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Originally Posted by Martian
I try not to get too invested in engine size. It's an important factor in how the bike handles, but it's not the only one.
Like Crompsin, I'm really a cruiser guy and don't know a whole lot about sport bikes. I've been out on one, didn't like it, that was that.
Still, a little 250cc Ninja can make you just as dead as a 600cc Shadow can. I wouldn't want someone having a false sense of security, thinking that there's some sort of indefinable safety factor to a smaller bike that isn't really there.
Safe riding practices > engine size.
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It's not that smaller bikes 100% safe it's that they get out of control much less easily. Out of the 3 of my close friends who are dead from motorcycle accidents, 2 of them died because they started on a bike with too much power.
While I'll admit that it's not as big of a factor for cruisers, a couple hundred ccs and a different engine configuration can easily make a difference.
Also, a new rider should be concentrating on all the other things on the road rather than keeping an engine under control.