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I'm looking at getting a street bike. Does anyone here have a ninja? I'm looking for a smaller one so let me know what you guys have driven. I dont want anything above a 300cc since I have a speeding problem.

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getting a 300cc bike is retarded.

get an older 600 and be done with it.

you don't want to have to hold the throttle half open to cruise at 60mph, or have to twist the throttle almost to wot to accelerate, its gay, and hurts your wrist if you have to do it constantly

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Performance Stats
0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) 5.75 sec
1/4 Mile 14.6 sec @ 88 mph
Maximum Speed 105 mph (170 km/h)
Max Horsepower 36 @ 11000 RPM (26 @ rear wheel)
Max Torque 18 Ft/Lbs @ 10000 RPM (14 @ rear wheel)
Fuel Efficiency 55-75 MPG


yea thats more than enough for me.. ----

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36hp is less than my 3 wheeler

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anything less than a 600 comes with a bananna seat and pink streamers on the handle bars. Standard Equip.

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Cut the bullshit and buy a GSXR1000R. Last bike you need. I'm 230 and that thing pointed itself at the sky more often than not!

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for real, don't be a -----. get an older 600, something that actually has a powerband that you can learn to ride on.

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did you just call sinner a noob ??? :S

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I think he is... atleast on motorcycles. Get an older 600 or a 500. Do what you feel is best/safe for you. You can always grow and learn and get on bigger bikes. Not true if you blip the throttle on a 1000cc too hard and have no idea what you are doing.


And an old 600/500/250 will probably sell for the same price you bought it for. Probably make a profit if you wash it and change the oil :P

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my buddy bought a 250 ninja brand new a couple of weeks ago. It lasted 1 month before he traded it in for an R6 you want something with at least 500cc's

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training wheels too

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If you buy a 250 you can sell it for exactly what you paid. You are only out the tax and registration. I know its honda-tech logic but it is a decent bike to learn on. You can rail on it and be pretty safe. You dont need to worry about not being able to handle the power. Just dont expect to keep it more than a summer so dont go buying a brand new one or anything.

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I just got rid of my bike about a year ago, older 600's are nice for a first rocket. I had a Yamaha FZR600 with a 2001 R6 FI 600 motor. It ran 11.5 easy, cruised nice and got the front tire up nice without clutching it. Love them highchair wheelies too!

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let me say this one more time, if you are learning to ride, get a bike with some type of powerband, so you know what to expect on bigger ones.

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get something with a vtwin, doesn't even have to be crusierish i4 bikes are gay to ride around town.

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02 GSX-R is a great starter bike and you get get a used one fairly cheap. If not that grab up ninja around the same year they are very comfortable bike's, more so than the gsx-r. ---- gitting a 80's 300cc ninja there worthless and you'll find yourself board with it 1 week after you get it. Plus there slow as ---- i can burn them off the line in my N/A auto hatch. So don't waste your money.

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I guess this is pretty sound logic if you live somewhere with no turns at all. I would hate to see a beginner try to handle the power and weight of a newer 600 sized bike with a nice fatty tire around town. With an older 600 or 500 or hell even a 250 you can easily flick them around town and learn the fundamentals of riding... looking into the turn, countersteering, yada yada without worrying about clutch and gas modulation.

x2. Buy a used smaller bike and EASILY resell for the same price and then possibly more.

BTW I've seen more experienced riders on smaller bikes at the track (Not the drag strip) lay waste to newer 600's. Seeing a lil 500 rip around a corner leaving a newer 600 in the dust is a sight to see..... granted the newer 600 sorta caught up in the straight... followed by early/scared breaking and the 500 pulling away even more. Food for thought... and think about it this way... get a cheaper bike now, and good gear. Then next season if you feel necessary get a bigger bike.

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deffinatly get a 600, you wont be satisfied with anything less when you get the hang of riding and trust me your get it pretty quick...i had a 1992 cbr 600f2 and it treated me good, you can find those usually anywhere from $1500-$3000 and the f3s for a lil more....but if you wanna get a good bike that will be your last get a gixxer...i'm looking to get a gixxer 750 in the near future. but the 600 will have plenty of balls

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handle power through turns??? who hops on a bike for the first time and goes around dragging his knee while romping on the throttle? they'll crash any bike they get on.

someone could buy a turbo hayabusa and never touch the throttle and it would be just like riding a heavy bike with no power.


here is a heads up, if you havent ridden before, don't twist your wrist all the way back

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first at a track day thats all rider, if a rider on a 500 out rides a guy on a 600, the guy has some skills, secondly if you get anything under a 600 your waisting your money...i learned on a cbr 600rr(which was my buddies) then when i bought my own bike i had a 600f2...its not hard to ride a 600, its all about knowing your limits and not pushing yourself to an extreme were you'll kill yourself....like johny said, you could ride a turbo busa and not hit the power band and it would be practicly like riding a 600....and if any noob goes out and thinks he's gonna drag knee on any kind of bike then he's gonna go down with in the first couple weeks and probably kill himself....i ride with a lot of experienced riders that hit up track days and they rarely drag knee on the streets cause of how easy it can be to hit a oil slick.....this is what i say, get a bike you'll be happy with for a lot longer period of time, and invest in some awesome gear and remember this theres only two kinds of riders, those that have gone down and those that will

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if you have a speeding problem/ think you might get hurt on a 600, ill tell ya right now u can get hurt bad and speed on a 250 so might as wel get a 600.

ive gotten hurt pretty bad on a 50cc dirt bike and moped

my 1st "real" bike was a cbr600 F3, there great bikes and u can find em cheap

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1000CC + or bust

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My first bike was a 1983 KZ 550 ltd. A nice comfy cruiser. Inline 4. Still fast enough to get you into trouble but easy to learn on. Plus when you drop it you won't really care! I ran that bike through the Jersey Pine barrens once. Still have the cooling fins branded into my left leg, lol. 450 lbs bike in the sand at night was a bad idea. Extremely entertaining though!

My suggestion.

Buy a 80's bike. 500-650 cc's. I like I-4's because they have more of a top end. Twins are torquey.
Learn on the 80's bike. If the bike is still in one piece after you are confident at riding, then sell it.
Then buy something bigger.
If you wrecked the ---- outta your "learner" bike. Buy another 80's bike to practice on.
No sense in buying a new gsx-r or ninja just to drop it and ---- it up.
Ride all of your friends bikes to find out what style suits you. I would suggest learning how to ride first.

My bike right now is a 83 GPZ 550. Ton's of fun. I love old school bikes. Still not bored with it. Runs a mid twelve in the quarter. top speed of about 135 or something. Speedo only goes to 85 mph, lol.

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I'll post pics of my little rice burner soon. Yes I am new to sports bikes, I've only driven honda dirt bikes.

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Whatever you get I HIGHLY suggest taking the MSF course. I know in IL its 20 bucks.. which is refundable or you can donate it. You learn (or for many dirtbike riders relearn) some valuable skills there and it should give you a discount on insurance.

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Best advice in this thread.

Also, check out the Kawasaki EX500, Suzuki GS500, or even the Suzuki SV650. All good bikes for beginners. A side note about these bikes: after you get some experience under your belt, these bikes are easy to re-sell and you can usually get close to what you paid for provided you don't have any whoopsies.

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Aye, laddie! Those things are slow as hell, and would make a good learners bike, but perk up nicely with a shot of nitrous to keep you from getting too bored with it.

Serious riders build 180 whp Hayabusas with 250 shot progressive systems.

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I have my first bike right now which is a intruder vs800, its a vtwin bike and I really like the low end trq. I just put a corbin gunfighter seat on it and it feels great. They are also pretty lightweight and is quick enough for me right now. I had thought about getting a sport bike but I don't know if I'd like the seating position on them. If I do get a sport bike next it will probually be either a buell or a triumph.

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my cbr 600f3 is for sale, not ure where your located tho. its a nice bike. it was my first bike as well and i learned to ride it fairly quick

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I agree, vtwin itwin or bust.

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lol... Rich Christensen... refer to latest Pinks thread.

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lets see that hoss again :6

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Yea I got a bike yesterday, I'm going to put some nitrous on it when I want to upgrade and the sprockets swap out with hondas. I've already scouted out kits. My bike is comming from california so it will take a few days to get here. I ended up getting a cheap ninja knock-off sport bike. :S It cost about 1100 including shipping to my door and interchanges with honda on alot of parts. Its the old 2006 model, but ---- atleast its new. So if I deciede I dont like sport bikes it wont be to big of a hit.

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dude if you really got one of those chinese knock off your mental.you were worried about killing yourself with a bigger bike but what you failed to realize is that when the forks fall of that chinese made POS your gonna be sorry.

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I need to get some new ones, with the new parts, you should see my dads newest bikes. He has a 07 sportster 1200c with intake, vance n hines pipes, and a reflash. but he put a sissy bar on it. He also has a 72 sportster that he just took the fenders off of and is in the process of changing some things out. He also still has his kawi. Do you still have your cbr600? that bike is sexy

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LOL ;)

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Wait... what bike is this? ninja knock-off... that interchanges parts with hondas... thats a 2006.... for 1100.... ???

Hyosung? But that wouldn't interchange a damn thing with a Honda.

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heres my bike I got it for $1100 too, and it only has 4k on it, some dude let it sit in his garage for 4yrs all it needed was the carbs cleaned, new battery and oil changed. I've added zbars, grips, mirrors, and a corbin seat so far.

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