[Hethj7]

I strongly agree that a smaller cc bike is the best bike to start on. The 250 Ninja is a great choice, as pointed out before. The only downfall to starting that small is that once you learn to ride you quickly want a larger bike. This may mean taking a loss reselling a small bike and then going through the whole process of finding another good bike to purchase. That is the only downfall I can think of to starting out on a small bike though.