I am looking for a good sports bike

Question

I am 15, Turning 16 in may lol i am looking for a good fast bike that wouldnt be to bad for me. My mom wont let me get a suzuki gsxr 1000 for some reason. She made the no even bigger when i said a suzuki hayabusa. lol. So i am looking for a good sports bike, i dont like harley's i want a street bike not a cruiseing one. And for everyone that says, Well your too immature and your just gonna stunt and kill yourself, I will tell you straight up, I am gonna stunt, to me lifes more of a risk taking adventure. So yeah now that we got dat out of the way lets go ahead and start suggestining bikes :D

Answer 1

Forget the GSXR's Forget the CBR's Nothing will out do a yamaha. I have owned 7 Sports bikes and my R1 is by far the ultimate in bikes. I have never been beaten by anything other than a ZX14 and that was only by a fleas dik. Go an R6 if you can't go the r1  

Answer 2

First off, I'm your age. You need to cut that attitude off. You're not going to get anywhere with it. Start off small with a Ninja 250. Heck be glad you even have the option of having a motorcycle. With the things you're saying to shouldn't even be allowed to ride. If you cut all that s**+* out and go get a Ninja 250 or similar and learn how to fully ride then kudos to you man. Riding ain't no joke. Me and you are similar age but I can tell you we are not alike. I don't blame you I was like that when I began. Research first and your mom really decides whats going to happen in the end.

Answer 3

You sound like the perfect candidate for a 250 Ninja. It's a great bike for someone new to the sport, and when you have a few years under your belt, you can step up to a 600 and really know how to ride it. If you can't wait to get something bigger, look for an older CBR600. They are great bikes and if they are maintained, they will run forever. That, and if you don't wreck it, you will probably get every cent you paid for it back whenever you feel like selling it. Once those bikes lose their initial value, they don't go down in price much after that.

If you start on the right bike, you will hae a lot better time, and you will become a lot better rider. That, and you will have a much better chance of living until you are 18.  

Answer 4

ha ha, yeah, it's a real good thing your mom won't let you start on a gixxer 1000!

wow, I'd say you should get either a GSX-R 600 or a CBR 600RR, and for god sakes not a brand new one! Buy something with a few scratches in it so the ones you put on won't stand out as much..

you need to take an MSF course and at least in CO you can't ride till your 18.

oh, and thats fine, you can stunt all you want, do whatever makes you happy, but know that with an attitude like that about riding you won't be staying around for everyone else to yell at you for much longer.  

Answer 5

modern supersports bikes, even 600s can be very intimidating to new riders.  What you want is a bike that you can learn to control and aren't afraid of.  I have seen many people buy 600s, and then never ride them very much because it scares the sh*t out of them.  That is not the way to improve your skills as a motorcyclist.  during a recent trackday, there was a guy there on a 250cc bike passing litrebikes like crazy.  the fastest guy of the whole bunch was on an sv650.  It is all about rider skill. trying to learn on a large, powerful bike can be detrimental to many would be racers.  so I suggest a kawasaki ninja 250 like most of the other guys here.

Answer 6

Your mom may not know what she is talking about when it comes to the specific power of each bike, BUT she is correct about not buying a 1000cc+ bike. There is a random statistic people like to quote:

"Every person that has bought a Yamaha R1 as their first bike is either dead or in a major crash within the first year."

A 1000cc or more motorcycle has so much more power than anyone really ever needs that if you have it as your first bike you have an extremely high chance of not being able to control the power.

The most highly recommended starter sport bike is the Kawasaki EX250 Ninja. I will straight out tell you that it doesn't have enough power to stunt or have a ton of fun. The EX500 would however be a good option. If you believe you are ready to handle a full size sport bike, then go ahead and get a 600. I recommend going with a late 90's or early 2000's Suzuki GSX-R600 or a Honda CBR600. Expect to lay it down from normal usage (plus the times you stunt it). Try to get one that has been laid down atleast once so if you lay it down you don't have to worry about damaging it and loosing thousands of dollars.

I live in the Bay Area, California and around here you can get an older GSX-R600 or CBR600 or around $2500-$3500. I wouldn't recommend spending over $3000 on your first bike.

Answer 7

>> I will tell you straight up, I am gonna stunt, to me lifes more of a risk taking adventure.

Your mom is right. And if you don't know then you are really immature.

>> My mom wont let me get a suzuki gsxr 1000 for some reason.

I'm getting the idea what is that SOME REASON.

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Good Luck...

Answer 8

You got a BAAAAADDDD attitude kid. Sound like a spoiled punk to me. If you were mine id have ya knocked on your butt by now. That said you need to drop the cocky attitude and learn to ride safefly before you go out and kill yourself. Speed kills.