Originally posted by 1NsaneGSXR:
I just wanted to say thank you for everyone that replied. Everyone did have some really valid points. My decesion though still hangs in the balance. I know for sure that I am not goin for the 750 model as my first bike though. My one friend thinks that I should get a 750 just b/c I said once I get used to riding it I plan on get something faster for my next bike. He thinks that it would be a waste of my time and $$ if i got a 600 to start out on.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Did you actually read any of the responses ????
Almost everyone considers a GSXR600 too much for a new rider.
Yet you are still sontemplating getting a 750 ???
Are you some kind of idiot ?
Listen to us, some of us are old bastards, some of us have 30+ years of riding behind us, som of us are still alive to tell the tales.
Simply the difference in the 600 and the 750 is amount of time it will take before you kill yourself, because its dammed obvious that you are not listening to the people that can give you good advice.
Here is an example, my teenage son has been riding dirt bikes for the past five years, and he has ridden bitch on my 750 since he was 12.
He has spent the past year on an EX250, before graduating to a GS500.
At a recent track day he was lapping faster on his EX250 than squids on R6's. He got black flagged for riding around the outside of a moron on a GSXR1000 !
On the street he can ride wheelies, stoppies, and out-corner almost all the riders I know.
He rode my 750 once, and when he got off it he was shaken that it was so powerfull, and so "abrupt and hard work". He actually thanked me for talking him out of a GSXR600 - not that he could afford the insurance....
Your fist bike should be cheap, and gentle, and to an extent disposable - you will almost certainly drop it, you will almost certainly do the "grab the front brakes trick, and you are almost sure to wind on too much power mid corner.
On a GSXR 6000, each of those mistakes will cost you about $2000 if you are lucky, on a 750 probably your life.
But remember, EX250's do not look as cool as the latest GSXRNINJA6's