# Looking to buy a bike this summer..

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-buy-a-bike-this-summer/266682
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [April 4, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-buy-a-bike-this-summer/266682 "2013-04-04T04:43:54Z")
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### Author: ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-buy-a-bike-this-summer/266682/26 "2013-04-04T15:57:50Z")

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> [@Ginger and Garlic (Southtowns)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ginger-and-garlic-southtowns/52250/7):
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> If you want sportbike style with relative comfort and easily manageable power, take at look at used SV650’s or the new CBR500R…or the one on my shopping list the KTM Duke390 if you are looking at tards.

I’ll add Honda 599 (if you can find one), Kawi Ninja 650R/ER6N and Yamaha FZ6. None of these are great first bikes but aren’t any worse then a mid-sized cruiser, they are plenty sporty, and most of them hardly have any plastic (a plus in my book - love nakeds) and the power is not too crazy on them.

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