Tweek, you have made some good points. I don't get involved in this section very often, mainly because I've mostly ridden a cruiser. I live with a sportbike devotee, and most of my time riding has been with sportbikes.
I really don't care what you ride, if you don't respect the machine, practice, practice, practice, you will end up eating the pavement.
Statistics show that no matter what you ride, you are more likely to go down the 1st year you ride. It seems to me that sportbike riders put more miles on their bikes that cruisers do ( let the flaming begin), and they seem to have less accidents due to this fact. And due to the unforgiving nature of sportbikes, they either get better at it, or give it up due to accident, injury or just plain fear.
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