First Bikes

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 19:54
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I hear a lot of different opinions on the perfect first bike. I just wanna get peoples opinion on the GSX 650. It will be my first bike and I am about 6'2" and 200lbs.

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With a dry weight of 476

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Submitted by megaspaz on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 00:16.

With a dry weight of 476 lbs. (add about another 20 lbs. for the weight wet), I'd go with an sv650 just on that alone (dry weight 360 lbs).

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Submitted by yugen852 on Sat, 07/25/2009 - 03:52.

Hahaha!

an inline-4 600cc bike has a

Submitted by Vitric on Sat, 07/25/2009 - 06:15.

an inline-4 600cc bike has a LOT more power than a 600cc parallel twin, which makes most people say bikes like the GSXR series or NX Ninja bikes aren't good for beginners, but hey, if you feel confident in your abilities enough, then I would say go for it. Personally I'm going to get a Ninja 500R for my first bike.