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Originally Posted by Rosenrot
Thanks Guys. To ridesidways:
I'm not sure what you mean by "fully-faired or nakeds" remember I'm new at this.
My goals are really just to look cool, have a fast bike that will keep up with my friends and something I can add mods to later down the line. I've been racing since I was 8 so riding a dirt bike is second nature to me, I've even raced a CR500 in 3 Super cross event's to give you some idea. I'm a pretty big guy as well, 6"3 260lbs so I need something with lots of power that will go when I twist the throttle. Not being arrogant but when I rode my uncle's 750 I found it quite easy, I'm real rusty with the turns though but either then that I didn't find it much different then riding a dirt bike. Hope this helps
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Dirt racing does nothing to teach you anything about riding a street bike. It develops habits that are wrong for riding a street bike. If you didn't find riding your uncle's streetbike much different than riding a dirt bike it is because you were riding it like a dirtbike, which is WRONG.
I can guarantee you aren't rusty with the turns if you have never ridden streetbikes. You don't turn a streetbike the same way you turn a dirtbike. You can't develop rust on a skill you don't have.
Throw out your dirt experience. It is meaningless other than it shifts the same and the throttle works by rotating it counter-clockwise.
Throw out your size as well. Plenty of guys much bigger than you ride 500s to learn on.
Ninja 500, GS500 would be fine learning bikes and brand new cost much less than 7000. Find a used one and spend a year or two learning on that. You will become a better rider faster. Not only that, you aren't so worried about controlling the bike and will have 'leftover' attention for dealing with street survival.
If your friends do more than ride in a straight line, one of those bikes will go a long way towards teaching you to keep up with them. If they ride twisties a lot, it doesn't matter what bike you buy, you still won't be able to keep up with them for a while. If all they do is ride in a straight line, well, sorry about that - there are no excuses since you are in WV - there should be lots of good roads in the mountains down there.
When you started riding dirt, would starting out on a cr500 make sense? Street bikes are no different in that regard. And remember, on the dirt there are no cars out to get you.