For those that bought a 600cc or bigger first bike...

[Doc]

I knew that if I was comfortable on the 250, it made no sense to get a 500 or something similar that I didn't like the look or feel of just becase a 600 was "too big" for my first street bike.

So "the look and feel" are signifigant factors for a noob rider? Even if the bike is too big?

So since they are making 1000's feel like 600's I guess those ARE good starter bikes!

[Doc]

+1 What the fuck are you doing today Doc, a scientific study???

I'd have bought any one of those bikes then, and would like one even more so now for a track bike. If that helps your study.

Kinda. Lets call it homework.

[Rossy83]

I bought my bike because it was shiny and I'm easily distracted like that and it was the right price! I would ride one of these though, and have considered buying an older used one to rag out... Even new at $3500 msrp is pretty good deal!

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[R1]

yes!

[Bandit12k]

I like the idea of lightweight, small displacement bikes with excellent handling. I don't need to go 180mph in a straight line. I'm much more interested in going around bends.

I'd love to build a 500cc single (think updated Manx Norton) for blasting the App Gap and other twisty roads.

If I could get my mitts on one of these, I'd be a happy boy:



--mark

They have one of those at the Suzuki / Ford dealership here in Nashua, NH. And another at Razee in North Kingstown, RI.

They're Silver though. Both the same bike i think. GO GET IT!

[CEO]

it made no sense to get a 500 or something similar that I didn't like the look or feel of just becase a 600 was "too big" for my first street bike.

But it may have been lighter a.k.a. not as easy to drop

[Hoss]

When I started looking for my first bike it was all my so called expert friends telling me that anyone my size "HAS" to be on at least a 1000cc bike.

Thankfully I consulted my father and uncle who've both ridden in the past and they talked me down to a 600 (1995 ZX6r...6 years old at the time). Still too big really, but I was convinced my physical size and anything smaller just wouldn't work.


I think it's mostly looks. But the fact that before you're really in the "know" blazing straight line speed seems cooler then bending it in the twisties is part of it too.

I still catch shit from my brother in law. "No way you can have any fun on that little 600" Effum

[dhuze]

I bought a 500cc bike as my first bike, but if I could do it all again I'd buy a literbike just to piss you off.

I heart you.

[bigred875]

hell yeah...my first street bike was a 350 lol

[union]

This bike is a damn classic. Id rock it now with a huge smile on my face.

Id love to have that CBR400 as well.

The thing I noticed about bikes is the people that can ride usually buy smaller. On the street the smaller bikes can be just as fast as the bigger ones. Especially with most of the riding Ive seen us do. It just takes some people a little longer to figure that out.

[Doc]

Myself included. It took me about 12 years of street riding to figure it out plus 5 years of being in denial.

1/2 a season at the track and I knew I didn't need a big bike for anything more than 2 up trips.

[markbvt]

They have one of those at the Suzuki / Ford dealership here in Nashua, NH. And another at Razee in North Kingstown, RI.

They're Silver though. Both the same bike i think. GO GET IT!

Are you sure those weren't these?


The local Honda dealership up here has one too. They're 50cc singles built for the 2004 model year for club racing. Cool little bikes, but a far cry from the RC166 I put in my post (which had a 250cc inline-6 that revved to over 18k).

--mark

[mmracer37]

I would have rocked this one

for sure

A customer of mine has 2 of these. One of them has like 30 miles on it and I believe it is on display down at Barber. He brought it to my shop just before it went to Alabama. It is pretty bad ass for an older small cc bike.

[OreoGaborio]

I bought a 500cc bike as my first bike, but if I could do it all again I'd buy a literbike just to piss you off.

+1, I'd get a chromed out Turbo Busa w/ NOS

[R1]

i'd buy the ninja in a diff. color, or the cbr if they fixed the tail a bit


ninja edit: isn't yamaha coming out with a beginner bike that looks good?

from what i have heard it aint comin to the usa

[bostongixxer]

I wouldn't buy anything other than a literbike as a first bike. It's all about speed...a squid thing, I guess.