For a good number of us, our first taste of the two-wheeled lifestyle happened off-road. It goes without saying that a lot of a rider’s skill can be developed off the pavement, as the threshold of grip, power, and braking performance is so much lower than on the road. Of course, not to mention the absence of traffic and obstacles uncontrollably hurtling towards you.
Naturally, transitioning to the street can be quite a challenge, and so it’s a good idea for first timers to hop aboard something a little more familiar, i.e., a street-legal dirt bike or supermoto. In Europe, these small displacement rippers are a popular choice among youngsters learning the ropes of the two-wheeled lifestyle. You see, unlike in the U.S., most European countries require young first-timers to start aboard a machine with no more than 125 cubes of displacement and 15 ponies of kick, and while a 125cc sportbike can definitely seem boring, a 125cc street-legal enduro certainly isn’t.
