Hello everyone after months of research and searching i finally purchased my first bike 2004 Suzuki SV650S. I have drove it the past two days (one ride home from work in the rain) and have put about 200 miles on the bike already. I have about two seasons of dirtbike experience (03 KX250) but street is 100X better than dirt. I originally was planning on purcashing a Honda 600f4i but decided against it after reading a TON of posts on this site. All my buddies were makin fun of me for not getting a 600SS but its all good because I LOVE IT, so F**K em. I believe this bike is great for a beginner (to be quite honest i probably would have been disappoited to start on something smaller *im 6'0 190lbs*). I read some of the new riders posts where people posted "welcome to your new addiction". To be honest i thought that saying was kind of dumb until i began riding and ITS TRUE. All my friends still say "your going to wish you got a 600 in about two weeks" but im not out trying to race or drive like a moron (like they do). Because of the way they ride, i plan on not riding with them for a while (SO if your into cruisin and you live in SOCAL hit me up so we can ride). Anyways, i just ordered the lower fairings so it looks like a full fairing bike. I have the next four days off so hopefully ill put another 400 miles on the bike

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Be safe everyone and Godspeed.
*by the way I did not post this to go against the people that believe everyone should start on a 250 or 500, this is just my opinion. EVERYONE that has posted that has WAY more experience than me, so take it for what its worth*