Best 500 or 600cc sport bikes suitable for beginner?

Question

Best 500 or 600cc sport bikes suitable for beginner?

Answer 1

1991 kawasaki zepher 550. Sadly kawasaki

No longer makes them. I wish I could get

Kawasaki to remake these great little bikes

They are the most fun to ride bike I have

Ever owned. Light weight, quiet and very

Fast. Great for curvy mountain roads and

Rolling hills and every where else. They get

Great gas milage.

Answer 2

Sport bikes are not suitable for beginners, regardless of size.



Your best bet is an enduro style dirt bike (that is street legal) that won't get scuffed all to hell when (not if) you drop it.

Answer 3

Start with a 125cc or a 250cc 

Answer 4

............Yamaha

Answer 5

CB500R........................

Answer 6

look at Royal Enfield motorcycles. 

Answer 7

Sportbike ? Beginner? I think you should be looking at a 250 CC Ninja. Move up to a 500 0r 600 In a year or more

Answer 8

500 and 600 are just numbers indicating the displacement, they tell you nothing about the performance of the engine.

A bike with a 600cc 4 cylinder liquid-cooled engine will have hugely higher performance figures over a 600cc single cylinder air-cooled engine.

Off-hand I do not know of a 600cc single cylinder engined sports bike made in the last 20 years, they are made to have performance which is beyond the capabilities of all beginners.

Answer 9

NONE OF THE ABOVE! A "sport bike" is NOT a good bike for a beginner.

Answer 10

A 600 is pretty much out of your range of experience and the 500 is an iffy.

If totally unexperienced a 500, like the Honda CBR 500 should be okay if you take things SLOWLY.

Answer 11

A  first bike 500cc and larger 'sport bike' has and can be done...



There are problems...



#1. It's covered with expensive to replace fragile  plastic.  I had my first sport bike 'drop'  twice in  mid America wind!  Those errors cost me somewhere around $150 - $300  each!   One  drop went over 'the hard way' took out the wind screen .. along with a mirror, and shift lever.   



#2.  A sport bike is prone to accidents and it cost more to insure one... get an insurance quote before you buy one and make your choices from there.



Insurance on a larger displacement  sport bike does not decrease with age of bike.. nor age of rider.. well I've been 'old' for a long time... get an insurance quote. Hell! I'm old enough that before long I'm going to receive an insurance increase for that too!



#3.  A sport bike has a great amount of power and very little weight. You will have throttle  and control  errors.      … but seriously!  ..Ya' got to stop shivering and step off the front porch  sometime... Do it!



Find a low mile high plastic damaged 250  and redo the body work with bright yellow duct tape.  In a year or so pass it on to the next beginner sport bike fan.  A full set of a ballistic armored track suit gear cost less than a hand shake from a skin transplant specialist!  Fully armored track boots cost less than the hand shake from a foot doctor.. but don't attempt any walk over 100 ft. in them!  What the salesmen don't tell you is that that brick hard sole on bare metal foot peg gives you delicious tactile  road feed back! .. every loose pebble on the road surface! That strange looking double layer shift lever scuff patch gives tactile shift feedback beyond any shoe experience in existence! 

Answer 12

A beginner should absolutely NOT be on a sport bike! Try a 250cc,single cylinder dual sport

Answer 13

I understood your meanin' the first time, Alex. You   mean, beginner To sports bikes. 

Depends on your height, actual years riding. . Many have tall saddles. Might want to look at used ones at dealers, Sit On Some. Bring a trusted friend for His opinion, don't s listen to salesman. Never buy what you Can't Try.  Lower one if too hi. I did. Lowered front forks, lower profile R tire. Made a huge difference. 

Answer 14

CB650SC. Hydraulic lifters, electric start, shaft, twin front discs.  Fast enough but No "surprises".  4 blasted carbs to keep synced , but,  out there, not hidden under nacelles or farings.  More reliable than a Ninja, so more time Riding than in shop.  Hondas always run, just make sure clean, fresh gas.  U  Will-drop her at least Once, plenty of old Hondas Fours out there .( A Harley crash bar fits, with slight mods.)  Worse to drop a New 250 Ninja or YZF-R3.



Edit: A Night Hawk Is a street sports. So described  in old Honda catalogs. And,  by insurance agencies.  Not as "fast" as a 650 Ninja  or FZR 1000, No, but gets Out of  her own way and gets Out of tight situations, well. A bit faster than a 1440 cc Harley-Davidson, handles better when  lowered an inch. Some years had dual front discs that make a lot of difference, too. This "standard" business  I've  never Heard of in 22 years riding/35 years having licences. Until yesterday, on Wiki..which is often very inaccurate. Anyone can edit Wiki, so not admissible in court., often  black lies in it, too. 

Answer 15

Easy: any and none. IMHO beginners should start smaller than that on standard motorcycles.

Answer 16

If you want to ride something cool, look at Royal Enfield motorcycles.