Okay, i want advice on sport/street bikes?

Question

i have rode on the back of my friend's kawasaki ninja zzr®600. at least i think that's what it was. i remember him telling me it had 600 cc's so i think that's it. i, personally, have never drove a street bike myself...he wouldn't let me. i can't say i blame him. haha.

anyways, i was wondering what more experienced people would recommend as a good bike to start with. i'd want some with a loud *** engine, isn't TOO big of a bike, goes somewhat fast, looks good, and i could eventually learn to do wheelies and stuff like that on it.

whatever kind of recommendation you have on a bike, i'd appreciate it. advice is good too.

no sarcastic answers, thanks.

Answer 1

the ninja 250r is pretty sweet as is the Suzuki sv650 and kawi zzr600. stay away from pure sport bikes until you have some experience, they will bite you back HARD !!  Or look at something like the Suzuki sm400. it's a pretty sick bike.

Answer 2

OK sorry to be a downer first but .............

Riding bikes is a SERIOUS BUSINESS they often kill when YOU make a mistake and at best if your lucky you can end up in hospital or better yet a bit of gravel rash hurt ego and some rpairs to your ride and A HEAP of EXPERIENCE from the result of loosing it OK? that said here goes.

If you want to get into bikes starting off you should look for easier smaller capacity bikes so you learn to control the bike first otherwise your on a recipy for disaster.

When I started (over 40 years ago) it was on a friends postie bike 175cc scooter in a suburban back yard. then I played with a 650 Matcheless, and after I used a 500cc Honda 4, the first road bike I bought was a BSA 650. The BSA was the best all rounder and I was able to learn heaps on that bike also it was a bike that was easy to manovure that meant I could avoid trouble steer around it or brake to avoid it! Unlike a very very fast racer Ducati I owned years later which rode me into a high side at over 175mph ouch!!

My suggestion for starting is a little less power and the older style Triumphs are making a comeback they have better brakes and suspension and more efficient modern engines yet still carry the same ridability as those old ones I learned on so my suggested choice to you is possibly one of them at least until you can ride with experience and confidence.

Then you should have an idea of the styles and capacities you think you like and would appreciate using. When your up to this stage of riding, go to bike shops and try out what you like make mental notes of what you expect from each machine and "tick the boxes". When you'v done that look for other riders who own the styles your thinking of and ask them to give you their personal opinion on service costs etc their usually happy to give this info over then you should be reasonably armed to go out and buy what you want OK

Now all those years ago when  I learned it was very different we did "trial and error" nearly every one I knew when they moved up to the race bikes would inevitably crash at around 3 months of riding and these crashes were usually very big. I have lost many of my old riding mates over the years and it's a fact of life for a motorcycle rider.

You have the option of doing it to survive and I would suggest some track work for your wheelies and mono's and stoppies it's not worth the problems associated with doing it on the streets.

So the idea of learning control on the smaller bikes is for your benifit along with any other sound training you must afford so you too can be around to offer advice to young novices.

Live to RIde Ride to Live

always remember to take opportunities never take risks

Good Luck Happy riding days  ahead

Answer 3

First bike should be a dirtbike on my opion, you will learn everyting you want to learn, wheelies and all, safely.  For some this is no longer an option, so the next best thing would be to get an under powered bike that is used to learn on.  There an so many things a new guy would have to learn all at once that even a 600cc sportbike would be too much.  Many do it just fine, but few of those people do without wrecking costly plastic, so the older used bike is a better option.  I see people trying to say they do not want to by a bike one year only to have to get a new one a year latter and they have a point but most will have to spend much more fixing a bike they wrecked than they would lose on investing in a learner bike.  If you get an older bike and use it for a year chances are you can sell it for what you paid for it or worst case sinario you wreck the bike and lose only the few hunderend or thousand dollars you paid for the bike.  If you put down a new rocket expect to pay that much to fix it.  This sinario only accounts for the monitary costs, chances are you will have injured yourself worse on a more powerful bike.  In the end it's your choice to make but the riding season is half over so remember next years bikes will be better than this years.  Even more important than your choise of bike, is the importance of wearing you gear each and every time you ride, you will have to be aware of everyone else much more than in a car or truck not only because you have less protection on a bike but also you will be harder to see since a bike is much smaller.  No matter what you choise have fun and take your time learning to ride one step at a time.

Answer 4

you could get a kawasaki 08 ninja 250R or a ninja 650R to start out with. But if you want them to be loud, then you're gonna have to ditch that stock exhaust for somethin like a yoshimura exhaust or a 2 bros exhaust.

Answer 5

Please do not take this as sarcasm, but as "constructive criticism"....

Being that you never rode a street bike, you have the wrong attitude to what you need to start with.  A 600cc sportbike is okay to start off with, if you took some lessons and have a responsible attitude about going fast.

Your choices of wanting a loud engine, one that goes fast and wanting to do wheelies when you haven't yet even rode a bike  shows a bit too much immaturity that may get you killed.

Take some MSF rider lessons, get a better attitude that motorcycles require a sense of responsible behavior and safety, buy yourself a nice bike for yourself, but take time to learn to ride it safely before you get some stupid idea of riding wheelies down the highway with your friends.

Ninja 250Rs are great, affordable beginner sportbikes. Ninja 650Rs are great beginner bikes with a alot more power than a 250 or 500, but more comfortable of a ride and not as expensive on insurance as a 600cc supersport bike. A Suzuki SV650F is another good choice.

But if you end up really wanting a supersport bike, I really enjoy riding my Ninja ZX6R.

Just my .02 cents