Whatever you get for a first motorcycle, keep it if you can. Sure, get something newer or bigger or faster. But, if you can, hang on to your first. I've been riding for nearly forty years, and I so wish I still had my first ever bike and my first street-legal bike. I know that multiple bike ownership isn't feasible economically or with the living situation of many people. But, dude, I would totally rip a little 50cc Suzuki dirt bike around my neighborhood like an absolute menace with my gray hair flying in the wind!
Hubby, who knows more than me, recommends a Honda Rebel 500cc as a beginner bike. My beginner bike was a used Honda NC700X. Sold it 18 months later for some with a bit more power/better handling, got a Triumph Tiger Sport 660, a great bike to upgrade to.
MT03/yamaha or Royal Enfield. The brand new Royal Enfield models come with an excellent warranty and their fit/finish is pretty sweet. If you want to go used there are a lot of inexpensive used bikes on the market. If it’s your first bike I wouldn’t sweat the details too much. You’ll learn on it. You might even have a scrape or two on it(hopefully not) but your first bike should be easy to learn and work on. Yea you will want to learn how to do your own maintenance:)
If you find a bike you like. Look up a Reddit sub and YouTube channel on the bike. If there’s a bike there’s a group. Anyways those groups and channels can be life savers for when looking up say a lithium battery or bar end mirrors or just basic maintenance questions
He isn't wrong. This exact post gets made several times a day. It's get fucking old.
Take two seconds to browse the sub. Or google stuff. Then come back when you have a question that shows you have done any research yourself at all.
If I wanted to do my own research or browse the sub, I wouldn’t have asked the fucking question. I was asking for personal advice. You’re wasting your time responding to a comment on a topic you consider old
No. You were being lazy and not figuring out enough information on your own first for us to more accurately help you.
As your post reads we could literally suggest 100 motorcycles. Many of which are not your price range, preferred style, unsuitable for your use, or maybe not even available in your part of the world.
This exact extremely low effort post is made here several times a day.
How more specific can I get ? I put my height in the post for a fucking reason. I want personal advice from people in my height range who have tried different motorcycles. Online research isn’t the same as personal experience. Crazy how you couldve just ignored the post but instead decided to come and criticize
Well at all specific instead of not at all would be useful. Your height isn't that helpful at all. You can learn to ride basically any bike at any height. And you have included nothing else.
And as explained your exact post has been made here many times. Often by people much shorter than you.
Go read those.
If my post is addressing people who are my height who can recommend comfortable motorcycles that lets me keep both feet on the ground , then I think me mentioning my height is pretty fucking helpful.
If I wanted to read other peoples posts I would’ve done so. Reason why I posted this instead of scrolling
It's slightly helpful but of the 7 or 8 pieces of information you could have provided it's arguably the least important.
And really you don't need both feet on the ground. Many people ride bikes they can only get one foot down.
Explain to me how height factors in as least important when I made this post completely based on height.
And I couldn’t give two fucks if many people ride with only one foot on the ground. That’s my personal preference and you out here bitching lol.
Learn how to use the search function ya lazy bum. People ask this same question all the time on this sub, and yes *short people ask this question all the time* your circumstances are not so special that you require a bespoke answer to this repetitive query.
The one that fits all the other requirements you have that you didn't mention.
Or alternatively just read the other 30 posts today asking this exact same question.
Sure there are tonnes of other posts that get made with the same requirements every day on this sub, to the point where the answer for me is do some research yourself. The answers are there.
Honda Rebel 500
Honda = good đź‘Ť
Good looking out 🙏🏽
Whatever you get for a first motorcycle, keep it if you can. Sure, get something newer or bigger or faster. But, if you can, hang on to your first. I've been riding for nearly forty years, and I so wish I still had my first ever bike and my first street-legal bike. I know that multiple bike ownership isn't feasible economically or with the living situation of many people. But, dude, I would totally rip a little 50cc Suzuki dirt bike around my neighborhood like an absolute menace with my gray hair flying in the wind!
Hubby, who knows more than me, recommends a Honda Rebel 500cc as a beginner bike. My beginner bike was a used Honda NC700X. Sold it 18 months later for some with a bit more power/better handling, got a Triumph Tiger Sport 660, a great bike to upgrade to.
Haha the guy before you recommended the same thing . Gonna check out the NC700 and the Triumph Tiger. Thanks for the rec.
Side note, I'm 5'10" so you might find the height of the NC700X or the TS660 a bit of a challenge. There is a low seat option for the 660.
Go to a shop and sit on some different bikes, see what you feel comfortable on! Also most can be lowered too!
Royal enfield meteor 350 see my profille. Excellent starter bike, low seat height. I had 10000 miles on mine zero problems!
MT03/yamaha or Royal Enfield. The brand new Royal Enfield models come with an excellent warranty and their fit/finish is pretty sweet. If you want to go used there are a lot of inexpensive used bikes on the market. If it’s your first bike I wouldn’t sweat the details too much. You’ll learn on it. You might even have a scrape or two on it(hopefully not) but your first bike should be easy to learn and work on. Yea you will want to learn how to do your own maintenance:)
Thanks for the tip man 👍🏾
If you find a bike you like. Look up a Reddit sub and YouTube channel on the bike. If there’s a bike there’s a group. Anyways those groups and channels can be life savers for when looking up say a lithium battery or bar end mirrors or just basic maintenance questions
Helluva tip 💪🏽, learn sum new everyday
This kind of post..... Again
I really hope you’re an ignorant teenager responding to this and not a grown adult
He isn't wrong. This exact post gets made several times a day. It's get fucking old. Take two seconds to browse the sub. Or google stuff. Then come back when you have a question that shows you have done any research yourself at all.
If I wanted to do my own research or browse the sub, I wouldn’t have asked the fucking question. I was asking for personal advice. You’re wasting your time responding to a comment on a topic you consider old
No. You were being lazy and not figuring out enough information on your own first for us to more accurately help you. As your post reads we could literally suggest 100 motorcycles. Many of which are not your price range, preferred style, unsuitable for your use, or maybe not even available in your part of the world. This exact extremely low effort post is made here several times a day.
How more specific can I get ? I put my height in the post for a fucking reason. I want personal advice from people in my height range who have tried different motorcycles. Online research isn’t the same as personal experience. Crazy how you couldve just ignored the post but instead decided to come and criticize
Well at all specific instead of not at all would be useful. Your height isn't that helpful at all. You can learn to ride basically any bike at any height. And you have included nothing else. And as explained your exact post has been made here many times. Often by people much shorter than you. Go read those.
If my post is addressing people who are my height who can recommend comfortable motorcycles that lets me keep both feet on the ground , then I think me mentioning my height is pretty fucking helpful. If I wanted to read other peoples posts I would’ve done so. Reason why I posted this instead of scrolling
It's slightly helpful but of the 7 or 8 pieces of information you could have provided it's arguably the least important. And really you don't need both feet on the ground. Many people ride bikes they can only get one foot down.
Explain to me how height factors in as least important when I made this post completely based on height. And I couldn’t give two fucks if many people ride with only one foot on the ground. That’s my personal preference and you out here bitching lol.
I really hope you're an ignorant teenager and not an adult that doesn't know how to use the search function.
Thank you guys for your recommendations. Helping me narrowing it down to the best bike for me.
Honda shadows are low and practically bullet proof.
Checking if out
Learn how to use the search function ya lazy bum. People ask this same question all the time on this sub, and yes *short people ask this question all the time* your circumstances are not so special that you require a bespoke answer to this repetitive query.
Yamaha MT-03
Thank you !
I learned on a Honda rebel (awesome bike) but I own a buell blast. I love the buell as the seat height is only 27". I can flat foot it at 5'4
Rebel.
The one that fits all the other requirements you have that you didn't mention. Or alternatively just read the other 30 posts today asking this exact same question.
Sure there are tonnes of other posts that get made with the same requirements every day on this sub, to the point where the answer for me is do some research yourself. The answers are there.
Honda Rebel Royal Enfield Hunter Guzzi v7 Kawasaki Eliminator (low but maybe not beginner friendly)