Quote Originally Posted by simontibbett
Get a Ninja 250, don't care when people laugh at you for it being a 250 they obviously know NOTHING about bikes then. Learn on that, you will learn more and have more fun on that then you can on a 600 and ESPECIALLY a 1000, starting off on a 1000 screams I am a dumb ass watch me wreck.
+1. Or get something small and easy. Trust me, I have worked my way up from a Go-Ped scooter from age 11, to racing Go-Ped 40 mph scooters, to Mo-Peds, to a very very terrorizing sleeper mo-ped, to now 250's. I laugh at people who think it's smart to start on a 1000cc bike. It's like people who come to the race track in GT3's, F430's and such with absolutely no experience what so ever.
If you MUST have at least a 600, I'd recommend an 03-04 R6. Relatively light, not to fast, easy to maneuver and not that expensive. Otherwise, I'd recommend a bike with a higher center of gravity that's easier to learn to lean on. Just my 02.