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Message: [QUOTE="bbbom, post: 469248, member: 16301"] Congratulations on your new ride!!! As far as how you are doing - sounds like you are doing great as long as you are having fun then you are doing it right! I used to tip over more than crash myself, a tip over is a slow motion thing, a crash is well, a crash!! You will get better, you will get faster, you can corner tighter by practicing and don't be afraid to let the bike lean into the corner - [URL=http://www.girlrider.net/index.htm]Click here[/URL] for some great tips. As far as which bike is better for you, only YOU can decide that one! I love it when people decide what bike is right for someone they don't even know!! I started out on a KLX300 3 years ago and I heard the same thing from a lot of people but once I got the hang of riding the trails, that talk went away. Of course then I tried out my boyfriend's CR500 and fell in love (I liked the bike too). ;) You should have heard his friends "she'll get hurt," "she'll get tired and get hurt," "that bike will turn you into a MAN," "there are easier bikes to ride," "you need a smaller bike""Oh MY GOD!!!!"........... I love my CR and I haven't listened to anyone for the past 38 years, why would I start now? For me, the hardest part of learning how to ride was not a problem of the right bike, it was more of an issue of just learning how to handle any bike. It didn't matter what bike I started on, I would have had most of the same problems on any bike at the beginning. The KLX300 is a VERY forgiving bike for a beginner. The front end tends to be heavy but they will tractor and lug very well which is how most beginners tend to ride. The KDX will be less forgiving on the same terrain, clutch control will be more important. I rode my first season or so on my KLX, just to learn how to ride the trails. Once I felt comfortable with the more technical trails, I decided that the KLX was not working for my riding style so I started test riding any bike I could on different group rides. The CR was NOT something I had even considered but, after one test ride and a couple normal rides on my boyfriend's CR I was searching for one for me. One helpful hint on the KLX - make sure you are getting the kickstarted all the way to TDC by pushing down on the kickstarter then bring it all the way back up and then down until you feel resistance then KICK a full stroke. Sometimes it takes a couple times of letting the kickstarter come up then pushing down slightly, back up, push down slightly before you hit the resistance. If the resistance isn't there then you are wasting your kick. If it's hot, or the bike has been dropped or loaded up in any way give it FULL throttle and kick it over until it actually fires up. If it dies then go back to no throttle and it should start. They can be a lot of work to start when hot but with practice you should be able to get it going most times. Don't kill yourself kicking if there is help available though - that just seems to drain you and cause you to make a mistake and stall again (at least for me it does unless I am really mad)! Good luck and let us know how it goes. [/QUOTE]

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