Hello everyone.
A little bit about me. When I was a teenager I used to ride dirt bikes in a motocross and supercross setting. Had an instructor and all that jazz. I would also ride around on one of those street legal Yamaha DT125 mid 90s dirt bikes that I couldn't flat foot for the life of me (only off road as I was too young for a license in my country. aka under 18). Worth noting I've gone riding with some friends on the occasional bachelor outdoor session since then as one would.
Fast forward some 15 years later and I want to buy and ride a bike. I have mixed feelings between aiming for a standard/naked or a sport bike but alas at the moment I'm only looking towards my own flavor of a first bike.
Now it's been a long time since I've ridden, but I'm pretty sure I can still ride a clutch no problem and will be doing an MSS course as a refresher anyways. Given all of that I was wondering if more experienced riders would recommend I skip straight to the 600 class?
I've been considering getting a second hand R3 or maybe a ninja 300/400 but am just worried that it will be a very short lived experience before I want to upgrade to say an R6. Should I just go straight to the R6 as I can see myself keeping that for a longer period of time?
I have no clue how different an experience it's going to be. No clue if I should swallow my pride and consider myself an absolute beginner in this endeavor. No clue if an R6 would eat my face off at the first sign of rain.
Any and all advice is welcome!
Thanks guys (and girls)
A little bit about me. When I was a teenager I used to ride dirt bikes in a motocross and supercross setting. Had an instructor and all that jazz. I would also ride around on one of those street legal Yamaha DT125 mid 90s dirt bikes that I couldn't flat foot for the life of me (only off road as I was too young for a license in my country. aka under 18). Worth noting I've gone riding with some friends on the occasional bachelor outdoor session since then as one would.
Fast forward some 15 years later and I want to buy and ride a bike. I have mixed feelings between aiming for a standard/naked or a sport bike but alas at the moment I'm only looking towards my own flavor of a first bike.
Now it's been a long time since I've ridden, but I'm pretty sure I can still ride a clutch no problem and will be doing an MSS course as a refresher anyways. Given all of that I was wondering if more experienced riders would recommend I skip straight to the 600 class?
I've been considering getting a second hand R3 or maybe a ninja 300/400 but am just worried that it will be a very short lived experience before I want to upgrade to say an R6. Should I just go straight to the R6 as I can see myself keeping that for a longer period of time?
I have no clue how different an experience it's going to be. No clue if I should swallow my pride and consider myself an absolute beginner in this endeavor. No clue if an R6 would eat my face off at the first sign of rain.
Any and all advice is welcome!
Thanks guys (and girls)