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OK, you said don't be afraid to ask ... but this is a REALLY newbie question.
My current scooter is a Honda Elite 80. I love it, and have learned a lot from it ... but it's not a highway machine, by any stretch of the imagination. I've reached the point where I want to do more than scoot around back roads at 35 MPH. (BTW, it's rural and hilly where I live, and the Elite is all the experience I've ever had on a 2-wheeler.)
My nervous newbie question is: Is something the size of a Burgman 400 too heavy for an average-sized woman to manage? I'm 5' 8" and weigh 145 lbs., and I have this unhappy picture in my mind of getting the Burgman into some pickle that I haven't the strength to extract it from. (The classic, I suppose, would be having it tip over somehow.) I won't always be riding with my husband along for company!
Thanks for anyone's experienced response.
Regards, Chris
My current scooter is a Honda Elite 80. I love it, and have learned a lot from it ... but it's not a highway machine, by any stretch of the imagination. I've reached the point where I want to do more than scoot around back roads at 35 MPH. (BTW, it's rural and hilly where I live, and the Elite is all the experience I've ever had on a 2-wheeler.)
My nervous newbie question is: Is something the size of a Burgman 400 too heavy for an average-sized woman to manage? I'm 5' 8" and weigh 145 lbs., and I have this unhappy picture in my mind of getting the Burgman into some pickle that I haven't the strength to extract it from. (The classic, I suppose, would be having it tip over somehow.) I won't always be riding with my husband along for company!
Thanks for anyone's experienced response.
Regards, Chris