...hopefully I'll be able to afford that Desmocedicci
okay maybe just 1198R...
Your enthusiasm to become a new rider is
totally understandable - we've all been there! But if you can, try and focus on learning to ride and set skill level goals to achieve before putting yourself the biggest and baddest motorcycles. You're totally new to riding, and your riding will reflect that for a good while.
Any asshat can go down the road in a strait line at full throttle - what's more impressive is the rider who really knows how to control and work
with his bike. The rider who can put a knee down while performing a perfectly controlled figure 8 at 15mph while at the same time maintains perfect riding position is a good example of that.
If you put the wagon before the horse, as Panda said, you could really find yourself in trouble.
Give yourself a solid year of riding, before you take any other courses beyond the MSF class. This will give you time to master the basics and define your comfort zones as well as your deficiencies. Then if you can afford it, look at Total Control by Lee Parks to polish up and advance your skill set:
http://www.totalcontroltraining.net/index.htmlI think that Dietrich will back me up that this was a really worthwhile course to take. After all the miles that both he and I have ridden, we learned a lot at that class.
You'd be better off to put your $$ into an education in riding than into a really expensive bike with no instruction.