Kiku2sleeppeepoo make up your mind you say heavy bikes aren't an advantage and then you say it is bad to be doing wheelies. Well a heavier bike doesn't wheelie as easy. And if a learner gets someone on the back of a light bike and takes off, he might just wheelie clean over ,because he didn't realize the difference having someone on the back would make. I been riding off and on since 1976, street and dragstrip only, no dirt. I haven't seen any advantage to smaller bikes unless you aren't tall enough to get on a bigger one. It doesn't matter if it is a 600 or 1200 if the guy doesn't respect it, and doesn't have the intelligence to ride it, it will probably end badly. A bigger more stable bike seems more comfortable on the freeway to me. A smaller bike that may seem easy to corner may lure the inexperienced into thinking they can carve corners and next thing you know, road rash! I want all the weight I can have when I run over a cat or whatever in the road(adds stability). I'll state my opinion and he can listen to all the opinions then make up his own mind, if he gets killed it isn't my fault or yours, it is his. First motorcycle I rode was in 1975 I just took it for a ride, didn't own it, it was a 500 Kawasaki 3cyl. 2-stroke and it was more of a handful than most bikes today. Crappy brakes, abrupt acceleration, etc. I would have been noworse off if it had been a 900 kawi. ZX9 is one of the best new bikes for the money.
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