Good morning, My name is Max, and I'll confess to being new to my 1995 Nighthawk 250, as well as motorcycles in general. For the past 2 years I've lived a mile away from work and I drove a Honda Metropolitan 50cc scooter - it was great, if not a little small, but with only a mile to go and getting over 100 mpg, I was content. That said, I just bought a house about a month ago, and now I'm nearly 14 miles away from work. I drove the scooter back and forth for a week or so, but I could quickly tell that I was just sort of going to run the scooter into the ground; the commute was many back roads, making the trip about 17 miles long and the roads were just awful.
Having always wanted to learn to ride, I sold the scooter, did some research to help me decide what kind of beginner bike I should purchase. I found a 1995 Nighthawk 250 on Criagslist; this guy had bought it from one of the schools that does the Motorcycle Safety Courses. I had it checked out; it had definitely been dropped, has a few dents in the tank, but the shop said it was just fine, so $1300.00 later, it's mine. I took the course over the weekend, and then came home to practice for a bit. Yesterday afternoon I went on my first real ride, and it was so, so nervous making. I rode again this morning, 13 miles to work, and while it is nerve wracking, I have to admit that it feels good to be on two wheels again. After looking at this site for a while, I've found out where I can buy my owner's manual, and so I've just done as much, and I also ordered some riding gear, too. I'm sure I'll have lots of questions, and if there's anything that you think I should know, any advice you have for a brand new rider, definitely bring it on. Having no service records for the bike, would it be your suggestion to just do everything like it's a new bike - change the oil, etc? Since I don't know what's been done, other than changing the oil, is there anything you can recommend that I should check - maybe the air filter, and fluids? Very glad this list exists - there's an entire forum for the Metropolitan scooter, and I used it pretty often. Look forward to communicating with all of you. -Max -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
