I chose the bike a friend of mine's brother was selling. He was the second owner, not a stunter or a racer (nor was the previous owner) and since I ignore numbers and charts so many RR guys think make them better, I've been totally happy with my F4i. I'd tell a tale of a race against an RR that ended in my favor, but it would just start a fire here that I'm not willing to reply to.

Screw the magazines, screw the charts, screw the quarter mile and top speed numbers..."beginner bike," feh...that's just a mental dare to all those suckers who think that buying a bike with better specs and numbers makes them immediately faster than others. It has been my experience, having ridden a Cagiva motocrosser to victory over the mag shootout winners in the eighties and nineties (husky in the 90s, but the same bike really), that the bike isn't fast BY ITSELF!!!

Still, those swingarms on the RRs sure look cool...hehe.

 

[sm=icon_ladiesman.gif]i dont think anyone would argue against that!