Originally Posted by
Megatron
I learned on a Shadow 600 and that thing was PERFECT!!! Enough power to get you going, and maintain speeds. The downfall was hills. I couldn't maintain the 65-70mph that was needed on SD highways when a hill came up.
I then moved to the sportbike arena and I WILL NEVER GO BIGGER THAN 750cc and you can mark those words RIGHT NOW! The ONLY time I would is if I was a professional racer and was asked to move to the liter arena.
The BEST advise is take the MSF course, learn on a lighter cc bike (250-600cc ONLY) as it will teach you to respect the machine and control.
I only wish I had both the sport bike AND a cruiser. If I ever come across a cheap Shadow 600 again I will be on that like megatron at a transformers convention.