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Originally Posted by BlackNinja8
Robert, kudos to you for having thick skin. Guys, you gotta remember this kid is 15! No offense intented Robert, but you couldn't possibly know how you come across to adults with worlds more experience. Imagine for a moment that you are a grown man in you 20s or 30s who has a 250 and has been riding the hell out of it. Then a 15 year old kid who has the bike for a month, has crashed it, has never gone over 70mph, doesn't drive more than 5mph over speed limit, is scared to go on the highway, etc. etc., posts a topic telling you that their bike - the same one that you have - is boring and slow.
That's the source of the hate you are getting and justifiably so IMO even though you didn't have any ill intentions when started that thread. But like I said, at 15 you don't know what you don't know. My wife who has never played baseball and is completely unathletic, told me the other day she is "good at baseball" because we were having a catch and she was able to actually catch a few. You have done the motorcycling equivalent unintentionally I believe.
Congrats on your R6 and take your time. Take the advice of people with experience it's free. You have gotten a lot of feedback to your threads and looking through the flame throwing, you should be able to see a common theme.
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I was 17 when I got an R6, and now I'm 19. I realized, by the time I was 18, that it wasn't a good idea for any young person to have such a high powered bike. I couldn't even imagine what I would of done at 15. I mean even more than that, I had ridden my Ninja 250r for a year before I even touched a 600. And you're right, people here are harsh on him, but thats simply because it would be a shame to see someone so young lose their life to have a little fun early on.