[redrider69]

I am going to be driving soon and when i save enough money i am going to get a bike. i was wondering weather i should get a F4i, 600 rr, R6, GSXR-600 or a GSXR-750? thank you for your opion in advance.

[coderedcbr]

pocket bike

[roadracer319]

Originally Posted by redrider69

I am going to be driving soon and when i save enough money i am going to get a bike. i was wondering weather i should get a F4i, 600 rr, R6, GSXR-600 or a GSXR-750? thank you for your opion in advance.

Do you have any prior motorcycle experience? If not, and these are the bikes that you are set on.... I would say the F4i would not be a bad choice for a first bike.

[G-Force Junkie]

First bike for a 16 year old? None of the above.

[2OHOH2]

Originally Posted by redrider69

I am going to be driving soon and when i save enough money i am going to get a bike. i was wondering weather i should get a F4i, 600 rr, R6, GSXR-600 or a GSXR-750? thank you for your opion in advance.

Since you're asking for advice, I hope you have a mind open enough to listen to it when it's given.

Driving soon? As in, you're almost old enough to have a license? Oy... none of those bikes should be your first ride. NONE of them. There are exceptions to the rule, but there's a reason they're known as exceptions; the rest are bloody/expensive statistics.

First, check this site: http://www.beginnerbikes.com/

Skerrity ole me learned on a 96 Ninja EX500. There are other bikes out there that are good, some even better, to learn and grow on, but that's the general ballpark. Any modern inline four (all the bikes you mentioned) are far too powerful, and expensive to wreck, for most beginning riders.

Good luck, and be careful. We'd like to see you as a rider for a lengthy lifetime.

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[2OHOH2]

Oh, one more thing. It's the middle of August. Methinks your season is almost over anyways. Get a car, get used to tangoing with idiots on the road within the relative safety of your car, and get a bike when the new riding season starts

[CBR929RE]

Originally Posted by G-Force Junkie

First bike for a 16 year old? None of the above.

yeah I second that motion (even if you have a lot of dirt bike experience I still say no cause of driving conditions). I say you drive for a year or 2 before you think about getting a bike so you can get use to driving, get good at that then get a bike. learn all the rules of the road really well and learn how traffic flows and the driving habits of other people on the road where you live. Keep in mind the vast majority of drivers on the road do NOT know how to drive regardless of the fact that they possess a drivers license. I speak from over 3 years of professional driving when I say that people don't know how to drive.

but if I had to offer my opinion of a first bike I say a late 80s ZX6R (86 was my first bike, took a good beating) or a late 80s CBR600F Hurricane, they should take some abuse. I always say get an old bike so when you drop it you won't be pissed about any scratches. I almost cried when I dropped my 929 against my back stairs and put a huge dent in the tank and had to buy a new tank.

[matt232]

Best way to learn about being on a bike in traffic is your humble push bike, they get far less respect on the road than a motorbike and don't kill as much and less expensive if you crash, but you will still pick up the traffic reading skills you will NEED!!!

But thats obviously not what you want to hear so I'd look into getting a CBR250RR or the like. Those that you have listed are just going to be too big to learn on. In a lot of cases you are going to have more fun on a little 250 bike as well becuase you can get the satisfaction of wringing its neck and still not drastically endangering yourself. Sometimes I miss the little bike for potering around the town.

[sporky]

Originally Posted by G-Force Junkie

First bike for a 16 year old? None of the above.

go for a scooter maybe?

[Haiiro99]

Originally Posted by redrider69

I am going to be driving soon and when i save enough money i am going to get a bike. i was wondering weather i should get a F4i, 600 rr, R6, GSXR-600 or a GSXR-750? thank you for your opion in advance.

Yeah dude none of those I'd say. I have a Gixxer 600 and an F4i and the Gixxer is definitely not a learner bike. All bar the F4i are track-orientated bikes (the F4i was till the RR came out, but it’s still a weapon) and are not very forgiving. You make a mistake and it'll spit you out and laugh at you.
Look for something you can drop a few times and not cry too much when you damage it. I learnt on an SRX250, a naked bike and it was fairly old. Sure it wasn't a crotch rocket but I dropped, hey I was learning, and it didn't look too bad for it.
You buy a bike from your list and you're looking at $100s or $1000s in repairs just for the bodywork. And I'm sure you don't want to ride around on a scratched bike.
I know lots of people start off on 600s or 750s but IMO it's better to start off small, 250 or something and work your way up. That's how I did it. It's also a hell of a lot easier on the wallet cos any of the bikes on your list will ask for your internal organs to for insurance.
Remember, you will drop your bike when you’re learning, even at 0kph.

[Mojave954]

Get some car driving experience first. Pick up a used 250, then work your way up from there.

[Tornado bait]

Originally Posted by G-Force Junkie

First bike for a 16 year old? None of the above.

No offense, but

A little more background on yourself would be helpfule too.

[CBR929RE]

Originally Posted by Mojave954

Get some car driving experience first.

thats all that needs to be said

[literbike]

Have you thought about insurance yet? I'd be scared to death to see what an insurance bill would be on a 16 year-old on a gixxer 750(im assuming you want full coverage?). Id have to agree with CBR929RE, older model bike would be better and cheaper, with still enough power to have fun on.

[Johnny Diablo]

Originally Posted by sporky

go for a scooter maybe?

My first scooter dam near killed me the first day I rode it. Popped a 2nd gear wheelie and made the neighborhood corner at 40mph. I soon learned that the left lever was the clutch.

I agree get some drive time in a cage to learn the game before you put yourself in harms way on a bike.

[Kuss929]

First take the Motorcycle Safety Course. When I took it they supplied the bikes and the whole first day was the motorcycle controls (no riding, boring for me but the people who have never been on a bike learned lots).
Learn the road in a car and then get a small bike like what was said.
I had dirt bikes forever and started on the street with an EX 500 after my MSF course. Great starter bike.

Don't think that you are not cool if you don't have a new bike. All the kids at my high school whos dads went out and bought them brand new Ninjas crashed all the time and now none of them ride. Stay smart and you can ride until you are as old as some of the people around here.

[TGZ13]

Is this thing on

Where did he go? A little more background would have been helpful

[stegen]

you need atleast 2 years driving on the road in a car before you even consider buying a bike. you need to learn how people drive and condtitions and sitsuations. why do you think there are more under 18 yo accidents than any other age group? Because they dont know what they are doing. now put all those people on cycles and the USA would be alot smaller in popualtion

[HondaGalToo]

Originally Posted by Kuss929

First take the Motorcycle Safety Course. When I took it they supplied the bikes and the whole first day was the motorcycle controls (no riding, boring for me but the people who have never been on a bike learned lots).
Learn the road in a car and then get a small bike like what was said.
I had dirt bikes forever and started on the street with an EX 500 after my MSF course. Great starter bike.

Don't think that you are not cool if you don't have a new bike. All the kids at my high school whos dads went out and bought them brand new Ninjas crashed all the time and now none of them ride. Stay smart and you can ride until you are as old as some of the people around here.

Who you callin' old?! Good post! I learned to ride when I was 14, I learned on small bikes, 175cc-250cc. I didn't get my own bike till I was 26, and it wasn't a sportbike. Didn't do that till after riding the much less powerful bike for 4 years or so, learning the ropes. When I did get a sportbike, it was a '92 FZR600 (anemic compared to today's 600s) and it was like learning to ride all over again, it was so much more powerful than the '82 Yamaha standard I learned on. But, yeah, learn on something smaller than what you listed. EX500 or a Suzuki GS500 are good choices. You'll drop it while you're learning. Start on a small bike so riding will become a lifetime enjoyment. I hope to be riding for the next 30 years! The first 30-ish (last 18 consistant riding) have been great!!!

[CBRVFR]

1. MSF course first.
2a. Dirt bikes if possible..
2b. Suzuki SV650. (used) It's respectable, light, balanced, fun, capable,and easy to ride.
3. The best helmet you can get, with all the other necessary safety gear.

Remember, if you don't have a bad experience with your first bike you're going to ride a very long time, you're going to have a shitload of bikes, and the better the foundation, the better off you'll be.

Check out this thread pertaining to how many bikes we've owned as a group to get some perspective. What's your motorcycle history?

And please, stay away from stuntaz, street racers, and idiots.. we want you in this sport for many years.

[ND4SPD]

Originally Posted by G-Force Junkie

First bike for a 16 year old? None of the above.

[redrider69]

Originally Posted by roadracer319

Do you have any prior motorcycle experience? If not, and these are the bikes that you are set on.... I would say the F4i would not be a bad choice for a first bike.

off road bikes only not onroad. ive ridden four-wheelers and dirt bikes since i was 8 or 9.

[TGZ13]

Originally Posted by redrider69

off road bikes only not onroad. ive ridden four-wheelers and dirt bikes since i was 8 or 9.

Been there myself. All I can say is its a world of difference. The only useful stuff really is clutch control otherwise its like night and day. Honestly if you really must get a bike I say take MSF first then sit down and figure out what will be your first bike.

[929_Nupe]

Originally Posted by TGZ13

Been there myself. All I can say is its a world of difference. The only useful stuff really is clutch control otherwise its like night and day. Honestly if you really must get a bike I say take MSF first then sit down and figure out what will be your first bike.

how much are you makin at 16 to where you're in the 4K+ bike market.....

[TGZ13]

Originally Posted by 929_Nupe

how much are you makin at 16 to where you're in the 4K+ bike market.....

Who you calling stupid punk