You've got to be joking. A gixxer make s great first bike. If you go any smaller, you'll be sick of it in a week!

The gixxer 600's arent that powerful.

 

CBR 600RR

a sweet looking bike :thumbup:

 

Kawasaki Ninja 250
Kawasaki Ninja 500r/EX500
Suzuki GS500E
There are quite a few others. I'd recommend buying used, put on some serious miles, and then make it a point to upgrade afterward. It's the skill of the rider, not the beauty of the bike that earns true respect afterall.

These are just my humble recommendations. It's really up to you in the end. Just be careful, have fun, and don't make cagers hate riders in the process. h:

 

What do you ride now? You never dropped your bike while learning? How many miles do you have under your belt? What kind of riding do you do?

 

yea i'm joking. idiot.


your sig speaks for itself...

 

I was riding a 1997 GSXR600 at the begining of this summer. I had bought it off my brother, it was his first bike. He road it all last summer and managed to put on about 5500 miles. I had to sell the Gixxer because I cant afford the insurance on both the car and bike. Last summer I was riding an 1989 Yamaha FZR 600. That bike was alright, it wasnt fast enough though. It topped out at 140mph, but strained to get there as fast as the Gixxer. The year before that I learned on a 1986 Yamaha FZ 600. That was a frankenstein made of two bikes. I pieced it together on a tight budget. It did the job for a that summer, but after about a week of learing to ride I was ready to step it up huge. If I had the money out right I would have bought an R6 for my first bike.



And Petey, Im hoping you're not call me an idiot in that last post. I dont really think that was called for. And as for my sig, If you ride any bike, at any speed you are being un safe. In fact the words "Safe" and "Motorcycle" should rarely be said the same sentence. I dont care if you are the most responsible rider out there, it never becomes safe. That being said, I rode fast, and I rode hard. I didnt stunt, and didnt climb all over my bike like a retarded monkey. I cruised when I wanted, and sped when I wanted. I knew the dangers of riding fast and slow, and there are many. If I add up all the miles I have put on all the bikes I have riden, Id say upwards of 20K miles of experienced, fast riding.

If you read my first post of this thread, I suggest Frame sliders for any new bike. If you drop the bike, it will never fully touch the ground, thus saving you thousands. I agree the bike will be dropped when learning, but the damage can be minimized to next to nothing.

 

i had the pleasure i driving an older suzuki gsx when i was about 14. it scared the shit out of me, and i loved it. very potent. one of a very few vehicles that have ever scared me like that. the others arent street legal....

 

i remember the first time I rode, my friends 197_ Honda CB750 Custom. That felt fast as hell to me after a 1988 Toyota Corolla :chuckles: It took me a few rides to get the nerve to take it all the way to 9.5k rpms. What's odd is its not any quicker than my stock CRX (except for header) but it feels wicked fast.

 

getting a cheap "starter" bike is generally the safest approach. there isn't a better way to learn the fundamentals. the problem is most riders will outgrow them fast and lose money when they sell it. i was impatient and started on a new bike h: on the plus side, i was too much of a pussy to ride it hard and on crowded streets for a few months :chuckles:

but saying "The gixxer 600's arent that powerful" is nuts...even accomplished riders will never get more than ~50% of what that bike is capable of!!

 

thank you chromium.