[Daytona440]

Hello,
Thanks for the advice so far...my only 2 wheeled experience to date has been of the pedal variety...i'm an avid mountain and road cyclist for many years now. I love the feeling of freedom that it gives and want to take the next step to a motorcycle. As far as size goes i'm just under 6 feet tall and pretty athletic. I sat on an 03 F4i a few weeks ago for sizing purposes and it felt really good, really comfortable. As far as what i am looking for in a bike: i'm not really interested in getting a bike just to do wheelies and stoppies on. i would like something that performs strong and i won't grow out of quickly.(aka ninja 250) The appeal to me is the twisties (once I get the skill and confidence) i would like something that is pretty flickable but also the ability to take some longer rides and not have to worry about gixxer like ergos which will which hurt after a while. As far as posing goes, I don't much care about what others think of the bike. A first bike is just that: a FIRST bike, which will hopefully lead to a much nicer and newer bike which also looks cooler and performs much better. I'm not looking for a really new bike at first because of the potential to drop it due to inexperience...