Originally posted by BioHazard
ive been wanting a rocket for awhile, but no cash owns me....
owning a bike isn't as expensive as most people think. insurance is dirt cheap, i pay $200 CAD for a full year of coverage. gas is cheap $10/wk and when you buy your first bike i wouldn't recommend buying a brand new one, everyone drops their first bike so there's no point in dropping a brand new 10k+ bike. And 600s are fairly easy to get ahold of cause most people will ride em for a year or 2 then upgrade to the liter bikes.
one thing that i strongly recommend though, WEAR PROPER GEAR!! i can't stress that point enough. I've seen friends with full gear fall off bikes vs. friends that are squiddy. jeans just don't cut it leather is where it's at. So buy an older bike, my friend bought his 96 kawi ZX-6R for 3k canadian, and spend about 2k CAD for proper gear and you're good to go.