Thanks sullen. Ive actually been a life long fan of Kawi's but ive never ridden their crotchrocket, so I cant say much there. I do know that their dirtbikes kick ass, but thats a different topic for a different thread.

As far as new or used, my buddy that has the gixxer 750 treated it like dog shit. The day he rode it off the showroom floor, he was redlining it left and right. Another friend of mine just got a zx10 on May 22 and is already on his 3rd rear tire. That being said, I dont want to buy someone else's POS. BUT, I know with it being my first street bike, its not a question of "if I drop it" but, "when I drop it". I would be much less pissed off if I dropped a used bike that I paid half of what a new one would cost. So, Im kind of on the fence of new or used. I guess as long as its a nice, well taken care of used bike, then I would do it, but if the right deal came up on a new one, I wouldn't rule that route out.

As far as the Buell's go, I really havent read anything bad about them, but I havent done much research yet. I was checking out a Buell forum earlier and everyone was saying that they wouldnt own anything else....but then again, I would get the same response from honda owners on a honda forum and from and that slitting your wrist feels great from an emo forum. The kicker for the Buell to me is, they just look so fucking bad ass. Check this one out...





Its got that streetfighter style to it and it just looks tough as fuck.

P.S. the rc51 is a 1000cc v-twin.