# few questions... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 6, 2009, 4:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/few-questions/243331 "2009-04-06T04:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 25
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/few-questions/243331/25 "2009-04-08T12:30:55Z")
> [@Windows Vista 5536](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/windows-vista-5536/16797/10): > > Buying a brand new bike as your first one is a bad move to begin with. I’m not even going to touch on the subject “a 600cc bike for a first bike!? Are you crazy!?” > > What do you like about the R6 that pin points your interest? Is it the look or have you actually ridden one? I can tell you first hand from experience of owning one that I wasn’t impressed with it. It was faster then my CBR 600rr and had a more comfortable seat but riding it was not comfortable. When you ride an R6 (2004-2005 and R6S) you are more over the handle bars then you are with a CBR or a GSXR. It also sits a lot higher then most 600cc bikes. It wasn’t a big downfall but I certainly noticed this too… The turning radius on it is not great either. If I was throwing a U-Turn on a 2 lane street it barely could cut it without having to go up on the grass. These are just a few of the things I was not happy with about the bike. If I was gonig to buy a bike right now, I would buy a GSXR. Thank you. I wasn’t even going into the debate of starting big, everybody knows my point. But if you’re looking at 600’s already and you’re wanting a first _street_ bike, your last generation R6 should be the last bike to look at. By the sounds of it, the choice decision was based on looks alone which is the first step in the wrong direction. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/few-questions/243331)._