READ PROFICIENT MOTORCYCLING by david hough, the bible on safe riding.

there is much clearly retarded advice here.

650 sport bikes are NOT beginner bikes.

you DONT buy used helmets.

read that book, then read it 3 or 4 more times. take the MSF course. DONT get a 600 sport bike. riding slow bikes can be fun and it’s definitely the way to start. there are whole websites devoted to very very experienced motorcyclists riding “underpowered” bikes and having a totla blast, and actually outiding poor riders on ‘superbikes” in twisties. (that is, a great rider on a nighthawk 250 may very well beat some dorkus on a 600 cc superbikeon hairy back roads, hard as it is to believe. if you havea nice 250-500 cc non -superbike, you can still always have fun with it, save gas, use it for errands, and sell it. people always want entry level bikes with forgiving throttles and even a 250 cc bike will seem REALLY fast at the beginning. keep in mind, 40 years ago, 250-500cc cc was a BIG bike. funny but true. course, people we’rent as obese back then.

ther eis no “safe” way to lay down a bike. a bike ALWAYS stops slower with rubber on the ground. read Hough.

the BESt suit is an AEROSTICH full body zip-up job. read AEROSTICH.COM website for lots of fun general info on bikes and life.

get a small bike and learn yoour way around. buy it used and you’ll be able to sell it for around what you paid, or maybe even mroe if u boght right.

bikes are fun. im a scaredycat but i ride motorbikes and have NEVER had an accident in 7 years. maybe i oughta quit while ahead…you can drastically lower the odds of accidents.