Share your opinions please !!

My girlfriend went straight from her CBR 125 onto a 04 R6 , she loves it and found the transition from 125 to the R6 very easy as it is a very forgiving bike ( unless you don,t want it to be )

yeah,the chundertwat,sorry,thundercat is a very versitile bike.good handling,stonking brakes and a realy,realy nice seat.nicko

Test ride,test ride,test ride.Only way to go.You may be pleasantly or not so pleasantly surprised by your options.

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Originally Posted by Jon_W

CBR 600F.

The best all round bike I've ever ridden. Quick, handles well, reliable, easy to ride and even practical.

The only other I'd recomment is the SV. Mine was my first big bike and eight years later I still love riding it and have no intention to sell.

Not as practical as the Honda, but cheaper to buy and sounds a lot better.

The wild card is the Yamaha Thundercat. Grossly underrated and very cheap. Well built and goes well.

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Couldn't have said it better meself. The Honda was the best all round bike I've owned, but the Thundercat was more comfortable and a better tourer. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

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Originally Posted by Mark_Able

[quote author=Jon_W link=1274547436/15#29 date=1274798743]CBR 600F.

The best all round bike I've ever ridden. Quick, handles well, reliable, easy to ride and even practical.

The only other I'd recomment is the SV. Mine was my first big bike and eight years later I still love riding it and have no intention to sell.

Not as practical as the Honda, but cheaper to buy and sounds a lot better.

The wild card is the Yamaha Thundercat. Grossly underrated and very cheap. Well built and goes well.

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Couldn't have said it better meself. The Honda was the best all round bike I've owned, but the Thundercat was more comfortable and a better tourer. [smiley=thumbsup.gif][/quote]

Can vouch for the Thundercat, mine's a daily rider and is genuinely all-day comfortable yet more than sporty/quick enough for road use. Never ridden a CBR600F so can't comment but have heard pretty much identical remarks.

In comparison, the '08 Yamaha R6 i took for a test ride was immaculately smooth on the open road (as a nearly new at the time bike should be) but was far too snatchy and twitchy in town for me to live with every day.

One thing I would add is that the t'cat is usually a bit cheaper for similar age/condition than the honda but is a bit rarer to find, and therefore not always as easy to find aftermarket bits (cans, accessories, that kinda stuff) because the CBR was so much more common.

Chris!

oops double post :(

Having started on a 98 model cbr 600 last year i can say it was an amazing bike as a first bike, very very comfy, easy in the bends and has good acceleration. I know have a 2007 sv 650 sport, masively different, I don't find it as comfy due to the engine braking hurting your wrists after a while but it's a very light and very capable,

although if your looking 2005 etc it's the cbr 600 rr your looking at isn't it?

Which looks a LOT more racey and may not be as comfortable