# First bike... R6 vs CBR 600? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 2, 2008, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387 "2008-06-02T06:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/41 "2008-06-02T18:03:27Z")
KTM Superduke 990 …I like V-twins ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/42 "2008-06-02T18:32:45Z")
speaking of vtwin, sv650 for a starter ---
**Author:** ![Tim](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tim/32/5211_2.png) [@Tim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tim)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/43 "2008-06-02T18:57:58Z")
Kawi 650r ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/44 "2008-06-02T19:32:48Z")
> [@maxwell](#): > > speaking of vtwin, sv650 for a starter I love mine. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/45 "2008-06-03T13:25:51Z")
Went out to lunch and got my permit, signed up for the MSF class on June 21st and 22nd 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/46 "2008-06-03T13:40:10Z")
> [@BluBalls](#): > > Went out to lunch and got my permit, signed up for the MSF class on June 21st and 22nd 🙂 :bigclap: ---
**Author:** ![almostBrett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/almostbrett/32/5249_2.png) [@almostBrett](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/almostBrett)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/47 "2008-06-03T13:47:13Z")
> [@Coldaccord](#): > > I’m actually considering buying an 08 ninja 250 next year for putting around town. new ones are hot. its so cool that they made them look the same as the rest of the ninjas finally a manufacture picked up on something ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/48 "2008-06-03T14:19:48Z")
except the 250’s can’t reach a hundo. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/49 "2008-06-03T21:10:32Z")
meh. I don’t need to do over a hundred on the street. i have a track bike for that ---
**Author:** ![frofan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@frofan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/frofan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/50 "2008-06-04T03:15:19Z")
Here is a CBR… [http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51104](http://nyspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51104) ---
**Author:** ![Schema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@Schema](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Schema)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/51 "2008-06-05T11:56:52Z")
> [@Coldaccord](#): > > meh. I don’t need to do over a hundred on the street. > > i have a track bike for that I wouldnt touch a 250. I took one on the expressway up to 65 and those damn things can’t get out of their own way. It’s one thing driving a POS honda that cant get a mile over 55, BUT you’re caged. Not a damn thing you can do on a 250. 65mph (crank the throttle)…66…(time passes)…67… etc I’m seriously opinionated about having the _ability_ to be proactive and reactive in a dangerous situation when you have nothing but pavement under your toes. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387/52 "2008-06-05T19:32:14Z")
if you don’t have any self control, you don’t need a bike at all. you can hurt yourself on a 250 also if you aren’t careful. it doesn’t matter if you buy a 600 or a 1000, it’s as fast as you want it to be. as long as you aren’t an idiot, you’ll be fine on a 600 cc bike. i just bought a cbr 600 F3 and i’m thrilled with it. comfortable, good learning curve, forgiving to my noob mistakes i made, and i’m nowhere near the limits of the thing and will not be for a long time. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-bike-r6-vs-cbr-600/49387.md?page=2)