Hey guys, so I decided to pull the trigger this year and decided to buy a sports bike for the late spring/summer/early fall season. I'm not entirely new to riding bikes as I've had mopeds and small dirt bikes back in the day. However, I'm fairly still a newbie when it comes to sports bikes so I decided to do it right and learn properly by taking a Motorcycle Operation and Safety course at SAIT this coming April. I decided to pick up a 2015 Kawasaki Ninja 300 as my first sports bike.
Aside from investing in a good set of Helmets, gloves, jacket and boots, is there anything that any experienced rider would recommend? Coming from an experienced rider, is there something else that you would have done differently if you could do it all over again?
Forgot to mentioned that I bought my bike locally at Blackfoot Motorsports and I'll most likely buy the rest of my gear locally as well, probably Blackfoot as well unless someone can direct me elsewhere to a better shop/online website.
Got any tips or advice or even comments? I'd love to hear from you guys.
needless to say, I'm pretty excited to ride this year.
UPDATE: I ended up getting a 2016 FZ-07 Naked Sport Bike instead of the Kawasaki Ninja 300 as my first sports bike.
UPDATE April 10, 2016, Here's my new bike!