Not to beat a dead horse, but: Head vs Heart?

[emperormoto]

My advice is to buy something you want to ride. If that's a Ducati, it's a bike with great brakes, good handling, a low seat height, and very light weight - all things that make a motorcycle safer to ride. How can you go wrong with that? I followed the dirt bikes first path because I was a kid when I learned to ride. My first street bike was a Norton Commando. Hardly anyones idea of a good first bike but I put 400 miles on it the first week I had it because I loved it.

Rule #1: BUY SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT TO RIDE!!!

:-)

[MotoBella]

anyone else besides me curious as to what initial poster ended up with for a first bike? or still deliberating? or?

[Bikeguy1000]

Buy the Monster. You already understand it will cost more to own, and that doesnt seem to be an issue for you. Its obvious thats what you want and its not intimidating at all. Buy the Monster.

[AmoK]

When I was buying my bike, I was considering some entry level bike like M600. May of my friends told me that buy a bigger bike straight from the start, because the power of small bike might leave you little cold after a while.
If you got balls enough to control your own head and wrist it really doesn't matter if you have some extra power.
I was in the situation that I wanted to have a bike that I could hold on a longer time, cause I dont have the $$$ to change it after first year.
So I got my first bike, Ducati Monster 900Sie and I have not regretted that.

If the bike doesn't make you face hurt because your smiling all the time riding it, it just might not be the right for you...

[S4Rt]

Streetfighter 1098!!!!!!!!












I kid I kid!!!!

My vote....600/620 monster. My wife's vote...S2R 800 (the perfect bike in her opinion).

[SpikeC]

My first bike was a Triumph 200 cub, anything more than that is too much and should banned!!! My next was a really big bike, though, a Honda 305 scrambler. Of course, that was a while ago...............
Boy howdy, they don't make 'em like that any more!