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New here and curious. I've been admiring the 890 and 790 for a few years now and I want to pull the trigger on one. I have never own or rode a street bike but i grew up on a few 2 stroke dirt bikes growing up. Im 28 and i drive for UPS for a living. Is it crazy to shoot that high for a bike? Im in northern VA (suburbs/traffic) but right near some nice windy roads. I feel like a 600 would be worse for a beginner atleast a parallel twin would have some consistency I think. Please let me know your thoughts, go ahead and grill me if you need to lol
 
Discussion starter · #3 ·
(y) i appreciate the reply, helps more than you know. Ive been wanting a bike for years but waited till ive matured a bit (made more $ lol). I dont want the 390, because I know ill want to upgrade immediately. I know myself. People will call me naive but I drive for a living so I'm very aware of the dangers that other people pose more than myself. If i can control my outcome while applying the amount of training we use to look out for other drivers (i.e methods for intersections), I'm confident to pursue a bigger bike to learn on.