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Originally Posted by seadood228
My answer would be "no" but I also beleive that for some riders, myself included, it's easier and safer to learn on a SS. I started on a Zuk SV650, and found that the lower powerband actually made the bike handle less predictably. This led to a few low speed cornering scares, many of which I feel could have been avoided with smoother throttle response.
I do think this category is quite small, and therefore a blanket "no" should suffice.
If there was a way to govern a supersport to say <6k RPMs, then imo you'd have one of the perfect beginner bikes.
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Twins tend to have a jerky throttle response. The SV would be the worst of the offenders because of the torquey v-twin, but a 650/500 would be almost the same. It's very easy to tell when your chain needs adjusting on mine as any throttle input without slipping the clutch = JERK.
There have been some amazing small displacement 4s released elsewhere in the world, the ZX-2 and ZX-4 come to mind. Japan has some nice 400cc liquid cooled hondas. There was a 400cc bandit around here at bike nights, mid 90s maybe. They just never make it over here, thinking they won't sell. Any dealer around here can't keep their 250s and 500s on the floor so I don't know why that line of thinking still exists.
I also don't know why people "get tired" of a 250/500. You're not riding it right if that's the case. Flogging them to their limit is half the fun. Those things are nimble corner cutters with a set of good tires and some stronger springs and I'm constantly amazing my friends with what "just a 500" can do to keep up with their CBRs. Maybe they live in the prairie side of the country..
