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I'm completely new to motorcycles, and other than taking notes into a text file while reading articles on stuff I have no personal experience or knowledge of things even yet. I just read the advice of having your first motorcycle be a dirt bike, to get used to low traction riding and to have something designed to be dropped without hurting it until you have a few times since it's going to happen anyways.
Although i'm sort of planning on starting on some small 250cc-ish dual sport that's not the specific advice i'm looking for.
I'm more curious on what to plan for or expect a little further down the road... you could even say what questions I should be asking in the future for after when I get a year of riding done or so.
I've been told I might even want to keep the 250cc - notably moreso than in the 'street' bike world simply because a light smaller bike can go places a bigger heavier one cant. On a street bike a 'light' one might be 600cc which can weigh barely more than 250cc but I saw it suggested that dual sports can be even lighter at small displacements and one could still have a place to keep to get up and over things even if it lacks range or power.
So this isn't even asking for specific models or somesuch but rather "what should I start reading to educate myself further to even know how to ask GOOD questions?" Or do I just have to get out and ride before I can even know what to ask? As a random example, i'd heard it suggested that KTM's were expensive to buy, but cheaper than fully modified bikes while outperforming them.. (I don't even have that brand awareness yet so it's new to me) Yet if performance came at the cost of a high strung unreliable engine I wouldn't want one which i've also seen suggested. Among the more common brands it sounds like they all have plusses and minuses for different models at different levels though with no clear winner or common traits across the board. (if i'm wrong and "hondas are always X, and kawasakis are always Y" from 250cc thru 700cc by all means correct me)
Although i'm sort of planning on starting on some small 250cc-ish dual sport that's not the specific advice i'm looking for.
I've been told I might even want to keep the 250cc - notably moreso than in the 'street' bike world simply because a light smaller bike can go places a bigger heavier one cant. On a street bike a 'light' one might be 600cc which can weigh barely more than 250cc but I saw it suggested that dual sports can be even lighter at small displacements and one could still have a place to keep to get up and over things even if it lacks range or power.
So this isn't even asking for specific models or somesuch but rather "what should I start reading to educate myself further to even know how to ask GOOD questions?" Or do I just have to get out and ride before I can even know what to ask? As a random example, i'd heard it suggested that KTM's were expensive to buy, but cheaper than fully modified bikes while outperforming them.. (I don't even have that brand awareness yet so it's new to me) Yet if performance came at the cost of a high strung unreliable engine I wouldn't want one which i've also seen suggested. Among the more common brands it sounds like they all have plusses and minuses for different models at different levels though with no clear winner or common traits across the board. (if i'm wrong and "hondas are always X, and kawasakis are always Y" from 250cc thru 700cc by all means correct me)