In that most unlikely of circumsances, in the absence of a better, safer option, I'd tell her to follow her dream and get one. I'm the last person who'd ever tell someone not to follow their dreams, and I'm a huge proponent of female riders. Just feel like it's something people should ease into if possible, but if it was her only option, hell yeah, get one, like yesterday.

You know though, it's not just about safety. People really do learn faster, and learn better riding technique starting on smaller bikes. They can push them harder and discover their own limits more safely than on something faster and more likely to go out of control on them when pushed. She may be able to start riding either one safely, depending on her personality, but I honestly believe she'd be a better riderhaving rode and learned technique, and her personal limits on a 250 first. I started on a 750, hypocrite huh? But always wished I'd been able to learn the important riding techniques on something alot lighter, and safer, that I could have really "practiced" on. The seat of a 600 supersport is really no place to be "practicing" anything.