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You're 16, you're a beginner, and you're proposing to start on a 1000 cc bike that has more power than you'll be able to control for the next 15 years of your riding career, most likely? Why come here and ask for advice? You won't take it.
Did you consider, in your dreams, using some of that money for a training course so you can at least learn how to ride properly on a street? What about gear? and I don't mean just an Icon helmet either. You get an R1 and you're going to need a full set of armored leathers to protect your hide when you fall (and you will fall. Probably many times.) Don't forget the kevlar-armored gloves and the armored shin-high boots too. A back protector would be a good idea as well.
Oh! Go check out the cost of insuring a bike like an R1. You won't be able to afford to ride it. Even if you were the safest and best rider in the world -- a Rossi for the street - you're going to pay through the NOSE for insurance because of your age and the fairing on that R1. Plastic costs! Youth costs!
You're getting good advice here. Get something you can afford to RIDE. Get good gear so you stay alive and keep your skin. Grow up and listen to the people who've been around the block and have survived.
Did you consider, in your dreams, using some of that money for a training course so you can at least learn how to ride properly on a street? What about gear? and I don't mean just an Icon helmet either. You get an R1 and you're going to need a full set of armored leathers to protect your hide when you fall (and you will fall. Probably many times.) Don't forget the kevlar-armored gloves and the armored shin-high boots too. A back protector would be a good idea as well.
Oh! Go check out the cost of insuring a bike like an R1. You won't be able to afford to ride it. Even if you were the safest and best rider in the world -- a Rossi for the street - you're going to pay through the NOSE for insurance because of your age and the fairing on that R1. Plastic costs! Youth costs!
You're getting good advice here. Get something you can afford to RIDE. Get good gear so you stay alive and keep your skin. Grow up and listen to the people who've been around the block and have survived.
