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·Let's face it... No-one wants a moped for their first bike (well - some do. But they're on another forum ; ) ). So it's a bit of a hard sell trying to get the newbies to turn their heads away from that sexy R1 or G1K add in the latest copy of CycleWorld in favor of what they see as an underpowered 'beginner bike'. But what the new guys & gals don't realize is that, among REAL RIDERS, there are plenty of bikes out there that command much respect among those in the know. Here's a couple of bikes that would definitely capture the admiration of my friends (and most experienced riders on this forum). And this is straight-up. About the only people who won't consider these bad-ass bikes, new riders, are your old friends who don't know shit about bikes
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1) An SV650S - Ultra Light, Ultra Nimble, corner carving machines. You see so many of these on the track nowdays. They rule the Lightweight classes. Cost is very reasonable so you can pour money into aftermarket goodies (which are available by the boatload, thanks to this bike's popularity)! Looks are great as is, or you can throw race plastics on them and have something like this:
2) The Suzuki Bandit 600. Excellent all-around bike. But kind of plain, right? Not at all!!!Use the money you save on a brand new Gixxer 1K to build something like this! (I'm drooling! )
[ 01-28-2003, 12:04 AM: Message edited by: leanangle_750 ]

1) An SV650S - Ultra Light, Ultra Nimble, corner carving machines. You see so many of these on the track nowdays. They rule the Lightweight classes. Cost is very reasonable so you can pour money into aftermarket goodies (which are available by the boatload, thanks to this bike's popularity)! Looks are great as is, or you can throw race plastics on them and have something like this:

2) The Suzuki Bandit 600. Excellent all-around bike. But kind of plain, right? Not at all!!!Use the money you save on a brand new Gixxer 1K to build something like this! (I'm drooling! )

[ 01-28-2003, 12:04 AM: Message edited by: leanangle_750 ]