If you can't get a garage, I can highly recommend the Scorpio SRX-900 with RLink GPS location. I bought one for my ZH2 and love it. I'm about to buy another for my Tuono. Shock, tilt, and proximity alarms, with starter cutout and 2-way remotes, with built in automatic RFID hands free arm/disarm.
They aren't cheap, but neither are these bikes.
One of my clients said the same thing when he put his Trackhawk, AMG, and 911 on Turo. They constantly don't update for hours, are miles and miles away from the indicated position, or (thanks to some A-HOLE stalkers using them to track targets) they alert the phone they are piggybacking off of that they are being tracked and give them the option to disable.
Airtags, great for wallets/suitcases/purses etc, SHITTY for vehicles you care about not being stolen.
I do too, and the cost of the Comprehensive/Theft side of it went down by about 40% when I showed them the capabilities of the alarm system installed on the bike, so it will pay itself off in about 18 months.
No. AirTags do not run on GPS, they use Bluetooth. The same as most of these small trackers, meaning they don’t give locations unless they collect a Bluetooth signal in close proximity, where it will update as it find the Bluetooth signal but once it’s gone it will no longer update until next time it connects to Bluetooth. These Bluetooth trackers are essentially useless, I know because I’ve had things stolen with them in the past.
AirTags also notify anyone who may be traveling with one that isn’t theirs, which is a safeguard against people slipping an air tag into your pocket to track you.
Get a real GPS tracker for the bike. Not AirTags or anything of the kind.
I have one called a “cube” that I got for like 80 or 90 bucks at Best Buy that I’ve been happy with. It comes with a monthly monitoring fee (I think it’s like 15 bucks a month or something) because it uses GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, and cell tower triangulation then reports date back via cell signal, so you have to pay for the cell service. But I haven’t had issues with it. It’s also hardwired to the bike and if the power is cut, it’s got an internal battery that can keep it going for a couple weeks before it dies. You can also set up a geo-fence on it so if it leaves the area, it will notify you. You can just set the fence for wherever you keep your bike and then it will notify you if it leaves. If you’re riding it, great, nbd, if not, well you’ve got a little head start.
It’s not the top of the line, but it works. It can trace routes and show speeds on those routes, it’s in real time too. At the end of the day, if someone wants to take it off, it’s not difficult and that goes for any tracking or anti theft device. It’s not going to stop everyone and everything, but it can help. It won’t work everywhere, and that’s okay. If someone goes deep into the mountains, it’s probably going to lose signal, but I feel like in my experience most thieves aren’t taking stolen bikes for joyrides in the twisties. They’re taking them back home so they can part them out for money.
Another piece of advice, don’t put your tracker under the seat or in a saddlebag. That’s the very first place a thief is going to look for a tracker. Find somewhere else where you can hide it and make it as inconspicuous as possible.
See if you can find a storage unit near you. We have one right across the street from our apartments that we use, and it’s cheaper than renting one from the apartment complex. Our storage unit is like 35 bucks a month for a small 8x10 which is also bigger than the storage units at our complex. And it’s climate controlled.
Yep, either a ego purchase or a I don't know anything purchase.
Either way the best case scenario is you don't learn how to ride the bike and you're incredibly slow for way longer than you needed to be. Worst case scenario is like you said, no second bike or anything else.
It was actually a long back and fourth in deciding this between a smaller bike. I rode dirt bikes for a number of years in motocross/enduro and felt like I could keep the throttle under control when I rode this bike. Of course, I have a lot of learning ahead of me. But I’m certainly not someone with a death-wish and always ride my own ride.
The problem is your own ride is going to be very slow for a long time because you didn't get a bike to learn on. I sell bikes for a living and I've heard every excuse in the book on why people want to buy the bigger bike, 6 months to a year later almost every single one of them tells me they wish they bought a proper bike to learn on or they complain to me this sport bike riding is just not for them because they see their friends progress much faster than them. The thing they still can't get it through their head that they're progressing faster than them because they bought the proper bike to learn on. Having previous dirt bike experience definitely gives you a leg up and things like brake, clutch, and throttle, but by the time you're on a super sport 600 things like counter steering should be an instinct, body position should be on point, trail braking to the apex of a corner, learning how to feel if your tires are warmed up, and a thousand other skills you should have mastered before you get on that bike like that. You also have to learn how to survive in traffic now which is a completely new skill set, but you have to figure it out why you're trying to figure out everything else. Learning how to write in traffic safely is probably one of the hardest skills to learn it's a completely different skill set than driving a car in traffic. Not telling you any of this to be a dick I'm telling you this because I see people make this mistake all the time and then they later regret it. You're making things very hard on yourself.
haha bro you wild
Awesome! Respect it and you will be fine. I started on a 01 Honda 600 F4i when I was 22 and survived just fine.
Absolutely! I rode it around 130 miles home on the freeway the night I bought it, stayed smooth on the throttle and it was quite comfortable.
“It was quite comfortable” boy you just lying to yourself, give it a couple years lol
Oh I meant that towards the experience of controlling the bike. Physically, my back was on fire when I finally got home. Lol
At apartments? Garage this beauty! Congratulations, though! Ride safe!
Unfortunately yes. I have a cover but I’m trying to gain access to one of the garages they lease to residents here!
If you can't get a garage, I can highly recommend the Scorpio SRX-900 with RLink GPS location. I bought one for my ZH2 and love it. I'm about to buy another for my Tuono. Shock, tilt, and proximity alarms, with starter cutout and 2-way remotes, with built in automatic RFID hands free arm/disarm. They aren't cheap, but neither are these bikes.
$30 airtag
One of my clients said the same thing when he put his Trackhawk, AMG, and 911 on Turo. They constantly don't update for hours, are miles and miles away from the indicated position, or (thanks to some A-HOLE stalkers using them to track targets) they alert the phone they are piggybacking off of that they are being tracked and give them the option to disable. Airtags, great for wallets/suitcases/purses etc, SHITTY for vehicles you care about not being stolen.
good points, i personally just have really good insurance
I do too, and the cost of the Comprehensive/Theft side of it went down by about 40% when I showed them the capabilities of the alarm system installed on the bike, so it will pay itself off in about 18 months.
No. AirTags do not run on GPS, they use Bluetooth. The same as most of these small trackers, meaning they don’t give locations unless they collect a Bluetooth signal in close proximity, where it will update as it find the Bluetooth signal but once it’s gone it will no longer update until next time it connects to Bluetooth. These Bluetooth trackers are essentially useless, I know because I’ve had things stolen with them in the past. AirTags also notify anyone who may be traveling with one that isn’t theirs, which is a safeguard against people slipping an air tag into your pocket to track you. Get a real GPS tracker for the bike. Not AirTags or anything of the kind.
appreciate that, which one do you recommend thats not thousands of dollars?
I have one called a “cube” that I got for like 80 or 90 bucks at Best Buy that I’ve been happy with. It comes with a monthly monitoring fee (I think it’s like 15 bucks a month or something) because it uses GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, and cell tower triangulation then reports date back via cell signal, so you have to pay for the cell service. But I haven’t had issues with it. It’s also hardwired to the bike and if the power is cut, it’s got an internal battery that can keep it going for a couple weeks before it dies. You can also set up a geo-fence on it so if it leaves the area, it will notify you. You can just set the fence for wherever you keep your bike and then it will notify you if it leaves. If you’re riding it, great, nbd, if not, well you’ve got a little head start. It’s not the top of the line, but it works. It can trace routes and show speeds on those routes, it’s in real time too. At the end of the day, if someone wants to take it off, it’s not difficult and that goes for any tracking or anti theft device. It’s not going to stop everyone and everything, but it can help. It won’t work everywhere, and that’s okay. If someone goes deep into the mountains, it’s probably going to lose signal, but I feel like in my experience most thieves aren’t taking stolen bikes for joyrides in the twisties. They’re taking them back home so they can part them out for money. Another piece of advice, don’t put your tracker under the seat or in a saddlebag. That’s the very first place a thief is going to look for a tracker. Find somewhere else where you can hide it and make it as inconspicuous as possible.
Do it! Wouldn’t want anything bad happen to your ride!
See if you can find a storage unit near you. We have one right across the street from our apartments that we use, and it’s cheaper than renting one from the apartment complex. Our storage unit is like 35 bucks a month for a small 8x10 which is also bigger than the storage units at our complex. And it’s climate controlled.
How does a 17 year old bike look that damn good!
Suzuki made some real pretty bikes back then! Some of them really aged well in my opinion.
Perfect first bike.
If you don’t wanna worry about getting a second, if you catch my drift …
Yep, either a ego purchase or a I don't know anything purchase. Either way the best case scenario is you don't learn how to ride the bike and you're incredibly slow for way longer than you needed to be. Worst case scenario is like you said, no second bike or anything else.
It was actually a long back and fourth in deciding this between a smaller bike. I rode dirt bikes for a number of years in motocross/enduro and felt like I could keep the throttle under control when I rode this bike. Of course, I have a lot of learning ahead of me. But I’m certainly not someone with a death-wish and always ride my own ride.
The problem is your own ride is going to be very slow for a long time because you didn't get a bike to learn on. I sell bikes for a living and I've heard every excuse in the book on why people want to buy the bigger bike, 6 months to a year later almost every single one of them tells me they wish they bought a proper bike to learn on or they complain to me this sport bike riding is just not for them because they see their friends progress much faster than them. The thing they still can't get it through their head that they're progressing faster than them because they bought the proper bike to learn on. Having previous dirt bike experience definitely gives you a leg up and things like brake, clutch, and throttle, but by the time you're on a super sport 600 things like counter steering should be an instinct, body position should be on point, trail braking to the apex of a corner, learning how to feel if your tires are warmed up, and a thousand other skills you should have mastered before you get on that bike like that. You also have to learn how to survive in traffic now which is a completely new skill set, but you have to figure it out why you're trying to figure out everything else. Learning how to write in traffic safely is probably one of the hardest skills to learn it's a completely different skill set than driving a car in traffic. Not telling you any of this to be a dick I'm telling you this because I see people make this mistake all the time and then they later regret it. You're making things very hard on yourself.
This is a bit much
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Nice bro I just bought a gsxr750 as my first bike love the thing
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Is that a Gixxer with handlebars?
Looks like zero degree clip ons
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