Shopping For Your Second Motorcycle

Whether you’re looking to trade in your current model or just want to expand your collection, buying a second motorcycle can be an intimidating experience. Luckily, having already bought one model, you have experience to draw on to smooth out this process considerably! We here at Escondido Cycle Center want to help you find the perfect second bike with minimal hassle, so we’ve put together some tips for buying your second motorcycle, below. To learn more, or to see the motorcycles we have for sale, contact our store in Escondido, California, today!

The Riding Experience

Now that you’ve been riding around for a while, you’ve had plenty of time to analyze your own preferred riding style and experience. Though your first bike might have been purchased without knowing whether you’d be spending hours on the road or just a few high-speed minutes during a commute, you now have the advantage of experience.

You now know what to prioritize in your next motorcycle! Draw from your time on your first bike to help you narrow down exactly what you want and need in your next model. Think about any and all elements of your current motorcycle that you enjoy, as well as what you think isn’t a great fit. With that in mind, try to find a motorcycle that keeps the features you enjoyed having and which excludes the features you disliked.

The Skill Level

A beginner motorcycle is, ideally, a relatively unchallenging ride. A first motorcycle needs to be fairly easy to control and can’t have more power than an uninitiated rider can handle. Unfortunately, that also tends to limit their capabilities, leading to a motorcycle that’s slower and unchallenging for someone with some riding time under their belt. Now that you know a bit more about riding in general, though, you can go out on a limb and snag a motorcycle that packs a bit more power.

Replace vs. Supplement

Finally, consider whether you’re keeping your current bike and getting a second one, or if you’re replacing the one you own now entirely.

Replacing

Replacing your current bike means you’ll need to emphasize finding a new model that keeps any features you enjoyed. That means finding a fairly versatile bike that can do the things you used the old one for as well as any new types of riding you want to branch out into. The big advantage here is that you can pay for part of your new bike by selling or trading in your current one.

Supplementing

If you’re supplementing, however, you’ll be looking for a motorcycle that’s noticeably different from your first purchase so you can expand your riding experience without sacrificing anything. This is more expensive, but also ensures you keep what works without keeping you from trying new things.

For more information, or to see the motorcycles we have available, contact us at Escondido Cycle Center. We proudly serve the people of San Diego and Oceanside, California—let us serve you today!