Which sport bike should I get?

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My dad really loves motorcycles, and he has a cruiser that we ride on all the time. I've been wanting to learn to ride a bike for a while now, but I want a sport bike instead. I know sport bikes aren't usually recommended for beginners, but I know some of my friends who started out on sport bikes and they did just fine as long as they didn't do anything reckless and took their time learning to ride the bike well.

I would really like for my own bike to be a sport bike, and I'm willing to put the time into it to learn how to ride it well, I just want to know which bike I should start out with, preferably one that looks cool but also is relatively more "forgiving" to beginners than the rest.
 
kawasaki ninja 250r, greatest beginner bike out there. its a very safe and cheap to insure bike, with 55+mpg.
 
It's hard to recommend because I don't know how old or tall you are. I know two popular sport bikes for young people are the Suzuki SV650S and the Kawasaki 650R Ninja. Both bikes are similar in power, but the Suzuki SV650S has clip-on handlebars, which are quite low. I wanted to buy a SV650S, but I found the handlebars too low and uncomfortable so I bought the Kawasaki 650R Ninja. The Suzuki SV650S is a V twin engine, and the Kawasaki 650R is a parallel twin. My 07 Kawasaki 650R has a parallel twin motor, which produces a lot of torque. It is as quick as a rabbit in town, but not only that it really shines on the highway with its awesome roll on power. I've researched a lot of motorcycles, and the 650R is probably one of the best or the best sport bike on the market.
 
Ninja 300 or older 250. Perfect amount of power for beginners!
 
Keep it small until you know how to handle a bike and b 4 u buy any, get insurance quotes cos it ain't gonna be cheap.
 
And we have another candidate for a posthumous Darwin Award. Improving the gene pool by removing yourself from it.

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**!".

Take a walk through your local salvage yard. I bet you will see several newer Sport Bikes with less than 5000 miles with the forks driven up into the engine. These were once owned by young inexperienced riders like you that thought a sleek sexy Sport Bike was the only bike to ride. Think about the road rash and broken bones the riders of these bikes had to endure if they are even still alive.

A recent report from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI) found that teenagers riding super-sport motorcycles were more than four times as likely to get into a crash than an older rider.

If you are insecure and feel that the motorcycle you ride defines who you are, do whatever you want because you won't listen to what I am about to say. However, if you are a secure person who doesn't give a crap what others think and your motorcycle does not define who you are, here is what I would do if I were you.

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 new Sport Bike.

Another thing about a nice shiny expensive new 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 these detailed statistics 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.

Ride Safe - Have Fun

Always remember this. On a motorcycle stupid hurts.
 
Geeze Mad Jack I respect you because you contribute good info but do you ever write a unique response to any questions anymore beside copy pasting the same response that you've used for as long as I remember lol. Or at least remove the first paragraph for people simply asking for a good recommendation because simply asking that question doesn't deserve a response that basically says "you're likely to kill yourself but its okay because earth doesn't need more stupid people" save that crap for the guys saying stuff like "should I get a busa for my first bike??I'm a quick learner and everyone told me not to get it but I've made my decision already" lol.

Anyways to the asker, sorry about my rant but if a sport bike is what you're after or at least a sporty looking bike for that matter a ninja 250 or hondas cbr250 are probably gonna be your best choice. There are a number of riders who started on that bike which I hope enough to convince you that it's a great bike to start on. Too lazy to go into detail but a few good reasons are because the bike has manageable power that's not as intimidating as a 600cc, the riding posture is more upright pulling weight of your wrist which will help you get used to the throttle without wrist fatigue, and the seat height for most people isn't high enough to force you to move a 380 pound bike around on your toes. And also from my personally experience I found it very easy to sell mine after I learned how to ride on it. In fact I sold it to a guy who wanted to learn and I sold it for more than I bought it for and then bought myself a r6 which I still ride to this day.

PS I should also add that I really didn't want a ninja 250 at all but I bought one just to learn on and I'm glad I did.
 
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