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Old 12-31-2008
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Default Is an R1 a good bike for a beginner 17 year old to start with?

my boyfriend is 17 about 6'4"and 220 and is wanting a bullet bike badly, he has his mind set on a Yamaha yzf R1, and wants nothing less, he had ridden atv's and dirt bikes very little previous to this, but wants that to be his first bike....i tell him he needs to start smaller but what do i know. help me is this a good bike for him to start with or is he gonna kill himself?
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Old 05-13-2009
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+1 for killing himself . even an R6 maybe over kill for beginner . Start looking for a new man now .
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