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Small Girl with no Experience 2

by Gina Terry
(Ohio)

In my previous entry, I had expressed deep concerns for my tiny size and lack of strength.

A very generous entry had told me to consider a Ninja 250 and after looking for a while, I found them to be quite fantastic.

I was wondering, just how strong you may have to be to be comfortable on one. Or most bikes for that matter. Any Ball park answer would be greatly appreciated!!!

Please and Thank You!

I was also asked what my INSEAM was.

To hopefully help my quest to the "perfect" bike and better knowledge, my inseam is about 28-29. I'm only 5'2" and 115lbs. lol, I know, I'm a tiny woman, but I'm determined to find the perfect freeway motorcycle.

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Small Girl with no Experience 2

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Sep 29, 2009
 Thank You!!!
by: Gina Terry

Thank you both for your input.

Linda from Oz, you've helped me quite a bit and I can't thank you enough for all the information you gave me. I've been nervous about this whole, riding thing...I've always wanted to. my whole family does, but I just had so many questions I didn't even know where to begin. Thank You.

And Barb, I'll deffinatly look into it, and thank you very much! I'm glad the Ninja would work well on the freeway, it was such a fantastic bike. :)

Thank You both!!!
Sep 28, 2009
 250 Ninja
by: Barb

Hi Gina,

Something I've noticed is that the more miles I ride with a sidecar, the stronger my shoulders get. You'll grow into your bike, at least to a degree. Exercise helps, if you can do it regularly, but if it cuts into riding time, that's not so good....

A 250 Ninja gets more power than most of the "Roadburners" of a generation back, so it should be more than adequate. Best of luck with it (or whatever you choose.).

Barb
Sep 27, 2009
 How Strong
by: Linda in Oz

Hi,

It's pretty subjective, because you mentioned it, strength training came to mind. It's a lot about confidence, technique and luck, especially at a walking pace or less. If you grab to hold up your bike because it's going to topple over, you don't want to pull muscles from lack of tone. Then again, you will probably let it fall over at a certain point anyway 'cos it's just too heavy to stop. If it falls on the ground and no-one is there to help you'll have to pick it up by yourself. The backward squat is your best bet. You probably don't want to strain too much to get it off the stands either. How long is a piece of string? If you are worried about your strength then exercise can be good, you'll know when you feel strong.

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