assuming you want to go in the sportbike direction...


in my opinion good first bikes would be 500-600cc's. don't worry too much about what the plastics look like, but obviously if you can find a deal on something that hasn't been dropped its a little nicer to have. my first bike was a 92 katana 600, i got it for $2200 on ebay and rode the hell out of it until the carbs started screwing up then i turned around and sold it for $2200. there are a lot of good first bikes out there, you just want something that you feel comfortable on and handles well...some of the other guys may be able to tell you their personal experiences with some of these bikes but some that i looked at when i first started were the katana 600, cbr 600's (f2, f3),ninja 500, fzr 600 and the yzf 600.