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kirbay · #1 Unread post by **kirbay** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:55 pm

Hi, I originally got interested in sports bikes after my cousin purchased a ducati this summer. (beautiful machine)

Now I have a few questions, that weren’t directly addressed in the stickies.

I am curious that people recommend an SV650 as a decent beginner bike, as a FZ6 would not. I realize that the SV has less power and more torque, as the FRZ is more rev happy and has more top end power.

And I am not looking for justification to buy a bike from the forum. I am wondering what draws the line between a good and not so good beginner bike.

I am taking the MSF in the spring and start deciding from there on, if I want to commit to buying a bike.
And I've been watching this forum for a while so I know that this is a friendly helpful community that I would not mind joining.

:edit: Accidentally typed in fzr6 instead of fz6

Shorts · #2 Unread post by **Shorts** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:20 pm

SV650 is a grey area beginners bike (personally I think its a great second bike). HP (some say under 60, some say under 50, some say under 40), torque, weight (low speed/parking lot manuevering ring a bell?), seat height (the shorter the easier for a beginner who isn't keen on a bike's behavior), cost (cheap to buy, cheap to maintain, cheap to fix when you drop or break it) all factor in. A good beginner bike is one that best allows for a new rider to learn skills and control the easiest, fastest and cheapest way possible.

Its your first bike, not your last.

#3 Unread post by **Wrider** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:29 pm

Plus the SV650 is apparently more forgiving to newbies than an I4 bike... It's less twitchy, and does weigh a bit less than most other I4s. Either way, the R6 is definitely an intermediate to advanced bike. Anyway, yeah, join in the other topics, you'll learn a lot from this forum (I have!)
Wrider

kirbay · #4 Unread post by **kirbay** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:34 pm

oops i meant to type fz6,
but they do share the same engine I believe

#5 Unread post by **Wrider** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 4:38 pm

Sorry, you did... I just misread... Anyway, same engine, same basic design, little bit of plastic and hardware missing/moved. Anyway, try for the SV650 at most for a beginner bike. Otherwise the chances are very high that you'll end up in the ICU or Morgue at your local hospital fairly quickly...
Wrider