Tue Apr 8 22:14:47 1997 - Message No. 584
From: Martin Kummerer

Subject: Re: Is the AT a beginners bike?


>- is it feasable to start biking with an AT? A motor school instructor told
>me that a good bike to start with should not have more than 50 or 60 HP,


The AT is my very first bike. I made my driving licence two years ago
and
I had no experience with other bikes before.
The weight and the high centre of gravity were a hard problem for me for
the first 3.000Kms. (I'm 182cm) 
Sometimes this was quite dangerous, because I couldn't pay enough
attention to the traffic !!! and I was much afraid of scratching my
beautiful dark green AT:-). The 60HP were easy to manage.
Now, after 10.000Km, I have no more problems and I'm happy that I didn't
bye a smaller bike.

I guess the best choice for a beginner is an old and scratched XT and a
friend who can repair it. :-)

Martin



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