In my opinion, I think that a great multitude of people ride R6’s. I would think that most new riders have similar tastes in sportbikes to me. Their dream bike is to get a R6. A lot of young riders also like to aspire to the R6, yet some just go straight to it. The unfortunate downfall to that is some newbies totally wipe out their new bikes because they just aren’t used to riding a bike yet, much less one as aggressive as the R6.

Not only is their pride hurt from falling, but the new bike is trashed, which equals a big bill to pay. That particular fear has kept me from making that kind of choice. It’s a good thing too because as I said before, I used to drop my bike a lot.

In any case, to get back on track, I have heard that a lot of female riders tend to migrate towards the R6. I think that the key feature is the seat height. Now let me explain. It is not that the height is any lower than other 600s, in fact it’s the opposite. But it is the narrowness of the bike that allows many women, being vertically challenged and all, to get more feet on the asphalt.

However, the R6 isn’t a bike that you can really stereotype to any type of person. (Yes, you can! -Editor) Everyone likes it for one reason or another. (I don’t! -Editor) It just seems to be an all around bike that can be molded towards any type of personality. The only cautionary question I would ask is “Are you ready for it?”

In my eyes, the progression for a person who has never ever ridden a bike before should go from a 250cc bike, to a low end 600cc, then to a higher end 600cc. Once you get the hang of those, you’d be able to handle anything in that class with slight adjustments to the type of bike. Then people usually step up to an 1000cc bike. Those who’ve got the hang of that seem to be able to go anywhere after that. So when learning, take it easy.

Who rides a R6? Anyone!

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