At first my girl wanted to get a 675!!!
After a few weeks I had talked her down to the ninja 250. Do you really wanna kill yourself before you get good at riding? No. Do you really wanna drop your brand new baby? No. Buy a shitter, drop it, beat on it, learn to ride on it, then get your dream bike... Thats what I did with a 97 POS Gixxer 750... Sure it sucks ridin with people who have brand new beautiful bikes, but it's only temporary.