Greetings to everyone! I'm so glad I came accross this wonderfull site, what a wealth of useful information! I'm a 27 year old russian female who few years back by a weird stroke of luck ended up in Atlanta, GA.
After reading a bunch of posts, I came to realize that I may not be the most rational of people. Most do their research before they buy, whereas I just did the opposite. I saw someone's Burgman 650 in a parking lot, couldn't believe my eyes, said to myself that I must have one, went on Ebay, waited around for the perfect one to come around, and now it's actually on the way all the way from California. It should get here sometime next week and I'm just about bursting with anticipation and excitement! Unfortunately I won't be riding it right away, since it requires some fixing (it was in an accident, mostly front damage). I'm in the process of getting parts for it, would really appreciate if anyone could let me know if there are places other than Ebay where I could get discount parts. Also, I have one other tiny problem-- I've never driven a bike before, although I've ridden in the back a million times. I found the Burgman attractive because of its automatic transmission, but not too long ago a not so kind but perhaps more rational friend of mine suggested that the bike I just got is way too heavy and too hard to handle for a girl like me (I'm 5-9, 140 pounds), he sarcastically added that he can't wait to see me put in parked position. I know from reading the posts there are women riding these scooters, please tell me it's not so bad! I'm planning to take the motorcycle class and I'm sure sooner or later I will master it, but am I pushing my abilities? would I have been more comfortable with some other cycle? Thank you for any of your comments and thoughts!
:lol: Inna :lol:
proud and happy (at least for now) Burgman 650 owner
After reading a bunch of posts, I came to realize that I may not be the most rational of people. Most do their research before they buy, whereas I just did the opposite. I saw someone's Burgman 650 in a parking lot, couldn't believe my eyes, said to myself that I must have one, went on Ebay, waited around for the perfect one to come around, and now it's actually on the way all the way from California. It should get here sometime next week and I'm just about bursting with anticipation and excitement! Unfortunately I won't be riding it right away, since it requires some fixing (it was in an accident, mostly front damage). I'm in the process of getting parts for it, would really appreciate if anyone could let me know if there are places other than Ebay where I could get discount parts. Also, I have one other tiny problem-- I've never driven a bike before, although I've ridden in the back a million times. I found the Burgman attractive because of its automatic transmission, but not too long ago a not so kind but perhaps more rational friend of mine suggested that the bike I just got is way too heavy and too hard to handle for a girl like me (I'm 5-9, 140 pounds), he sarcastically added that he can't wait to see me put in parked position. I know from reading the posts there are women riding these scooters, please tell me it's not so bad! I'm planning to take the motorcycle class and I'm sure sooner or later I will master it, but am I pushing my abilities? would I have been more comfortable with some other cycle? Thank you for any of your comments and thoughts!
:lol: Inna :lol:
proud and happy (at least for now) Burgman 650 owner