Quote Originally Posted by Gsxxr View Post
My wife knows how to ride for the most part. I just have to teach her how to deal with traffic and the street.

250's are not a great bike to learn on. They are two under powered for the street. They also are not that light. This bike is only a few pounds more then a 250 and lighter then a 500. Reason being its a sport bike and there not. Like i said it has a power mod switch that you can reduce the power from 1/3 3/4 then 100%. It also cuts back on how sensitive the tb is.

If something bad is going to happen it can happen on a 50cc or 2000cc bike. The size makes no indifferences when you hit gravel in the road or a car hits you.
Ya I forgot all about the power switch. I've had a 750 and a 600 but this was 3 years ago. On the 750 I crashed once because of the power and sensitive throttle response. And when I took my training course in California the lead instructor "red" pretty known guy in the riding circles in Cali he was bashing on people that get a race bike for their first bike during class and how a 250 is way better choice to learn first. Anyway I'll never forget that for some reason and I was shocked when he said it because I was like what the hell is a 250 gonna do but nowadays these 600's are faster than the 1000's of just a few years back. But anyways the power switch is a smart move by Suzuki.