[honestlyinsane]

Well start flaming because I give it a strong "DEPENDS" if the rider is mature I say why not.
My wife was getting into riding 6 yrs ago and I wanted her to get a zx6r then considered a supersport.
Only due to the fact that if she got a 250 (which she did) I knew she would get sick of it (which she did).
and got rid of it in less than a year.
Now me riding bikes for years know that most 600's even the new supersports aren't really that powerful until you wind the crap out of them.
which any sane mature rider will not due especially if they took the MSF course because they wanted to properly learn how to ride a bike.

Now if someone came up to me talking out there behind about how great of a rider they are going to be and how they are going to be stunting with there boyz I would tell them to wait a couple yrs before riding until they grow up

Also I always recommend that any noob doesn't go on group rides no matter what they are riding they usually get in over their head............been there done that was smart enough to pull away from the pack and go home before I got killed.