I just wanna make one thing clear. I do not want to scare anyone. I just have an opinion on a gixxer 750 as a first bike. I have been riding for 25 years, and have seen most everything on a bike done. 600's are plenty strong, prolly as strong as the 750's of 4 years ago. anyway, it was not a horror story about my sisters brothers girlfriens yadda yadda....it was my best friend.