Quote Originally Posted by Aaron View Post
Personally, for ME, the BMW is a better starting bike than my SV1000S was. The S1000RR is not only better and sharper in every way, but it's also much more forgiving, and feels much more natural to me.
Dammit, now I have to sell my SV1k! Thankfully that BMW is way pricier than I'm willing to spend, so I guess I'm sticking with the SV, for now.

On topic, I agree getting any type of sport bike, liter or 600, for a first timer is insane. Mine was a first street bike, but I also have been riding dirt bikes all my life. I agree with what someone else said, riding on dirt first is an excellent way to teach bike handling, throttle control etc. It's also cheap and fairly forgiving of mistakes, which isn't the case on the street.