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snazzy4razzy

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Ya know.....it's funny you should mention that.....actually it's not a funny story so I won't get into it.
Sadly I waited till my 8th or 9th bike and it JUST happen to be my 1st Ducati. Couldn't have been one of the previous 7 Gixxers. Nooooooo couldn't have done it THAT cheap!!

I've had buddy's start on FZR1000's and buddy's start on CB175's. The guy on the FZR was fine as was the guy on the CB175. Both went a season or 2 before a get off. I knew these people personally and they chose the bike to suit to personality. They chose well. When someone on here asks should I buy this or buy that it's actually a pretty silly question. We don't know who the poster is. We don't know his/her personality or motor skills or what have you. I grew up with a feller named Steve Crevier and the guy could ride anything. He could get on anything for the first time and just ride it. Telling him to buy a small starter bike just wouldn't cut it but that's only because I knew him. Anyone who didn't know him wouldn have given him the usual speach.
 
So the truth comes out.


It's simple:

Buy the fastest, best bike out there for the first bike = your fall will hurt bad and will cost a lot.


Bike progression for JCB:
1979 Honda XL75
1989 Yamaha YZ80
1993 Honda CR125
1995 Honda CR250
1995 Honda CBR600
1995 Honda CBR900RR
2000 BMW K1200R
2002 Yamaha YZ250R
2004 Yamaha R1
2008 Ducati Hypermotard
2010 Ducati 1198

Work your way up, learn the bikes, gain experience = falls hurt less, and cost a lot less.

Pick your route, those who have picked the first have more often than not found out the hard way, that it was a bad choice.
 
Don't know your age or automotive or off-road bike
experience, but an 848 would NOT be a good "starter
bike". Get a Monster, instead. And actually, they're
more-comfortable than an 848 would be, anyway.
Then, after a year of (hopefully) incident-free riding,
you could trade-up, or just customize the heck out
of it. Just my dos centavos, anyway, amigo.
 
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