[Alphamale]

The reason people "blow it out of proportion" is that unless you've ridden around in a 250/400cc or small cc bike a fair amount taking hard corners and stuff, it is much harder to understand the throttle/body/turning control if you start with a 600cc.

You don't go to the gym and start doing two plate squats, why would you learn a motorcycle on a 600cc? Then again, this is Canada and we're relatively limited in our selection of low cc bikes.

My opinion comes from owning and riding a 400cc (standard) bike for a few months. It was a breeze to learn on and very forgiving. It was very easy to control throttle and go into turns and adjust mid-way. When I first rode my 600cc, it was a heavy ass mother fucker that performed in no-way like 400cc in ANY aspect. It took some thinking to understand how to make the 600cc ride like the 400. Took me a while before I could take a corner faster, harder, and more confident.

If I could, I'd still ride a 400cc. It's the perfect commuter bike, cheap on insurance, you can't really get in trouble (speed), and it's a fucking blast in the twisties with it being so light.

So no, people aren't blowing it out of proportion. It is completely true (you think Dat, Karmer, Chris, and Horse are lying to you?) that lower CC to start with is great. Besides, The Doc started racing scooters and worked his way up....what makes you think you're better than him? lol