8 In Search

The search begins for a learner approved bike.

So much advice, so many choices.....Take a deep breath and begin eliminating.



Q.  Off Road - Road?                               
That is easy - ROAD

Q.  Sit upright OR lean forward                
Don't want the panties showing at the back - So Upright it is!


Q.  Sport - Touring - Adventure - Naked - Cruise, etc  -
Did my homework on this one.....
OK Toss up between Cruise (because that is ultimately what I want) 
OR Sport - (apparently they are easier for a beginner? So I was told!)
We can get back to that one also.....

Q.  Suzuki - Honda - Hyosung - Kawasaki - Yamaha  etc -
Hmmmmmm  -  now it is getting hard - similar to: do you choose a Ford or a Holden?
Having no knowledge or attachment to a 'brand',  don't care.
I know what I ultimately want, yet for the mean time I have to learn.
Good Lord.
We can get back to that one too.....



Q.  VL250 - CB400 - VTR250 -FZ6N - GV250 -  
What The?  What does it all mean?  Is this Russian morse code?  
Who decided to give bikes letters and numbers?  Whatever happened to names like cars?
For a female brain, it is so much easier.

Do I have to learn another language just to get a bike that I will be riding on for the next 12-18 months?
Awwwww come on, there are more cars on the road than bikes - yet there are more bike choices! or does it just appear to be because I know nothing about them?
 
Oh lordy, lordy, this is doing my head in, I wish the right bike would miraculously appear!
Magic wand...viola! 

Here is where my Softail needs to step up and help me, yet I know she won't, she is have a good giggle at what she is putting me through and waiting patiently.


So,  lets see where we are:
1. Road bike
2. Sit upright
3. Low seating, (I am only 165cm tall.)
4. New or used?  Used is fine, I will only have it for a short time - yet it does need to be in good condition and reliable (being less than mechanically minded - although I will see I will need to learn at some point - not just yet though - that will be another adventure)
5. Colour?  Black or red (it's a girl thing)
6. Brand?  don't care
7. Type?  Sport or Touring, I guess I will have to ride the two types for what is best for now.
8. Model?   This is my undoing! I am clueless!

Hmmmm, that doesn't seem so bad once I wrote it all down.

Still, the search is on!