so, i don’t have a car, and i’ve had my license now for year or so, so i’m really looking forward to getting my own vehicle. I was looking for something cheap, yet awesome looking, but whenever i look for a car with those specifications i get 10–15 year old junkers that will probably die in a day. But when i look at dual-sports bikes i see some pretty recent ones (2005/6) for under 1k. I’ve heard from a friend that they’re costly to keep up, but i’m not really worried about that, i’m a pretty hard motor head (which is strange since i don’t own my own vehicle), and i’ve been through 4 years of power/auto tech in highschool, so i know the basics, kinda.

So the other day my dad asked me what my plans were for vehicle (he keeps pressuring me into getting my own, since atm i’m using his 1976 corvette, which i payed to fix myself, before it didn’t even run, but it’s his car so meh), and i told him my thoughts, and he told me that they were too dangerous and are only for fun in big open fields and on dirt tracks, but if i proved that i could handle it that he would lend me a few hundred to add to my 3k of spending cash i’ve saved up.

My only issue is that i’ve never riden on anything like a sports bike, so i was wondering if it would be hard to adjust, and that if they are as dangerous as people think

edit: also, the corvette isn’t his only car. it sat in our garage for most of my life, but when taking auto tech i brought it into class to work on. Before that, it didn’t even run or start. He has other cars to drive, just wanted to make sure i don’t look like a jackass taking his only car

Topics: cars, bikes, transportation, dirt bikes, sports bikes