I suggest you forget the 500, go with the CBR 600, they are not the fastest
thing on the road, but dammed close. I think you will quickly outgrow the
500. I don't actually know how big you are or how much experience you have
on bikes but my first choice would be the CBR 600.
Mike
""Chuong Nguyen"" <dester223@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F69LznHBTyKmqdU2EGe00003bf6@hotmail.com...
> Well, here's an off topic question for you guys. I'm wanting to buy a
> motorcycle (crotch rocket) speed bike. whatever you might want to call
it.
>
> I was looking at a kawasaki ninja 500 today and the style was okay to me,
> but my friends who have bikes tell me I'm gonna get dusted by everything
on
> the road. I want to start out with something nice becaues I'm gonna keep
it
> for a long time.
>
> anyone have any recommendations to what bike is more suited for me? I'm
not
> a big hefty person... and I don't want anything over a 650 CC bike. it
> should look sporty with all the plastics. my current thoughts are the
> GSX-R 600
> cbr600 f4
> katana 600
> SV650
> or that dinky 500 EX ninja.
>
> the dinky ninja is the cheapest of the bunch and I can get one for 4400
> bucks used with 1800 miles on it. The guy works at the bike shop and
> returned it for a bigger bike, and he's getting rid of it.
>
> What my question is... "am I going to be happy with the performance of
the
> 500, or should I spend a little more now and get a 600?" I don't want to
> have the ABSOLUTE fastest thing on the road, just somewhere in the "mild
to
> faster" range of bikes. please advise.
> -Chuong
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