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Originally Posted by ervins
Also, if you intent is to ride a 600 one day why for God's sake start ona 250? Then work your way up? Your 250 is nothing like a 600 in regards to power...Yeah you learn to shift, brake, steer...Then what?
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So you can learn to brake, shift, steer, select the right gear, learn to watch traffic, learn not to twist the throttle when hitting an unexpected bump, learn not to twist the throttle when grabbing the brake, learn not to dump the clutch, learn proper following distances that allow emergency maneuvers, learn how to do emergency maneuvers without dumping your bike, learn to countersteer, learn to counterlean, learn to see the dangers in the road, learn the proper line around a corner, etc, etc, etc, etc all without having to worry about not getting the bike above 6k rpm.
****ing up your throttle slightly while learning to do these things as second nature will hurt you on the street. Learn on a more forgiving powerplant, and you will learn the fundamentals
as a reaction that you don't have to think about so when you finally get on the SS, all you have to really worry about is learning the power delivery from the engine/transmission. There's enough for a new rider to think as it is.
If the n00b is never going to leave the track, I can see some argument for learning on a 600 cc bike, but in the real world with different dangers and a lot more on a person's mind, learn small and move up.