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ALRIGHTY BOIS!

So i've made the dumb decision to start looking at bikes and i am hooked. I am looking to buy a used bike to start out on, now obviously i don't want something with too much power, yet not something too small like a 250. Everyone at work is saying 600s, like a CBR 600 which are very nice. My buddy has one and loves it. What would y'all suggest?

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I started on a 07 Ninja 205r, i now ride a 07 YZF600R.

I had barely ridden anything but a 4 wheeler before i got the 250 so i used the 250 as a starter bike to get me introduced.

This is almost 2 years ago now, ive had the 600 since february of 2018 and now im comfortable to pop wheelies , ride no handed and do all kinds of shit. Once i got the 600 i was still kindve scared until i learned how to ride it right.

Here is a video one night of me riding my 600, i mightve had a few drinks so i was messing around, hit 150 in that first pull.
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Yeah I am seriously thinking of starting on a 600, i've ridden 250cc dirt bikes before not sure the difference between dirt bikes and street bikes but there are some cheap 600s around me I might just pick one up as a starter.
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KTM 390 are nice starter bikes, or a MT 07 it all depends on your budget My first propa bike apart from dirt bikes was a 600cc Hornet. Then I moved onto a GSXR 600cc K4. Now I'm bikeless and have to be normal and drive a car oh how times change.
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I started on a yz8
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Started on a r3 321cc then got an r6 a month later love that power
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the honda cbr 500r is a great starter bike
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BMWs wrote I started on a yz8
i meant 2011 fz8
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I started on a 2003 CBR 600rr with almost 0 riding experience. I bought and rode my Kawasaki KX250f maybe 3 times before buying my 600.. so I was still learning how not to kill my bike when letting out the clutch. I had 0 issues learning and looking back I absolutely think I made the right choice. Super happy I didn't start on something smaller. It really just depends on the kind of person you are tho, and what you plan on doing with your bike. If you think you'll be wanting to go faster around corners and such in the future, might as well just snatch a 600. But if you're the kind of person to never speed or anything, kind of scared of the idea, might as well buy a 250. 600's are super easy to learn on, don't let anybody tell you that it's too much power to start on. I could have started on a 1000 and been fine.. the only time you're going to wheelie it is if you're trying to. Yes, it's dangerous when starting but that's why you have somebody teach you. You could do the same exact thing dumping a clutch on a 300 and dumping it.
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CBR600>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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