Picked up my first bike!!
03-30-2007, 11:11 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!!
Congrats on the first bike! :YEAH perfect for a starter bike. First thing is if you want to keep the plastics nice TAKE THEM OFF! see if anyone makes a cage for your bike and get one. You dont need a 12 bar or handbrake yet so dont waste your money. Take it slow and take your time. most people get hurt because they rush themselves; and use the clutch. power whoolies will hurt you.
03-30-2007, 11:12 PM
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03-31-2007, 07:46 AM
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03-31-2007, 12:45 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!!
Thanks guys. yea im thinking of taking the upper fairing off sometime soon and maybe even the side fairings...but sometime in the summer untill then ill try to get my motorcycle license and ride as much as i can.
03-31-2007, 01:03 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!!
03-31-2007, 03:22 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!!
I'ld take 'em all off. The F3 has terrible lines to try to go 3/4..........2 cents...
03-31-2007, 09:42 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!! nice bike........i wish i had one at ur age.........practice now and when u kno how to stunt the ho's will come to;u dont go to them..........muffler makes it look nasty though...
03-31-2007, 10:34 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!!
congrats man...you can do everything on that bike...the only thing that will give you some trouble is bar tricks, but i still did them on my f4 without many prob...circles are easy to do on the f4 and thats carb'd. not sure why so many people think that carbed bikes suck so much for idle stuff...after awhile if you dont do any maintnance it will, but thats with any bike. enjoy it man, but dont rush and **** your **** up.
03-31-2007, 10:53 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!!
I've had my F3 for 6 years. It has taken a beating. I built myself a cage for it and went a little overboard on gearing. -1+27. But it's great for the lots. It's a tank. I still rock full fairings. On both bikes. Congrats on the bike. And mine WAS a smokin joes when I got it.
03-31-2007, 11:42 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!!
yea but the person who i bought it from lowered it a lil bit...he gave me this type of small rod with 2 wholes in it to raise it back to stock height but im not sure what the "rod" is called...
03-31-2007, 11:47 PM
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Re: Picked up my first bike!!
carb'd biek = gas'd Os...
sweet **** man. perfect starter bike.
