is a kawasaki zx6r a good begginer bike it has a 636cc engine?

Answer 1

It's a good first sport bike if you've already got riding experience. It might not be a good idea for a very first bike with no experience.

But if you're set on getting a sportbike right away, you could do worse. It's light and nimble, and although it's wickedly fast, it's not a monster.

You might be better off starting with something less radical, such as a 650, the ZZR600, or even the 250 or 500.

I love Mad Scientist's expression "it'll do what you accidentally tell it to." That is sooooo true. Sport bikes are absolutely incredible, and part of their appeal is that they are so intuitive. But until you get your intuition really working, you could get in trouble.

Answer 2

NO it is NOT a good beginner bike! The guy that said he started on a 750cc was on a freakin' cruiser, not a sportbike.

You need to stay UNDER 600cc at best for your first bike, take some type of rormal training like an MSF course, and always wear full gear.

Motorcycles handle and are operated COMPLETELY different than cars, so if you try to ride a bike like you drive, chances are VERY good that you'll make a stupid mistake and crash. And there is NOT a "reset button" or a quicksave feature on a bike.

A ZX6R is a very fast bike, make no mistake! It will rip your head off and $hit down your neck unless you really know how to handle it! If you screw up at 80 mph (which the 636 can do in 2nd gear) and hit a concrete wall or another car, you die instantly.

There is no such thing as, "Oh, I'll be careful for the first year until I know what I'm doing." You hear all the stories of people that were fine with a supersport as their first bike? Why don't you hear from the ones that weren't so good, hmm?

Try starting out on something smaller, like a GS500F, SV650, Monster 620 or something tamer. You have to trust me on this one, seriously. You are looking for your FIRST bike, not your last one, right?

Answer 3

It's got enough power for a small car, and brakes and steering that react at lightning speed. There's a comment that I've seen floating around the Internet about getting a bike like this as your first bike: The troulbe with high powered sportbikes is that they do exactly what you accidentally tell them to do. The only "beginner" who is going to have an easy time riding one is a rider with years of recent dirt bike experience.

You will have a much easier time learning on a more forgiving and predictable bike. That way you will have gotten the hang of what inputs to give a bike if you get in trouble when you move up to a more powerful bike. Even the Ninja 650 is a safer choice, despite having a bigger engine, but I would really recommend staying with a Ninja 500 or even 250. Don't worry that something small can't take your weight - either one of the small Ninjas can still keep up with freeway traffic even if you're a big guy and the local drivers are total maniacs.

Answer 4

Get you a really good starter bike, like a Honda Rebel which I think is one of the best starter bikes out there. Every one says 600 or 750......Bull Sh...... for a first bike anywhere from a 175cc to a 450cc is all you want, most are fairly light, low to the ground, and forgiving. I would stay away from the sport bikes, they go threw the corners and stop well but the low speed handling is not good.
You will wreck it so save your money and buy something used, over 95% of riders wreck there bike within the first year of riding (actual statistic given out when I went threw the MSF course and that was over 20 years ago), most are not that bad and are done at relatively low speeds but there enough to cause ether injury or damage to the bike. If you get a bigger bike you will be spending more $$ fixing it when you do drop it, and you will be more likely to get hurt and bend the bike up beyond the fixing stage if your involved in a more serious accident which means you will not be riding at all. After you have a couple of years of riding under you belt then you can sell your starter bike to another beginner and get something bigger which will now last you allot longer.
If you really want to know what bikes NOT to get, go down to a motorcycle salvage yard and see what type of bikes are the most commonly wrecked, I guarantee a lot of them are the 500-600cc "starter" sport bikes.

Answer 5

No.

It's extremely powerful, and that power comes on very quickly at higher rpm. It's designed to handle quickly and it's easy for a beginner to overcontrol it. It will tempt you to ride faster than your ability.

It can do 0-60 in about 3 seconds, if you don't flip it over backwards trying.

Rather than getting a sportbike, a better bike for a beginner is a cruiser. It responds more slowly to the controls and gives you more room to make small mistakes.

Whatever you do get good riding gear (not jeans and a thin leather jacket) and get training. Almost every motorcyclist falls off at some time, and the first year is especially dangerous. Dress to fall off. For training Google "Motorcycle Safety Foundation" or check with your local community college.

I've been riding for 40 years, and one of my bikes is a fast sportbike.

Ride safe.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

No it isnt. If your a beginner, get a dirt bike, learn how to fall off, control slides etc. Dirt is softer than the road, so you wont hurt yourself or the bike too much. Once you have dominated the dirt then you will be much better prepared for the road.

Answer 8

Hell yeah, thats a good bike, stick wit it until u want another bike, upgrade it if u wanna race, but fast *** bike, should believe me i knw a lot about bikes u lucky u got a good bike some people get like kawasaki 650 something like that u got a zx6r good bike, but am gettin a YAMAHA ZYF R1, 998cc, better acellaration than a porshe, u wanna race when i get mine, am gonna make my own bike crew wanna be in it but u gotta be in NC

Answer 9

Its also a good begginer bike for practicing wheelies. forget about wearing a helmet too, they are for girls. I suggest you find a nice mountain road and blast through the twisties like a fat chick through ice cream.

Answer 10

forget about a dirt bike. check out the kawi zzr 600 might be a little easier and safer to learn on. its the old ninja zx6r plus insurance is cheaper its classified as a sport tourer.