How so?
I should be getting my first bike soon and would like some knowledge
people get over confident on em just because they are not a liter bike....the power to weight ratio and the speed are not that much different between them.
most newbs dont crash in a straight line but usually hit gravel and lowslide...or grab some brake and highslide. a 600 brakes a lot harder than a liter bike does...which also makes it bite back that much more..
literbikes have torque..that saves you sometimes...600s dont...which means that you will hunt for the right gear a lot...not a good thing for a beginner.
now I am not saying a literbike is good for a newb...its just as bad and worse in some other ways...just that a 600 supersport bike is not for a beginner.
thats where an sv650, ninja 250, ninja650 come in...teaches you how to ride right and expands your learning curve gradually instead of throwing you in the deep end.
PS..I pull faster times on my 600 at the track than any other bikes that I own...sure its a ex ama formula extreme bike..but its still a 600.
they are not that slow..even the slowest jap 600 supersport will rape every duc short of the 1198/1098 base around a track. you should what most 600s do to the 749, 849s at the wera club races...leaves em behind.
good luck, take it slow..and take the msf class. if you have any questions PM me..or some of the other seasoned riders on here.....even the 80gazzilion monster riders we have here lol...