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Originally Posted by Grib_

You can't compare it to car ownership. My other half had a Honda S2000 before I even learnt to drive. We spent some time mucking about on an empty airfield with it and within an hour it was possible to get nice, long controlled slides and J turns out of it. You try an hour on a bike, from never having ridden before and see if you can slide it around/wheelie/knee down etc

Cars are forgiving, they don't fall over and throw you on the tarmac at speed when it goes wrong. I've had a decent speed crash in our Volvo T5 and sure, it hurt a little bit, but doing the same on the bike would have meant a trip to hospital I'm sure.

I'm sure you'll end up buying something expensive regardless and making the mistakes we're trying to warn you about on it. I just really wouldn't buy something that you want to be seen to own, rather than something that can give you a good riding experience and let you learn about bikes before buying a Superbike.

Wise words.

I fully agree.