Thx for the support Lagwagonlead. After all does any one here remember the profile of the guy who asked this question in the 1st place? He's 6'2" and 210 lbs, and is "pretty good on a dirt bike" by his own admission, which tells me he has a decent working knowledge of how to operate a clutch lever, brakes, and a throttle, which automatically puts him ahead of some of the squids I've seen on this very site.

Now don't take what I'm about to say the wrong way- I Love my 600RR, and would not suffer myself to ride any other bike, for many reasons! With that said:

On the one hand you guys are right: it's a 600! But on the other hand, it's a 600.

 

[/QUOTE] bubba, how long did it take you to pick your jaw up off the ground the first time you ran that beater to redlinde in a handful of gears?? :^)

I also agree with what PG said, you still had quite an advantage by ****ing with dirtbikes and other non-sportbikes that an actual n00b13[/QUOTE]

the first time i went through the gears, i was on a back road after i opened her up i stopped put the kick stand down and grinned! walked around it with hands shaking hopped back on and off i went!

 

i started on a 80cc for one year then a 125 for two years then a 250 2 years i now have a 600
that i building 400 size bike with a 600 motor in = even faster and 40kg lighter .i ware all the gear all year round ive lost two meny friend over the years not to. get some body armmer aswell .

 

walked around it with hands shaking ![/QUOTE]

thats what im talkin about...

 

I think another thing that helps with learning the power from a 600cc or bigger is if you have previous experience with power from cars. If you have ever owned or driven a car with 300+hp you will soon learn what "throttle control is". Also typically high performance cars can be a manual too so that gives you the idea on what could happen in bad situations(dropping the clutch,etc). I started on a f2. Granted I rode a mini bike(just around the farm) for two years for the fun of it. I went straight to a 600 as well. So far nothing has bad happened but with taking coarse's and learning from cars has helped me a lot.

 

thats whats up!!

w3rd :^D

 

Guess I better sell that f3 I just bought then...

I really need to stop reading this stuff, otherwise I'm never gonna get on. You guys really know how to put the scare in a girl...

 

a f3 is way better than a 600RR but that doesnt make the f3 a slouch either.

Just b4 careful and get n wear all the gear

 

It's not quite that bad. You don't seem to have the adrenaline speed junky mentality.

Just watch the throttle. F3 is capable of a lot with just a tiny bit of the wrist. Grab and twist it... Well, just don't do that

 

well i am kind of in the same situation as the guy who originally wrote this article. I just bought a 2006 cbr 600 rr and it is pretty much my first bike. I've driven a car for 6 years (i'm 24) and passed my bike test after 4 days of training last year and then had a 2008 kawasaki z750 which after a few days i got a bit too excited with the throttle on cold tyres and possibly an icy road and that all equalled me sending the bike down the road which was a write off (according to the insurance company). May have been inexperience, may have been an accident that could have happened to anyone, whatever, it has left me a bit scared to pick my bike up on sunday. Obviously i have, and will wear 100% of the time, all of the appropriate equipment.

I will be taking it very easy for at least the first few months but any advice from anyone would be appreciated. That is unless the advice is sell the bike as it is far too sexy to part with