Thanks for all the comments.
Financially, I am getting a steal on this bike. I was with my friend when he first got it and have watched him improve as a rider everytime I saw him ride it. I know the ins and outs of that bike from watch him work on it every week or so.
Physically, I'm 5'8" with a 30" inseam so I'm pretty close to flat footing it, but not all the way. I don't consider myself an aggressive rider, so I don't think I'd purposely flip that WOT. However, I am concerned when the first close call was to happen if I'd be ready. With my limited riding experience all together, I can't even say I'm comfortable on the 250 yet. The two things I am scared of are stopping (especially 1 footed if I can't flat foot the bike) and accidently flipping that throttle too quickly.
Truthfully, I'm leaning on the 650.... Man, if he came back just a few months later, I'd get myself a 250/500 and learn.. but this deal is too good.
Eddie
Oh, on a side note: I have maybe 10 friends that all started (except this friend) on 600 SS and I've seen every one of them go down the first year (a statistic), so I'm trying to avoid that. I've always advocated to people start small and now it looks like I'm not going to. I know it has nothing to do with me, but after seeing my friend learn well on a 650, I think I could too, but I'm not 100% sure that would happen. (FYI He had the bike for 1 year, rode 10,000+ miles and then winterized it and went to Iraq. Now he's getting a gsxr1k or 750). I wish I had a way to get some more seat time in before mid-September...
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