I'm guessing one of two things.

1. Gramps has a bike and rides it twice a year.

2. Gramps has a bike and rides it more than twice a year but will invariably do something stupid with it in the future and will never touch it again cause it scared the shit out of him.

This is the vibe I'm getting.

I was told I'd initially suck at quadding, having riding experience. Sure enough, my leg instinctively dropped for balance and almost got chewed up in the rear wheels

I was going to go with gramps has no bike at all, but sees taking lessons as an unmanly thing. Only an effiminate girlman would let someone else tell him what to do - a real man figures out how to do something for himself. Something like that.

This line of reasoning is clearly connected to the insecurities that stem from having a micropenis.

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The need for "lesson" kind of implies you have no clue WTF you're doing or have zero confidence in doing things on your own

Mmm, the smell . That thing should fly off the line ?

That's actually pretty epic. Do they still plug 2 strokes into road bikes ?, It's quite rare in dirt bikes now. From what I can tell the big boy KX's were discontinued in 04. Whats even more fucked up is those 2 stroke bikes were producing the same amount of power as the modern 4 strokes that replaced it today.

Nonsense. If you're learning yourself, you'll only learn your own bad habits.

I could also say that anyone that can watch a YouTube video can learn to play the guitar, and I'm sure that's true for the basics. Strumming chords to your favorite Beatles song, sure. But you'll learn terrible technique because there's no one there to tell you what you are doing wrong. You'll never be a good, let alone a great guitar player. It may have worked for a handful of people, but those are exceptions to the rule.

Besides, how are you going to get hands on experience in traffic without proper rider's license? You can't here in the Netherlands, unless you're with a certified instructor of course.

And Gwamps I don't mean to rain on your parade either, I just think you're giving out pretty stupid advice and I really do hope nothing bad happens to you on your bike but for real, be careful out there.

I wanted a small bike as my first road bike to learn what I didn't know I didn't know. Quite a few lessons learned that if I'd had a bigger bike I might have been in real trouble. I'm not 100% sure what my next bike will be as there's newer and more amazing bikes coming out every year. Right now I have my eye on a kawasaki H2 as my next bike but who knows, it's still a few years away before I get to that point. I know I'll never own a cruiser like Gramps tho, I just don't like the sitting position on them.

I didn't give advice. I made a half joking comment and voiced my opinion on the term lesson as it applies to riding a motorcycle. But I know the thing to do around here for most is to disagree with everything I post, no matter what. I'm okay with that. Will they be okay? Who cares?

The H2 is still a relatively small bike and I don't like that riding position either. Enjoy.

Did you even read my post? Because now you're just arguing to argue.

I was told I'd initially suck at quadding, having riding experience. Sure enough, my leg instinctively dropped for balance and almost got chewed up in the rear wheels

Once I'd figured I could angle the fucker at 89 degrees and not tip over, it was a blast though and one could merrily going for mad air at full throttle