What is a beginner sport bike for me? 5'10" 145 lbs?

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I'm 19 years old and I want to buy a sports bike. I have $1500 saved but I'm still saving so I can pay cash. I want a used bike for my first ones and I don't want anything over 650cc because honestly I don't want to kill myself since I don't have any riding experience. However I have driven a four wheeler LOL, I have 3 that I'm considering but don't know if they are a bit much for someone like me. 1) Honda CBR600 2) Kawasaki Ninja 650r 3) Suzuki Gsx 600. what do you guys think about these 3? Feel free to name others you might think would work for me. Thanks !
 
I think, from what others have told me, that a 600 is a decent bike to start on. Many say if you get a 250 you will quickly outgrow it, unless of course you like smaller bikes, but for the most part you will end up wanting something bigger. I'm looking for my first bike too and i really like the GSXR 600 myself.
 
"" to kill myself since I don't have any riding experience.""

BUY A SECOND HAND 250cc BIKE.. & learn to ride for a year

250cc bikes accelerate quicker than the family V8 car.. & top out at 100MPH..
these are relatively slow compared to 600cc bikes ...a 600cc sports bike will do better than 50MPH in first gear & wave the front wheel at the clouds without much effort..NOT LEARNER FRIENDLY..

$1500... helmet,,jacket,,gloves,,even on a budget that's around the $600 mark.. so the bike needs to be less than $900...............

then there is the msf course.. not sure on the cost of that.. but its looking like your bike needs to be cheap if you want to get on the road safely & live longer than a few weeks....
 
The first and third are race bikes. The 650r is a hybrid and out of those 3 is the safest and most comfortable. Two of my friends just got bikes. One got a 650 ninja and the other got a cbr600. The guy with the 600 crashed the first week he had it lol. If you are a very cautious driver I would get a 650r ninja. If you like going fast and can't be trusted to do the speed limit get a ninja 500. If you can't be trusted to go to the store without popping a wheelie get a ninja 250. All are great beginner bikes and very forgiving. And no shame falling in the 500 or 250 category. Personally I would fall in the 250 category because I get a little crazy on motorcycles.
 
And we have another candidate for a posthumous Darwin Award.

First off, don't get me wrong. I am not anti Sport Bike. However, I strongly believe that the motorcycle should match the skill level of the rider.

A Sport Bike like this is essentially a street legal racing bike. Getting this motorcycle for your first bike is like getting a Formula 1 race car for you first car. A very bad idea. Any decent Sport Bike can go from zero to deadly faster than you can say "Oh Sh**!".

Do this instead. Get an older used Standard or Cruiser style bike in about the 500cc range. A Standard or Cruiser type bike will be much more forgiving to a novice like you. A 500cc Standard or Cruiser won't be so fast that it will scare the crap out of you but will be fast enough that you won't get bored too quickly.

Learn on this bike. Make your mistakes. You will make mistakes. Most new riders will lay their first bike down at least once. Ask yourself this. Which bike would you rather lay down? An older Cruiser or a nice shiny expensive Sport Bike.

Another thing about a nice shiny expensive Sport Bike. These bikes have lots of easily broken but expensive to repair plastic parts. Laying a Sport Bike down, even at low speed, will get very expensive, very fast.

After at least 1 year of riding this starter bike, you can sell it. If you take good care of it and don't beat the crap out of it, you won't lose much money on the sale. You can then put this money towards your next bike. Even a Sport Bike if this is what turns you on.

One final word about when it gets time to move up to a Sport Bike. Sport Bikes are generally owned by young riders who think they are racers on racing bikes. They tend to beat the crap out of their motorcycles. So if you want to get a Sport Bike, get a new one.

As for insurance, use some common sense. Insurance companies keep detailed statistics on all accident claims. They know from experience that young inexperienced riders are high risk. They also know exactly which bikes are fast. Add together a young, inexperienced, male rider, on a fast bike, and insurance is going to be expensive.
 
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