Hey Was up, Need help choosing a Motorcycle. New or Used What kind of motor or brand?

I agree with Dan W - buy a used learner bike and stay away from sport bikes initially.

I started with a Honda CB250 (made the mistake of buying a new one), outgrew it pretty quick (no umph!) but it was safe and an ideal learner (I did drop it once).

Test drove a friend's Kawaski sport bike (don't know model) but I couldn't ride it because the lean over the tank position hurt my wrists and boy was the get up and go was a huge step up plus the front brakes (I think it was dual disk) were VERY touchy. I nearly did a front wheelie!

I ride a Honda 750 Magna and it's perfect for me. It has plenty of speed and acceleration for freeway use and comfortable. I just wish it got the 70 mpg that my 250 got... :-P

Forget the sport bikes, they can kill you before you know you're in trouble.

Get Used, there is ia bottom price line that bikes settle on, probably around $500 the closer to this the better for now Don't buy anything needing repair, maintenance is OK,dents and dings OK. Ride this for a year and sell it to another beginner for about the same money(1 tear FREE).

Get 1 that fits, every ones favorite answer here is the Ninja 250 but nothing about your size, if you're 5"2" a 250 will do, if you're 6' go larger

Standards and cruisers are fast enuff for beginners and more user and Insurance friendly.

No one makes bad bikes 2 years in a row so you can pick any make ,

Go to the local dealers and look around, again stay off the sport bikes,

Standards and cruisers do not have expensive and fragile fairing

( bodies), choose you brand and size then look in the paper.

Check the frame paint for wrinkles(crash damage)

If you see anything you don't like walk away to the next.

Cheap is good but get a good cheap bike.

Get a reasonably priced used motorcycle. I recommend starting with a smaller size. Especially in the sport bike arena. They have very small margin of error for learners.

Also take a riders education course.

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