixing up his 929. He is also going to lower the 600 and lower the sprocket so that it won't be as hard for me to ride it. He understands that it would probably be easier on one of those smaller...or uglier bikes....but he wants me to still have one that looks nice. I'm a quick learner..so hopefully it won't take me too long to learn! He was looking for a 1999 or a 2000 for me. If we find a good enough deal on a newer one...then we'll probably get a newer one.

yes, i just had the fuel fitting recall done. send me an email request to
haya262000@yahoo.com and i will send you pics

I haven't really talked to him before placing this in the automotive forum. He wants to get me a used one first...in case I mess it up. He has taught a lot of people...and girls...to ride and they are all good now. We're not going to start out in the street, we're going to start out in a parking lot or something. He wants to get me a 600 so that he can ride while he is fixing up his 929. He is also going to lower the 600 and lower the sprocket so that it won't be as hard for me to ride it. He understands that it would probably be easier on one of those smaller...or uglier bikes....but he wants me to still have one that looks nice. I'm a quick learner..so hopefully it won't take me too long to learn! He was looking for a 1999 or a 2000 for me. If we find a good enough deal on a newer one...then we'll probably get a newer one.


Just excuses. If you dont trust me, then ask some of the vets around here, cause from what I'm hearing from you and the way you explain your boyfriend I doubt you are really ready for this. Again the MSF is only about 200 bucks on average and is statistically proven to to lessen your chances of an accident. If you cant handle being on a beater bike to start out on because it doesnt look nice then again I really dont think your ready for this. Regardless of how many "girls" he's taught, in the MSF you are being trained by CERTIFIED professionals. That means these people KNOW what they are doing, and could teach you some things your boyfriend would miss. I myself am also a fast learner BUT that doesnt make me any safer on a bike then the next person. Dont forget that in almost all 50 states you HAVE to have a Motorcycle liscense to ride one on the streets.


Again I'm not trying to discourage you from getting into riding but I seroiusly think that you need to reconsider #1) whos teaching you, and #2) how your going about this. Just remember even a spill at 10 mph can be fatal. Any help from the vets around here?

I haven't really talked to him before placing this in the automotive forum. He wants to get me a used one first...in case I mess it up. He has taught a lot of people...and girls...to ride and they are all good now. We're not going to start out in the street, we're going to start out in a parking lot or something. He wants to get me a 600 so that he can ride while he is fixing up his 929. He is also going to lower the 600 and lower the sprocket so that it won't be as hard for me to ride it. He understands that it would probably be easier on one of those smaller...or uglier bikes....but he wants me to still have one that looks nice. I'm a quick learner..so hopefully it won't take me too long to learn! He was looking for a 1999 or a 2000 for me. If we find a good enough deal on a newer one...then we'll probably get a newer one.

Actually uh Mootchie (Death to MOOCHIE, haha, had to say it), I'm not sure which 600 you're planing to start on, but as always, it's usually the sportbike kinds with inline 4 cylinders. Now lowering the bike would require dog bones, which would inherently reduce the bike's handling capabilities, and these bikes were basically designed to handle, handling over power mostly. So you're pretty much looking at straightline speed than good handling if you lower that bike. I'm also going to guess that once it's lowered, it’ll be harder to make slow speed turns for a newbie. Now 600cc already has tons of power for a newbie, and aren’t ideal for beginners, so I have no clue why you’re b/f wants to drop a sprocket, that’ll only make the bike faster on the low-end (acceleration). If you have a height disadvantage, get a smaller bike, because if you have to tip-toe a bike during learning stage, you really won’t learn as fast as you think. There are many reasons which makes one rider faster than the other, all those people you see going 120 mph on the freeway, it’s the bike, not them, any moron can twist the throttle. A good rider can beat 600cc bikes with a 250 vertical twin on the twisties while scraping peg.

Okay, this is coming from a girl, so don't think the guys are all out to get you.

If you are "too short" for a 600cc sportbike, you REALLY need to reconsider your options. Sure, we girls like pretty things, but guys think girls on bikes are sexy whether we are on an old beat to heck 250cc from the 1980s with matted down helmet hair or on a brand spankin new liter bike with a killer perm. Please, take the MSF. Some states do not charge ANYTHING for it (PA for example), and no matter how excellent a rider your man might be, its easy for seasoned riders to forget what it is like to be learning from scratch. I tried to teach a friend once, and I forgot half of what I had learned in the MSF only 2 years earlier. Oh, and did I mention the MSF might get you an insurance discount?

That said, please read the stickies at the top of the forum. I think it will give you a very solid background with which to make your decision.





In the end, this thread is CLOSED my friends. ;)