I was just wondering if any of you guys had this experience when you started riding a 600 for the first time..........giggling like a little girl in your helmet. I was smiling so hard that it hurt the first time I rode a ZZR600 after having ridden my ninja 500 for 6 months. I hate to see what a supersport will do to me. I may need surgery.

 

I still do that when I go well into the triple digits!!!

 

hahaha, good to hear that you are enjoying yourself. I think the grin factor happens everytime I ride. Until I get into heavy traffic then it is no fun. The 600 will surely have more thrills to it over the 500 (I do not have the 600). I am liking my 500 though for a thrill. Sometimes I find that the thrill on the larger bikes turns into a pucker factor more than a grin factor! lol Ride safe

 

hell I grinned like a kid in a candy store when I was riding DG's 250 to work

 

I have not ridden a 250 yet, but it has to be similar to the 500 in terms of feeling small and nimble. As far as that goes, I have been looking for a nice supermotard in the 450 class. That would be a thrill

 

I wish we hadn't goten rid of the 250...I would have like to have taken it to the track

 

hahaha, they sure sound anemic on the straights. WFO in the turns or close to that it seems. Does look like fun.

 

I would bang that thing around all corners...draggin' knee with a 250 isn't hard

 

Happens almost every time I ride man. Glad you understand what riding is all about....fun!

 

There are plenty of reasons to get depressed; Haiti, national and local economy, job losses, heat bill, repairs, "fill-in-the-blank". Jumping on the bike (whether street, dirt) ALWAYS pulls me out and gives me the "yeah!" feeling (I seemingly had all the time as a teenager and in my 20's.)
For whatever reasons, once you hit about 40, everything seems to get "real serious" and you just can't throw care to the wind and get stupid; or at least as goofy stupid as I remember being. Getting on the bike for an hour (or more) is the best antidote for me.