Is a bigger bike easy to get used too?

[mikesaa309]

I'm planning on doing my test with in the next few months. Got second CBT Saturday as my current one runs out soon. The company Camrider who I did my CBT with are charging 579 quid for 4 lessons for "experienced" learner bikers and 700 and something for people who haven't ridden that long. Instead I've found a place about 9 miles from my town who charge something like 30 quid an hour but will also access my riding as it is to see how many lessons I need.

I'm just a little concerned about riding a bigger bike and kinda feel the same way as I did before I rode a 125. Leaning them over doesn't seem possible without them dropping. I've ridden my dad's CX500 and rode it like I was riding in the wet leaning myself rather than the bike incase I dropped it from leaning too far. Sounds stupid I know..

Just wondering how easy is it to get used to the weight of a bigger bike from a little 125. Slow maneuvers are another concern. It's a piece of piss on a 125 that weighs so little. I can lean it quite far at low speeds without it dropping. Are slow maneuvers easy to perform on a bigger bike?

I'll probably get used to it quite quickly but not having properly ridden one, I have doubts.

[nowhere.elysium]

Heavier bikes are easier to ride than 125s.

That is all.
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[mikesaa309]

[krarkol]

Feels a bit big and lardy at first. I wondered how I'd ever cope on my first time and found it cumbersome with how wide the seat was, the weight, height etc compared to my 125

Over time it wasn't an issue and it's almost like the bike shrinks
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[nowhere.elysium]

[Shinigami]

tl;dr

riding anything over a 125 is easier.

bigger bikes are much more planted and easier to handle with extra weight and lower centre of gravity
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[sabian92]

Plus they'll be less bothered by wind. The main problem with a 125 is because they weigh so little the wind batters them about and generally makes for a bad experience.

I rode home the other week in that horrific wind on a dual carriageway and it was terrifying considering it was only the 4th time I'd ridden a motorbike. Shat myself, I did

[mikesaa309]

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[barrkel]

Big bikes are (generally) slower turning, and need more effort at the bars to get big changes in lean angle, due to both increased mass and wider wheels. But the steering head angle matters here too.

At speed, the heavier wheels and tyres have more gyroscopic stability - it's harder to change the angle of high speed rotating mass. So more stable at speed.

The suspension usually works far better at speed, since there is more sprung mass - the bit above the suspension. Lighter bikes are thrown around more by surface imperfections. But the stiffness of the suspension matters here too.

It all usually translates to them being easier to ride slowly in a straight line, and being more stable at speed.

But easier to ride? That depends on where and how you ride. If you're trying to go fast, or go slowly in a straight line, it's much easier on a big bike. If you're throwing the bike around at slow speeds (like dense traffic), then no, a big bike is much easier to drop should something speculative go wrong. But you learn not to do that.

Wider front tyre also means the bike will straighten up a lot more if you brake with the front while leaned over. At speed, in a corner, this can mean going off the road or into the oncoming lane. Straightening up under braking is caused by the slowing front wheel being pulled to the inside of the turn around the steering axis by the road. Steering into the inside of the turn causes the bike to rotate to the vertical due to the countersteering effect. Wider tyre means the road has more leverage over the steering axis.
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[blue2]

I hire the R6 from a place near mine some weekends (if ive had a good week) and it does feel alot less vulnerable to ride then my 250 or any of the bikes ive had in the past,brakes are alot sharper due to size of disks and weight on ground and it feels safer to open up alot when exiting a corner....So overall its not nearly as hard as you may expect switching to a bigger bike,and far more exhilarating then you could imagine going from something as small as a 125.....But after a 8 hours of riding your top half feels like you have been swimming all day.!

[bikersupermot...]

riding smaller bikes can be easier than riding larger bikes.

if you come to a stop at an awkward camber angle in the road, need to reverse or move you bike into a tight spot - its all made a whole lot easier the lighter and smaller the bike.

if you did drop it, you can pick up easily a 125 - try doing the same with a 1000cc sportbike.

it all depends by what you mean by easier?

easier to go faster, easier to manouvre etc etc?
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[blue2]

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[Copycat73]

in 12 months time u will wonder what all the fuss was about.

it is however horses 4 courses and riders 4 horses.

big bikes wit race rep. ridin position are a pita taken through town traffic, even sports tourer types can be hard on the arms and back.
small trail or uprights are hard work on motorways or some fast roads.

but are a lot better at green laning than a GSXR
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[bikersupermot...]

depends what your going to do with your bigger bike

Baron von Grumble shows when a bigger bike isnt easy at all here:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqgEl53x7CM
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[mikesaa309]

[blue2]

[Rogerborg]

[binoscott]

Just try it.

You'll be a bit shakey to begin with, but once more comfortable on a bigger bike you notice a vast improvement in stability when moving, regardless of the speed.

[Clanger]

In my experience riding a 125cc in the snow and ice was easier because my legs were like stabilisers, on the larger bikes however...

That and moving the smaller bike around, I could practically pick up the 125cc but cannot do the same for the 650cc.

But then I am a weed.
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[workboots]

Big trail/ adventure bikes are fun offroad

https://youtu.be/Gzc8wMXL8xY?t=1m11s