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Old 09-06-2007, 02:02 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by islanderman7
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Newbie at bikes.
Cousin wants a 600 for a first bike.
I'm trying to convince to get a 250.
I need a counter argument to: That both bikes have different feels and he want to learn the FEEL of one bike rather than two.
The equivalent argument is that a Porsche has a different feel than a Focus. It's still better to learn how to drive on the streets in a Focus. Skills learned will transfer to the Porsche if and when you get one. A GTI is somewhere in between. A Ninja 250 is faster than the Focus, maybe on par with the GTI, but wouldn't keep up for long with the Porsche. A 600ss bike in the hands of a good rider will keep up with most Porsches on the drag strip or on a road course. A 600ss bike in the hands of an unskilled rider will take him from 0 to 60 in about 3 seconds and 0 to dead in less than 6 seconds.
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