| If you survive the bike (which is possible but odds are not in your favor) you will develop much faster. Two things will happen. 1. You will baby it for a long time because of your lack of experience with that kind of power. On a smaller bike you will be able to push it much harder while your skills develop. You won't fear that if you grab too much throttle you'll wheelie or spin the rear. I learned on a GS500 and it was worth every second I had on that bike. I learned more in a year on that bike that I would have learned in two years on my current bike. I ride a Daytona 675 now and its a night and day difference in almost every way. I'm glad I had the time to learn the basics on a bike that wouldn't punish me if I made a mistake, of which I made many in my first year. 2. You will use the displacement as a crutch. You will stand it up through corners then power out and through straights. You'll think you're fast because you pull away from all the 600's but they'll be on your ass again when the turns come. And as far as your Z analogy, you are exactly wrong. Z drivers are the same way. I've seen quite a few people in high powered cars do the exact same thing. Learning to push a slower car will teach you a lot more about technique. You have to be more precise so you can cary what little speed you have through a corner. In the Z you can just brute force out of a corner and look fast even thought they inched through the corner. Don't take this as too much of an insult. A lot of riders are just tired of the "but I'm the exception when it comes to high displacement sport bikes" "but I'm more responsible than everyone else" arguments. We're only looking out for your safety.
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