The beauty of buying a used starter bike now is the value is going up or at least staying the same. With so many people thinking they will save money buying a bike the demand is shooting up. In reality when they factor in the price of the bike and the added insurance you're not saving anything. Buy the bike to ride, not to save gas or be "cool." I rode an 08 Ninja250 and I can say it surprised me. It had plenty of power to move the bike around town, not something I'd take on a long trip like my SV650S but still a great bike.