New Starter Bike??

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it is recommended that you keep your 1st bike around 60bhp or less.

600 RR bikes have 100-120bhp depending on year and model.

insurance will also be high if you're too young.



like i always say...

you can learn on any bike. but how much are you willing to risk?

riding in general is risky, starting on a non-newbie friendly bike adds more to that risk. plus, you can improve faster on a smaller bike.

Coming from the man that knows

[400ex_rida]

I have found some good deals on Suzuki Bandits (600cc). Are they an ok starter bike?

[bok]

they are okay but still fairly high HP/torque but are a fairly solid weight.

Could you handle it? don't know you so i can't say, though the reason a lot of us recommend smaller bikes like the gs500 are because they provide good speed, power, and handling but are more forgiving than some of the bigger ones and can be bought and sold for a decent price.

not sure of how you and your riding buddies are, but if you can convince yourself that a 600cc bandit is okay to get first, then your buddies may counter with "if you are getting the bandit then why not just get the cbr right now?" and then they may convince you that getting that 600RR is perfectly sane idea.

iirc the numbers are something like:
gs500F 51hp $5000
bandit600 72hp $????
cbr600RR 117hp $9500

keeping a starter bike to under 50-60hp is seen as a good place to be.

[jstark47]

it is recommended that you keep your 1st bike around 60bhp or less.

600 RR bikes have 100-120bhp depending on year and model.

insurance will also be high if you're too young.



like i always say...

you can learn on any bike. but how much are you willing to risk?

riding in general is risky, starting on a non-newbie friendly bike adds more to that risk. plus, you can improve faster on a smaller bike.

Coming from the man that knows

Yeah, I thought that too, but was gonna behave myself and say nothing........ but geeze, really, Verm. "Do as I say, not as I do???!!"