I'm Thinking of Purchasing a Motorcycle soon, and I've been looking at the CBR 1000RR...?

No one is going to recommend a 1000cc sportbike if your never owned one before. Personally I don't like anyone telling me what I can and can't do but on this one it might just save your life. Let me explain: its not a matter of your responsibility. A huge part of ridding (especially sportbikes) is feel and experience. Unless a cop is behind you, very few riders do more than glance at the gauges because they know by "feel" whats going on with the bike. Every 1000cc sportbike today has over 150 horsepower at the rear wheel. That in a bike weighing 400 pounds gives it a power to weight ratio more than 5 times better than a Lamborghini! Even a 600 can break 55 MPH before leaving the intersection of a 4-way traffic light! When you can go from 5-100 MPH in under 5 seconds, it just doesn't give you time to react. And its so easy and sooo fun! Everyone starts out with the best intentions. Not to speed, not to be reckless, not to race the guy next to you at the light who thinks he's got a fast car...after 30 min of being good, it just wears you down! If these things weren't so damn fun, we wouldn't like them so much!

If you gotta have one, you gotta. But try to do 1 thing for me-for at least 500 miles, DON'T ride with guys who are experienced and like to "play" on them. I have personally seen over 20 bike wrecks that happened because a beginner didn't want to look like a beginner and tried to do what the rest of us did only we had all had over 10 years of experience ridding. 2 of them died. No one wants that and it can happen, literally in the blink of an eye. Use your best judgement.

Yeah great idea, the gene pool had been diluted by people like you for generations now and eliminating a few would be nice.

Seriously I have last years model and this years is even faster, the bike is not at all intended for a beginner. It is just too much bike for a new guy to handle, the thing will pop the front up with just the smallest level of prodding. A beginner, who still hasn't learned throttle control, will do it when he/she doesn't want to. Heck I had a 600cc for five years before getting the rr and it still surprised me a few times. Get a 600 to learn on if you have to get a new rocket, that's more of a bike than mist here will tell you is safe for learning on. They move and will be a handful if you are not careful. If this isn't enough at least call your insurance agent for a quote, the 600 are expensive for your age group and the 1000 are even more.

On top of all of this you will still have to learn how to ride a bike. People do not see you as well. In the end you make your own call, just wear your gear and who knows you could be one of the lucky few who never need to use it.

Why do you need a motorcycle that is capable of speeds in excess of 160 mph for a first motorcycle??

R in CBR and RR stand for RACING!! Not the kind of machine for a first bike and not a good machine for commuting. I do applaud your decision to enroll in a safety course.

I am commuting on a KLR 650 Kawasaki Dual Sport. My gas mileage is 53 to 56 mpg. My bike set me back $3,000 and I spent another $1,000 in upgrades. Bike is great around town. Just OK on the highway. Considering a motorcycle next year better suited for the highway. I will tell you straight up it will never be a sport bike.

Stay away from these potential accident machines.

Careful there guys. I got smacked on the hand by Yahoo police for answering the same question for another newbie because he didn't want to hear the truth abut road rash. It is almost nonexistent at 100+ mph. Peeled onion is more like it. IMHO anyone that considers a sport bike as a first needs to rethink and one over the 250 size (as a first sport bike) is asking for a lot of pain. It hurts like hell to spill on a dirt bike but I can only imagine the pain of that speed. I never dropped one going very fast (20mph) but I know it is right around the corner if I just lose concentration one second around the town I live in.

hey man i was in the same position as you...ppl kept on saying get a 250cc then move up to a 600cc when your ready and i was like ahh screw them...i just took the safety course and passed it today...i rode one of those honda rebels and they DO have a lot of power for a 250...if your not careful hell you can probably flip over...my idea is to take the safety course...unless you have rode before trust me you wont get anything bigger then a 500cc...why get ur dream bike a CBR1000RR when your probably gonna drop it the first time you ride it..going from a 250 to a 1000 is a HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE jump...250cc to a 600cc is ok...what i'm going to do is buy a ninja 250 early next season and drive that...get the experience and sell it that fall to get maybe $100-200 less then the price i bought it...then the next season go for a CBR 600 or a Ninja 636...idk...i will think from there...one kid from my class has been riding dirtbikes and his dad's bike since he was 12 so he was insane good at riding so he told me hes gonna get a CBR 600 for his first bike because he already had all that experience...so take the class and trust me..unless you are the best rider your instructor has ever seen in his/her teaching career...dont even think to buy a 1000cc...hope i helped man..and remember to have fun!!!

Why do You need a bike that Powerful for a starter? No safety class taken on a 125 or 200 cc Bike can prepare You for the Speed and Power of that Machine. BTW, have You checked insurance rates on that bike? Good Luck.

Way too extreme for a first bike. Start small. Work your way up in power before you become an organ donor.

do you really think ur gunna go 180mph?? just get a 600 ive seen people jump from never ridden to a 600 with the msf course.. a 600 is PLENTY of power

save your money and just go straight to the morgue...

any dealer who sells you a liter bike would not be looking to sell you another one ...ever... as you will be dead or worse in 6 months.... go buy a 250 ninja or an sv650 and learn to ride before you try yo pilot a rocketship....

kind of a big engine for a first bike. i would suggest goin for a 600cc engine to learn on then later get a bigger faster engine.