You've got to be kidding!! I just rean across an article "The Top Five New Motorcycles for Beginning Riders under $20,000".

He is recommending the Kawasaki Storm, Suzuki GSX1250FA, Triumph Daytona 675R, Ducati 848 EVO Base and the Yamaha YZF-R1. Now, I'm no safety nut, and I believe in freedom of choice, this guy is an absolute idiot moron for recommending any these bikes for a beginning rider. With the slight exception for the Kawasaki Storm, which doesn't even exist yet. But it's going to be a trike (if it does ever come out), but I wouldn't ever recommend a trike as a first bike either. They don't ride like two wheel motorcycles at all.