So you want to learn how to ride and want to buy a super sport? Read this

[derf]

Originally Posted by azoomm

I don't know who is more naive, the guy that buys a supersport as a first bike to show off for chicks OR the guy that blathers on to the nOOb on the supersport how they won't die on a Ninja250.

No but a 250 wont slam you head on into a tree at 160 mph, it will do it at 90.

And for what its worth, I have always tried to steer folks towards the older 650 twins, they are more than powerful enough to keep someone entertained for a few years, but are still forgiving enough that you can screw up a little and still maintain composure, while at teh same time not screwing up a 10k bike because you flung it off the side of a mountain

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by derf

No but a 250 wont slam you head on into a tree at 160 mph, it will do it at 90.

Either speed will kill you.

Either speed control will be difficult, maybe more difficult on a 250 with a stock suspension.

[Porkchop]

But the small displacement bike will allow you to get away with a sloppy throttle hand when learning. Especially in weather.

I dont necessarily think a 250 is a must. But a parallel twin 500 or 650 is way better learning tool than a 600 ss....

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

But the small displacement bike will allow you to get away with a sloppy throttle hand when learning. Especially in weather.

I dont necessarily think a 250 is a must. But a parallel twin 500 or 650 is way better learning tool than a 600 ss....

That is the one point I will always concede...although I've seen some crazy shit happen when a kid gets off a 250 and onto his first ss bike.... Whoa nelly!!

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Either speed will kill you.

Either speed control will be difficult, maybe more difficult on a 250 with a stock suspension.

Truth! Not to mention the shit brakes... When Tiffany got her GSXR600 I made her ride it in "C" mode for the first month or so. It will never happen but maybe a way to take a I4 and make it run on 2 cylinders like a parallel twin at first?