So you want a sportbike for your 1st bike....

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Originally Posted by Cutty72

After track day one, I can say when track riding, starting out smaller will definatly improve your abilities more.
I found myself "making up" for my poor technique with the motor in the straights.
With a 600 or smaller one would be forced to learn better cornering to get the same lap times.

This may be true if you only gauge your progress with lap times, but that is a silly thing to do anyways. I only barely started looking at them recently, and I still don't use them much. Smoothness and lines are a million times more important than laptimes. Pictures and video are priceless tools to help you gauge your progress.

One issue is that very small displacement bikes take very different lines and don't brake as much. Learning to brake hard and trailbrake is an important skill.

A 600 is not a bad bike to learn to ride on the track.