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The GSX600R is NOT a very good beginner bike.
GREAT poser bike. GREAT bike for someone who is going to ride it 6 months, crash and then sell it, never to ride again. GREAT bike for the track.
The GSX-R line require's that a new to sportbike/bike rider be mature enough to learn how to ride the bike within his or her limits (which are VERY narrow when first starting out). Unfortunantly the bike is capable of WAY more than a new rider can use, or even recognize. That a new rider would even consider a GSX-R as his or her first bike generally rules out that required maturity.
The bike is a race bred street bike (much more so than the f2/f3/f4/f41 Hondas). The reason so many say that a CBR is a good first/beginner bike is because it is generally the least focused of the 600's (The CBR600RR not withstanding). Personally a modern IL4 600 is NOT a good beginner bike as most have 100 hp in a 400+lb bike and all that plastic/aluminum gets real expensive to replace, real fast.
For a first bike, go used. Kawasaki Ninja 500 or a SV650. Take both the beginner and advanced MSF classes (any new rider would be a FOOL not to), ride the used bike a year, getting 10K miles or so under their belts and then go crazy with the latest/fastets/biggest insurance payments you can afford. If you really want to ride well, it's the best (possibly only) way to go about it.
hth,
Bill
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