Hello friend, great video, I recently bought my first motorbike, Suzuki Bandit 600N from 1998, I've been driving it for a few months and I can tell you that it is very good and obedient, but also very fast and smooth when needed.

It is a beautiful bandit indeed. I have the bigger bandit a few decades back. Beautiful engine sound once it started 😉. Great share, good advice offered, stay blessed and safe, your friend Traveller MIA 🇬🇧

@AllTheBikes

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The bike had been in the shed for awhile, I wasn't sure if it was going to start at all :) Bandit's don't seem very popular in my area although I do see them from time to time. They seem much more popular in the U.K. Be safe and remember all to wear all that gear!

I've been riding 47 years and I thought you gave really good advice to new riders, especially considering that you haven't been riding that long. I agree on the 400cc bikes being good starter bikes. I definitely don't recommend the 250cc street bike size I think they require more skill. And I would add that dual purpose bikes are great beginner bikes as long as you can deal with the seat height and 250 to 650 cc is perfectly fine. But when it comes to street bikes two cylinder twins from 400 to 650 like the Ninja 400 and the Suzuki SV650 are great beginner bikes that you may not outgrow. Although new writers probably can't help themselves but I definitely wouldn't recommend what I call track bikes like 600 cc and up sport bikes with full fairing and Track suspension.

@AllTheBikes

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Hey I appreciate that. This is not one of my more popular videos. As I have progressed in riding, I tend to think of beginner bikes as light bikes with low torque and a steady predictable acceleration curve. Unfortunately, It seems like the bikes with lower seat heights seem to be cruisers. So, for shorter people, I recommend cruisers. I think that being able to flat foot bikes is really important for beginners. You, know those intersections where you have to stop on a steep uphill and on a curve. For teens, I always recommend a Grom or a Grom clone. They are tons of fun, forgiving on mistakes, relatively cheap and a great starting point to see if you want to progress to full sized bikes. For tall, skinny guys I'd recommend a ninja 400, svartpillen 401or vitpillen 401 or something in that class, or if they are looking for like an "adventure" style bike then something like a versys 300. For new riders with no mechanical ability, and not wanting to learn, buy something new. Let the dealership deal with the maintenance and issues that may come up. Personally, I like OLD BIKES. ;)

@papatorr3669

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@@AllTheBikes All good points. I have a 2002 Bandit 600 S with a lowered seat that has great ergonomics for me at 5'4". But I'm selling it for at least two reasons: One is that I picked up a Bandit 1200 S this week, and although I still appreciate the 600 S being appreciably lighter and handles well and still gets up to speed. The other is that the SV 650 that I have is lighter, quicker, and better handling yet. The 1200S feels quite a bit heavier than the 600S pushing it around, but the 1200S is close to 100 lb lighter wet weight then my Honda Sabre V65, which I'm also selling almost entirely because of its weight, my being 64, and deciding to go to lighter bikes. So no more 600 lb plus wet weight bikes for me.

you sound like cycle cruza...