No one's hating man.
It's just that we've seen it a lot on here.
You're #230,948,541 teen rider who's stopped by for advice.
These guys on here know what they're talking about...
they actually own and ride motorcycles.
Look, I'm 26. I've been driving cars since I was 15. I've been pulled over 3 times in a car, twice by bored cops. Once when I got lost. I've never been in a wreck, ticketed, etc in the last 11 years of my car driving.
This last year I went down at low speeds on my bike. It's not fun, and it sucks. It can also happen to anyone. I get ribbed from my other bike buddy about driving like a grandma. I take things easy, but I still went down. That was months ago, and I still limp sometimes and my thumb is still broken from a 12 mph fall.
Just realize that the most careful and experienced rider can make one little slip and it will cost them their life. That's the risk we all take.
It's just that when you are 16 you aren't very good at risk management. I know...I was there only 10 years ago, I remember it well.
You can pull out all that about getting headaches in cars and your passion for riding, but it boils down to you wanting a crotch rocket. Nothing wrong with that.
Just admit it to yourself at least.
My suggestion is to get a 50-125cc scooter for around town.
That's how I started...I rode a gay little 50cc Tomos for months worth of fun, and I loved it. I am SO very glad that I got that scooter before I got my Ninja. What's more, gas is cheap and they don't require insurance on scooters in parts of the US.
Either that, or stick with dirtbikes.
Seriously, learn how traffic ebbs and flows from a safer view
point than the back of a bike you're trying to learn on.
Just my .02--and that's .02 in American cents.
Like I said, no one's hatin' here. They've just seen too many
kids get killed or hurt and it's not pretty. No one's out to ruin your fun.
Fun = staying alive long enough to ride a good long time.
That's where they are coming from.