Welcome and please take your time learning to ride safely. The Street 750 is a very powerful motorcycle to learn on so always be careful in your riding. Rider safety always has to be the number one concern.
As Stone mentioned, that is a very strong machine to cut your riding teeth with. It can get away from you in a heart beat. Be careful and don't clown around with it.
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I completely agree with your decision. As a Sportster owner I can say that's it not a good motorcycle for a beginning rider whereas the Streets are. I would actually recommend the Street 500 over the Street 750 for a new rider because the extra horsepower really is something a new rider isn't quite prepared for but that doesn't prohibitive for a new rider.
Then again I'm very conservative when it comes to motorcycles and when I learned it took me about 10 years before I broke the 750cc size as I moved up slowly from 70cc to 600cc prior to jumping onto a Z1 Kawasaki in the mid 1970's.
Ah that's true, the era one grows up in does play a major role. Growing up these days kids are probably really leaning towards some 500-600 sport bike, same when it comes to bikes like the street.
I think a lot of that has to do with people thinking that smaller displacement motorcycles are "wuss" bikes but that's far from the truth. While I wouldn't discourage anyone from purchasing a Street 500/750 as a first motorcycle I'm currently trying to get by "grand-nephew" (my late brother's grandson) that recently turned 21 to get his M/C endorsement. If he does I'll buy him either a Heist from Cleveland Cyclewerks or a Ventura 320i from Johnny Pag as his first motorcycle. Both are small displacement M/C's that are very cool. They're also single seaters to keep him from being tempted to carry a passenger before he becomes a skilled rider.
When he becomes a skilled rider I'll give him my H-D Street 750 Stone Free II chopper that is a tribute motorcycle to my late brother (his grandfather) that passed away last Thanksgiving. That's the plan anyway but I still haven't gotten him to get his endorsement yet. Argh, kids these days. Two free motorcycles and he can't find the time to get his M/C endorsement.
I looked into the Harley class, but I ended up taking the safety course in my town as the dealership was over an hour away. Here in CT, you have to take a riders safety course to get a MC endorsment
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