Advice on bikes

[Kracka]

The problem with powerful bikes and new riders is that when they panic they grip harder, and when that happens the throttle gets twisted open more which causes more panic, and so on it continues.

Everyone I know who has started out on a bigger than appropriate bike for them (including some guys and 600cc sport bikes) has at the very least laid it down, worst case scenario you'll end up like a kid I hung with in high school and put your head into a tree at 120 mph. As you can imagine, that didn't end well.