Bought this a couple of days ago but i havent picked it up yet. Ive only ridden once before this it was a honda shadow 650. I know im kinda late to be asking if this is a good first bike but i figured i post about it anyway. It was a new old stock bike 23 triumph trident 660 so i paid about 6500.

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Ready for my second bike this summer!! Thoughts on this old thang?

It's a Royal Enfield Continental GT 650.

📍 Karnataka, India.

Cbr650r 2019 6200km

Hello world, meet "Miluna".

Just sold my z750 for my dream bike, and I’m so excited!

I told him he couldn't be pillion without gear though

Last year in August, I was taking a cruise where I ended up on the DVP. I was riding alone and suddenly you came up behind and joined. We rode in formation a bit, calm, nothing crazy and then you wanted to pass. I moved over to let you lead. As we rounded the little corner traffic came to a sudden stop and you rear ended a car right in front of us. Your helmet came off in the crash and you were unconscious laying motionless. I immediately pulled over and called 911 and thankfully a car blocked us off. I was on hold 10 minutes; every second making me fear for your life as your head was swelling more and more. Finally an ambulance was dispatched and showed up 25 minutes after the crash and took you away for treatment. You came to about 5 minutes before the ambulance showed up and kept asking what happened and tried to stand up. I had to keep you still and make sure you knew you were safe for now.

They didn’t know your name and wouldn’t release what hospital they took you to because I was just a witness. I hope you are okay and riding again. Stay safe out there friends.

Added some fun stickers for the hard cases because everything else is mint and won't see a single thing except maybe a belly pan with favorite brands racing style.

I know some might look down upon mopeds but hey we’re all on two wheels and just as vulnerable on the road. Roughly 3 weeks ago I was going through a three way intersection and a car pulled out their driveway which for some horrible reason was placed right on the intersection on the unused fourth side. Once they were in front of me they stopped in the middle of my lane (presumably because they finally saw me and froze). With literally no where to go I slammed into the front left fender of their car and my helmet smashed their windshield. I didn’t go fully over the car and rather landed back down on my bike. I was wearing a helmet, riding gloves, and shorts and a t shirt 😅. Guess I also hit hard enough that one of my shoes came flying off. Also regarding the damage on the bike I’m pretty sure my tire went into their wheel well which would explain why the headlight got destroyed but the front forks were only bent partially. Bike is definitely going to be totaled out though unfortunately.

In the accident I got a second degree burn on my leg from landing on my exhaust and I fractured my scaphoid, my capitate, and dislocated my wrist really bad. For those interested it was a perilunate dislocation. I stayed overnight at the hospital and had surgery the next day for my wrist. They put one large screw in my scaphoid bone, two small screws in my capitate, and 5 pins to secure everything. I will be in a cast for 12 weeks post op with lots of physical therapy after that for my wrist.

While breaking my wrist sucks I feel like I was lucky to walk away from this crash with only a busted wrist. I hit the car at roughly 25mph since I barely had any time to react because where the car pulled out from was obscured by a stone wall so I literally couldn’t see them until they were right in front of me. My AGV helmet absolutely saved my noggin though and if I ever get back on a bike I’ll be buying another one of their helmets.

In general what I’ve learned from this is always keep your head on a swivel and NEVER assume it can’t / won’t happen to you.

I completed the MSF course and am in the UK awaiting stateside endorsement. Bought my first bike, been eyeing it since 2020, and after the engine change and upgraded tech, I saw Husky put a deal on them and pulled the trigger. I'm learning at 33 years old, and where the quicker reactions and fearlessnes used to be there's a little more responsibility and less of a need for speed. I'm just really looking forward to the work commute.

Any specific advice or tips about how to maximize my entertainment and enjoyment would be appreciated!

The word is "Verschlimmbesserung". It has no single-word English equivalent. It is a German term depicting the moment when your attempt to improve something starts making it worse. Sometimes "good enough" is the point as which you need to stop. For example, your attempt to remove that stain from your peintwork ends up with you rubbing away the paint itself, resulting in a larger blemish than the one you wanted to remove - or your desire to stop an oil leak results in overtightening a bolt and stripping a thread. It is something I say to myself on a fairly frequent basis - perefection may not always be achievable and sometimes "good enough" is actually best. Does anyone have any good examples of when they should have stopped working on something but didn't?

Hey all, this is my 1997 Suzuki RF900R with 12k miles, in pristine condition. Any other RF riders in here?