Honda Riding School

So my friend wants to buy a Kawi Ninja 650R but he's never ridden a bigger bike. His gay 110cc scooter has 5 HP and weighs 150 pounds, but now he wants to jump to a 75HP, 450lb bike. Having almost lost it on several occasions on my big bikes and knowing how crazy it is riding in BKK, I recommended he go and ride a big bike so he can get an idea how fast and heavy they are.

So Honda has a driving school in the city, and its only $6 to ride small 150cc bikes all day long. They charge $100 if you want to ride the big 600/1000cc bikes. I was cheap and just rode the little bikes. I rode a Honda CBR150, a cool little sportbike. Then a Sonic 125, a manual scooter, then I took my own scooter out on the track which was way boring as there's no shifting. Then they let me ride an old police bike, a VFR750. It was a locomotive, 550 pounds and lots of torque. Here's a video of me on the CBR150 doing the slow course. The camera has a 180' wide angle lens so it looks like I should go faster, but it was pretty narrow in places.

The day was mostly about slow riding and agility which was so boring I ended up experimenting by riding with one hand, riding on the back seat, and riding standing up. At the end of the day we did 10 minutes of high speed which was fun. Kinda boring for me, but for $6 it was a great way to spend the day. My friend has a long way to go, but he's going to buy that Ninja big bike tomorrow.