Very New Rider needs some help

[simonjester]

Superior Powersports sells Storms assembled:

http://http://www.superiorpowersports.com/Motorcycle_s/136.htm

They call it their "Ready to ride" service for $129. And, no I don't work for them. I am considering getting a Storm from them myself.

[w0ss]

I will give you my opinion.

I bought the Hawk because it is priced as a throw away bike. I am not afraid to break something on it because parts are available all over Ebay and this forum is so helpful. The most I had done on my car was change my oil and change my rotors/pads. with this bike I have adjusted the valves and swapped spark plugs. Swapped the front sprocket and chain as well as other random items.

I put the hawk together over the course of two evenings. I spent ~$400 in mods and my total price is still under $1900. While I did look at the TT250 I couldn't justify spending the extra money.

I do believe CSC has said they will arrange to pay a local shop to do any warranty work you don't feel comfortable doing during the warranty period on the TT250. Also CSC has a good reputation for customer service.

With the Hawk I got a blinker module sent to me when it failed but that was a cheap part. If I needed something expensive I am not 100% sure I would have been as successful.

[NickThrash]

I am like 90% on the edge of just buying the HAWK, the weather has final gotten nice where i live (OHIO) and all i can think about is how great it would feel to cruise my neighborhood learning all i can about riding. The only 10% that is stopping me is worrying about registering the thing. Hearing people say they have had issues and also walking into my local BMV and getting the response "we have no idea what information to give you" and even the guy at KillerMotorSports said it seems to be hit or miss with this bike. Has always got me second guessing the time and money being worth it... I need someone to push me that 10% lol

[NickThrash]

Originally Posted by w0ss

I will give you my opinion.

I bought the Hawk because it is priced as a throw away bike. I am not afraid to break something on it because parts are available all over Ebay and this forum is so helpful. The most I had done on my car was change my oil and change my rotors/pads. with this bike I have adjusted the valves and swapped spark plugs. Swapped the front sprocket and chain as well as other random items.

I put the hawk together over the course of two evenings. I spent ~$400 in mods and my total price is still under $1900. While I did look at the TT250 I couldn't justify spending the extra money.

I do believe CSC has said they will arrange to pay a local shop to do any warranty work you don't feel comfortable doing during the warranty period on the TT250. Also CSC has a good reputation for customer service.

With the Hawk I got a blinker module sent to me when it failed but that was a cheap part. If I needed something expensive I am not 100% sure I would have been as successful.

yea im definitely sticking with the HAWK (if i man up and buy it, ha.) i can not afford to really go any higher than that. I live in OHIO and the weather is never the greatest and i would only get about 2-3 months worth of good riding a year. so anything over my price range just isnt worth it to me. Im young still and cant afford to have another monthly payment, paying off a 3k bike. im just worried about the registration now more than building the thing. the street is really my only option and im not too worried about driving through my neighborhood on an unregistered bike while im learning. but eventually i want to ride it though the country parts and up to the beach & stuff, doing that on an unreg. bike is too risky for me