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@DethBeard
I'm not sure how serious you are, @Dammit but getting a litre+ sportsbike as your first bike is a silly idea.
You really want to get something boring for a few months to learn to ride a bike properly.
Filtering, changing gears rapidly, checking every angle at the same time, etc. needs practice.
Coming from pushbikes helps to an extent, but it isn't entirely transferable.
I recently switched from a 60bhp 700cc to a 135bhp 1200cc and nearly binned it on the test drive.
1st gear is still lairy and catches me off guard, and I have years + lots of miles of experience.