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Originally Posted by couldbemage
Either cash a used bike or buy with some unconnected credit source. (credit card)
I started with a ninja 250...
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Good advice. I believe that everyone drops a bike eventually. That gets expensive on the new faired bikes.
There is great joy in riding a smaller lower power bikes that seems to be lost on most people. Many bikes have the same problem as modern cars. By the time you are at the limits of performance (power/traction) you are going way too fast for the street.
Depending on your eventual interest: cruising, touring, sport riding, putts, commuting... there is a bike the fits. Unfortunately bikes are a lot like sailboats. People buy them for how they think, or want, to use them not how they do use them. That’s why older experienced sailors/bikers are happy, they have figured out what they really want.