Good Beginner Bike? Please Help!?

Question

I am 16years old, weigh 110lbs and am about 5'4. I’m about to buy a bike but am not quite sure what to purchase. I know i should start with a 250cc but I hate the way it looks. I’m looking for something that looks like the 650r that can also be suitable for my physic. I WILL take the MSF course and am a pretty responsible rider, so considering all that what bikes meet my standards.

Answer 1

Well, if you are wanting a sport bike, then they start around 600CC...The mixed bikes run around 500-600...I would suggest a used 600cc bike, and just take it easy.

Answer 2

shop around for a dual purpose style bike. The essentially street legal dirtbikes. Not only will they take the abuse of a first bike, they look cool, are cheap and you can keep it and do some trail riding once you move onto a bigger bike ! I learnt on a kawasaki klr250, its a fantastic bike. ive dropped it numerous times off road and once on the road and I just picked it up and was good to go !. For you height though it probally would be a little tall. All I can say is stop by your local motorcycle shop and see what fits pretty good. Another great thing about dual purpose bikes it the power comes on nice and smooth. there is no jumpy powerband in the upper rpms like a sports bike will have.

Answer 3

Kawasaki Ninja 500R
2 cylinder, lighter than the 4cyl 600's, power is more controlable for new riders, looks better than the 250

Answer 4

I started out with 125 honda years ago and learned the basics before moving up in size. The bigger your bike the harder it is to control. I would start with no bigger than a 350 or smaller. Always remember that you have no prptection so watch your speed and pay close attention to the other drivers because they can not see you most times. Always try to think what they are and be ready to react to them. Good luck and be safe

Answer 5

I think your height is going to be a limiting factor. You might
try a cruiser. They have a lower seat. You want to be able to put both feet flat on the ground, at least with your first bike. Later, when you get a little more skill, you can have a bike where you can just put the balls of your feet on the ground.

Also, you want a used bike, one that's already beat up a little. You're going to be hard on your first bike. You're going to abuse the clutch. You will very likely drop it once or twice before you get the hang of it. If you buy an old 'beater' you can sell it after a year or so for about what you paid for it.

I don't think you need to start as small as 250. Cruisers are easier to handle than 'standards' or sport-bikes. I read that about half of all buyers of new Harley Davidsons are people new to biking or coming back to biking after 25 years (raising the kids). I always wondered how newbies could handle a big 600-700 lb. motorcycle until I rode a Harley. They are VERY easy to handle because they carry their weight so low. I'm not saying you want a Harley, but that style of bike would be good as a first bike, except smaller.

There are 500-600cc sport bikes that are fairly low. There are also bikes in that size category that -look- like sportbikes but are really standard bikes, like the Kawasaki Ninja.

-Real- sportbikes these days are deadly serious single-purpose machines, twitchy and tightly-wound like racehorses, and you don't want one of those, at least not right away (GSXR, Yamaha R-series, Honda CBR). They are wonderful pieces of engineering and a blast to ride, but you're not really ready for that in your first bike.

But you can tell whether or not any bike fits you by just sitting on it and trying to put your feet on the ground and lift it momentarily off its kickstand.

Answer 6

you are a goose!
with your size, weight and level of eperiance, start with 250 4 strokes such as cbr250rr, gpx250r, zzr250, etc etc etc