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Oh Jeez. don't do it. Don't get a crotch rocket for your first bike. The insurance for a 16 year old will run $6K per year. And you are going to drop it. Everybody does when learning. Then you've got to come up with the deductible and if your insurance isn't cancelled it'll cost even more. The sportbikes require a lot of skill to ride and will kill you quicker than you can imagine.

Get yourself a Dual Purpose bike like a Suzuki DRZ400. Or a used Kawasaki KLR650. Suzuki also sells a DRZ400 in supermotard trim which would be a great choice for a first bike. Get the smaller bike. None of them are slow. Any of the DP's will leave cars for dead. Get your skill set up and after a year's experience then decide what you want.

 

[seruzawa]

Jeez Buz

If you ride like you spell it won't really matter what you get.

How's public school treating you?

He's buying an R1 for his first bike and he calls anyone else an idiot. He defines an idiot.

Hey Deathdealerfool. We gave you good advice based on a century or two of riding experience. If you want to throw it in our faces then good luck to ya. You'll need it. Think you can handle a 160HP bike without a lick of experience? Go ahead, Foo. So, don't listen, just do it. Don't expect me to scrape your brains up off the pavement after you crack that helmet wide open... assuming you have the intelligence to wear one. From your attitude I'd say not. Just don't kill your girlfriend too when you waste yourself.