Hyosung

[Raux]

Suzuki GS500.   Cheap.  Upright.  Newb friendly power.  Sporty.

cool thanks. i will be looking when i get to europe. then again maybe i'll find an aprilia rs250 for the road

[wraith]

cool thanks. i will be looking when i get to europe. then again maybe i'll find an aprilia rs250 for the road

rs250 is not so noob friendly, power band can bite you in the arse!!!

[Raux]

rs250 is not so noob friendly, power band can bite you in the arse!!!

ever ridden the RS50? fun as hell little bikes.

[Beyote]

I need everyone's help in deciding if this is a worthy brand of bike!

I think you will degrade yourself, and I think I need to get this out of my head so I can sleep nightmare-free tonight.  

[goodolboy]

Thank you for your input people, so far my thoughts are echoing in yours.  I would also like to add that my whole reason for this poll was to show a point.  Ducatiloo is trying to talk me into this brand of bike.  Being a Duc owner himself I figured I'd go to the rest of you Duc aficionados get your input.  So far, I am leaning toward the whole used bike idea.  Whether it be a Duc, Sv650, etc.  I might just post this poll on a Hyosung forum to see their views.  You laugh, I googled it, they are out there!

[Beyote]

Good Luck.

I think a used bike poses more than just one benefit. 

The drop in value has already happened, if/when you drop her, it will not be as bad, and the fit and finish will be so much better than that Kia.

GS500E/F
SV650
CBR600F2/F3/F4
GSXR600
Bandit 400/600
ZX6R/E
ZR7
M750
M900
900SS

[ryandalling]

Ninja 250 (2007 and older) and sv650 both have up right riding and seating positions.

Ninja250 2008+ has the clipons... sv650S had clipons.... and would be more aggressive.

My wife is learning on a Ninja... and if you put flush aftermarket blinkers on it... then you can drop it a dozen times and not scratch anything but the pipes.... of course these are low speed in the driveway type drops... not that I am speaking from experience here or anything... 

[JGordon]

Good Luck.

I think a used bike poses more than just one benefit. 

The drop in value has already happened, if/when you drop her, it will not be as bad, and the fit and finish will be so much better than that Kia.

GS500E/F
SV650
CBR600F2/F3/F4
GSXR600
Bandit 400/600
ZX6R/E
ZR7
M750
M900
900SS

Just as an FYI, I have a Bandit 600 as my first bike, and I probably wouldn't recommend it for a woman, unless they are sized like a man.  The powerband is pretty newb friendly and it's reliable, but it's a heavy and top-heavy bike (~440 lbs. dry, would be ~500lbs. wet) with a relatively high seat height, especially compared to the perennial new-biker favorites of the Ninja 250/500 & GS500.  There were a couple times when I first started riding that I almost dropped the bike just sitting at a stoplight, and the only thing that saved me was that I could flat-foot the bike (I'm 6' 1") and have pretty good leg strength (I weigh 205 lbs).  If my legs were any weaker or shorter it would definitely have gone down.  It also kind of "falls" into corners with its weight, and I almost low-sided a couple times at the beginning because of that. 

I was in fact looking for a GS500 or Ninja 500 for my first bike, but couldn't find any decent ones in my price range ($2000 at the time).  Now that I've got a couple years on the Bandit, I'm looking at upgrading to an S2R800 (which is why I'm on this site anyway).

[goodolboy]

I just want to formally apologize to Ducatiloo,  He was not pushing it on me.  He was helping me way the pros and cons.  He has a very large knowledge on bikes.  I just wanted to set the record straight.  Thanks again everyone for your input!

[mojo]

Another thing to consider is if you will be able to sell the bike.  Since you are gonna use it as a starter bike that will probably be grown out of in a hurry, will you be able to sell it without giving it away?

[geeka]

Dont know they produced the motors for Suzuki for long enough.