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All you motorcycle people. What did you start riding on?

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If you want to start on a streetbike, buy used, and keep the displacement under 650cc. Just about anything will light your fire...

My first streetbike was a Suzuki Katana 600. I finished on a GSX-R600. I liked my friends' 750s, 900s, and 1000s, but I loved the wail and shift action of the smaller engines...plus, in the twisties, the lower weight creates heaven-on-earth IMO... B|
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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Mini Bike 5hp Briggs and Straton
1976 Honda XR75
1969 Honda CT 90
1975 Honda CR 125
1982 Honda CR 250
1990 Honda CR 250
1986 Honda 500 Interceptor
1996 Honda CBR 600 F3
2002 Honda CBR 954 RR

and only 1 skydiving rig... go figure.....
Nick

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Opinions on the Suzuki GS500F

and the Kawasaki Ninja 500R



Honestly? They're fine bikes, but if you intend on doing any kind of sport riding (tearing up the Ortega, etc.), then I recommend looking at something closer to the Suzuki SV650S. Better power, just as easy to ride, and you won't outgrow it as quickly.

Regardless of what you choose, if this is your first streetbike, trust me, buy used. Fortunately, SoCal has a ton of bikes...like a kid in a candy store. Just my opinion. ;)
So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

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Had a Yamaha 125 Ednuro when I was 14, then a 1975 KTM 250 at 16.

Last year I rode a 2001 Suzuki Maurader 800cc. Liked it at first but quicky out grew it. That was my first steetbike. In Dec I bought a 2002 Yamaha Vstar 1100 Custom. Looks great but because of the snow its still got 1km on the odo!

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I had a minibike with a centrifugal clutch (dingdadingdingding!) A Yamaha DT 175 enduro, a Katana 1100 (riding that beast home I thought I was going to die, had it for 10 years, loved it) now have a BMW K1200RS.

Either of those bikes you picked out is fine, but get yourself a nice unmodified used bike in the same class.

I can't decide if I love or hate the new Suzuki "photon torpedo" headlights.

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