What are good beginner motorcycles?

I am 17 years old an 5'8.





I want to know what are good beginner motorcycles (anything from 250cc to 500cc)





Are they reliable and do they come from reliable companies.What are good beginner motorcycles?
Pretty much the universal answer for anyone wanting to get a beginner sport bike is the Ninja 250. They're very cheap, have a good parts base, are very forgiving to ride, and are always in high demand, so when you outgrow it, you will be able to sell it within a week and make back most of what you paid for it.





The excellent thing about the Ninja 250 is that it is a good base for learning the basics about sport bike riding with reduced danger of getting in horsepower-related screw-ups (i.e. grabbing way too much throttle in a turn and going somewhere other than the road or blasting the throttle after hitting a pothole and sending the bike into orbit...) That said, it can still get out of it's own way, and has a top speed of over 100mph, so highway work at ~70 is no major issue compared to, say, the Rebel which would be running out of steam at highway speeds.





As for reliability, the Ninja needs routine maintenance, but if you perform this maintenance, you will have a reliable bike that will last you much longer than you may want to ride it (if you are intent on moving up). If you don't want to move up after the 250, that's cool too, it will easily give you 30k-40k miles of low-weight high revving enjoyment. And for how cheap it is to buy, that's pretty great.





If you buy used, you will probably make back everything you paid for it if you paid less than 2k for it.





Another option, which is good if a little harder to find is the Ninja 500, which will definitely give you more room to grow, but still has low enough horsepower to teach you how to ride a sport bike *correctly*.





The Suzuki GS500 is in the same boat as the 500 Ninja, with the added bonus that you can get it as a 'naked bike' which has fewer plastic pieces on it for you to break if you would happen to drop it, which you most likely will on your first bike. I'm not being condescending, it happens to all of us at one point in time or another.





Maybes:





Buell Blast: 500cc, very good for a shorter rider, lots of torque, but good luck trying to sell it when you're done with it.





Ones I would not consider:





Honda Nighthawk: I love the look of this bike, standards are pretty much the best in my opinion, but it is far too underpowered, and the suspension and braking systems are sub-par at best (Front drum brakes? lolwhat)





Hyosung Comet: I wouldn't get this as a starter bike... yet. They seem to make decent bikes, but they're just getting started here in the US, so I would give them a couple years to get everything settled, and they may be a major challenger to the Ninja 250 for 'best starter bike ever.'








In short: Get the Ninja 250. They're cheap, they're plentiful, they're easy to ride, they teach you good habits, and if you want to move up to something bigger, you will be able to make back most of your investment in less than a week of listing it.What are good beginner motorcycles?
im also 17 and my first bike is still a Kawasaki ZX6R..... i actally wanted somting that had a little sepped on it!!!!!!!!!! because serously how fast is a 250 maybe 100mph NOT a good highway bike. i mean my girlfriend and me have been going up 2 bestbuy 2 look at new TVs and i have to go 70mph on the highway
bestbeginnermotorcycles.com is a real website, and highly favors the Kawi Ninja 250 and other small bikes. Size is the most important thing, both physical mass and engine displacement. Another good starter is the Honda Rebel 250, although it's kinda lame. But $400 cheaper than a Ninja.
Yer gonna buy what you fall in love with dude, but whatever you do spend $200 and take the safety class.
suzuki gsx 400


kawasaki ninja 250 or 500