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@PhilDAS
Consider how much restraint you know you have. Going from nothing to a 600 in a month if you know yourself to be a little heavy handed might see you in a bush/ditch or worse.
The learning curve is steep and even if you've driven cars for years, there's nothing like sitting on a 170kg machine with more power than the average hatchback that'll do 0-60 in under 4 seconds.
As everyone agrees, you will do most of your learning after your test.
I'm personally really happy I went the way I did. I found riding the 125 frustrating, gear changes where lurchy and the bike would be happy in basically any gear at 20mph which is not the case on larger bikes. It did not feel natural turning, I had the rear wheel slip a couple of times given the size of the tyre being little more than a MTB tyre and I scraped the foot peg on the ground once or twice.
At the same time it was a lot of fun being out on my own riding around town.
Swings and roundabouts
My first bike:
Suzuki GSR600. Very easy to ride, forgiving, a lot of fun. Cost me £1,700 with 7000 miles on the clock
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