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Im looking at getting a sports bike, and i want a bike with both some power, and for sure style. I really love the look of the yamaha Raven R1, but it's out of my price range, (im looking at the 4000 - 5000$ price range I don't plan on using it often, atleast not at first, and experience is not factoring in on purchase decision. I love the black look ( http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/item.aspx?style=17401&department=101&division=1 ) Any suggestions?
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1) What experience do you have with road bikes?
2) Have you even riden a newer sport-bike, if so, what size (cc)?
3) How big are you?
Answer these quesitons first - then we can move one.
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Originally posted by Stazi:
1) What experience do you have with road bikes?
2) Have you even riden a newer sport-bike, if so, what size (cc)?
3) How big are you?
Answer these quesitons first - then we can move one.
Didn't you read that "experience is not factoring in on purchase decision." 
I take that to mean that he wants a bike for posing and will soon be turning it over to the insurance company to be sold with a salvage title.
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Originally posted by spgoode:
Originally posted by Stazi:
1) What experience do you have with road bikes?
2) Have you even riden a newer sport-bike, if so, what size (cc)?
3) How big are you?
Answer these quesitons first - then we can move one.
Didn't you read that "experience is not factoring in on purchase decision."
I take that to mean that he wants a bike for posing and will soon be turning it over to the insurance company to be sold with a salvage title.
Another SQUID in the midst! 
2000 SVT Turbo 295hp/269ftlb@12psi
#1 for Bendix Brakes Kits!
Knuckles rebuilt w/new bearings $55
AUSSIE ENDLINKS $70
Gutted pre-cats $80/set
A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine!
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Originally posted by Stazi:
Originally posted by spgoode:
Originally posted by Stazi:
1) What experience do you have with road bikes?
2) Have you even riden a newer sport-bike, if so, what size (cc)?
3) How big are you?
Answer these quesitons first - then we can move one.
Didn't you read that "experience is not factoring in on purchase decision."
I take that to mean that he wants a bike for posing and will soon be turning it over to the insurance company to be sold with a salvage title.
Another SQUID in the midst!
Dueling Duratecs
'95 SE V6 MTX 0 Mods
'04 Mazda6 S Wagon
'03 Kawasaki Z1000
But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!
Friedrich Nietzsche
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the original poster is the SQUID. 
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Knuckles rebuilt w/new bearings $55
AUSSIE ENDLINKS $70
Gutted pre-cats $80/set
A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine!
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Originally posted by spgoode:
Didn't you read that "experience is not factoring in on purchase decision."
People that think like that end up getting scraped off the road at some point.
Beginner? No larger than 600cc. A new 600 will rock your world as it is, especially if you dont know what you are doing.
New 1000s are way too much for learners. The power will never allow you to ride as you should. A less powerful bike will allow you to learn how to actually ride the bike.
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The new R6 has been taken into the high 9's stock. It's insane what you can buy nowadays. But yes, buying a first bike, that's a rocket when you've shown zero history of riding before is plain ingorant. Riders like that give us more responsible riders a bad name. I also love riders that buy a bike based solely on colour. A friend of mine bought a 600RR because if it's available colour, then wondered why he felt like a cripple after riding it for 1 hour.
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Gutted pre-cats $80/set
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Originally posted by Stazi:
the original poster is the SQUID.
All is now understood.
These threads seem to pop up with surprising regularity.
A new rider getting a race-replica liter bike is like using an F1 car for driver's ed.
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'04 Mazda6 S Wagon
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I've been riding for years, but do not consider myself an excellent rider. Meaning, I've never scraped pegs in the corners or anything like that. I am smart enough to know what I can and can't do. I've owned sport and cruising bikes. My next bike will be a Suzuki SV650. Enough sport to handle the corners and comfortable enough for around town driving. And they are fairly cheap used. And no body work to get damaged in case the bike falls. I think it would make a great starter bike also.
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