Are these bikes too much for me?

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I took the motorcycle safety course and passed with only one error *crossing a line during a turn*

i rode a 200 dual sport bike and was giving it hell during the training.

my question is.. if i got a gsxr 1000 or the hayabusa would that be way too much power for me as a beginner? or could i handle it if i was careful.

im 6 foot 250 lbs. im not sure if my weight matters at that much power but ill put it there anyway!

thanks
-nick
ive got a harley already *1500cc* but i was looking at sport bikes also...
 
The standard answer is that it is way too much.

I guess they have a point, but even a 600 has so much power that you can easily kill yourself. My GSXR1000 is a really easy bike to manage. The power comes on really progressively and gradually. If you keep it under 7,000RPM the bike is a great machine for someone to learn on. I red a review once that said if the bike had a rev limiter at that point, that anyone could ride it. After the engine starts to wind, it becomes a beast though. If you are lurking on the highway in 2dn gear at 7,000RPM and you whack that throttle, you are pushing 120 before you have to grab the next gear. Launch off idle and it just pulls away like a scooter. Rev it a little and slip the clutch? You will either launch like a top fuel dragster, or end up on the ground.

I think a lot if it has to do with common sense.
 
yeah probably a bit too much to start out on, maybe a 600 or find a twin-engine model that isn't so high strung, something like a ninja 650
 
The size of your brain has more to do with safety than the size of your bike. I've been riding for 33years. I stared out on a small dirt bike, learning to fall and how not to fall. Learning how to handle that dirt bike has helped me a lot. I'm bigger than you are, I can take my friends little 250, and ride a wheelie down the block. My Harley will never do that. I always tell someone who has just begun riding to stay away from sport bikes. They are not meant for the roads, the track yes, the roads no. Your weight has little to do with the H.P. and everything to do with control. The higher the center of gravity, the harder to control the bike. You, maybe to much for the bike. I can throw my harley around pretty fast but, If I tried that on a sport bike. It would be on top of me, not the other way around. If you take time, to get used to the bike. Then no problems.
 
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