Any pics of your R1, Min?
As for Alex's original question, I cannot add much to what Min has already said. In countries with tiered licencing you are forced to start out on a small cc / low hp bike, and work your way upwards.
Occasionally, an older 'new rider' can get away with jumping straight onto a larger bike, especially if they have a bit of dirtbike experience. Riding on dirt is vastly different to road riding however.
Alas, the way the licencing is structured here, most seem to think a 600cc is a suitable size for a 'starter' bike :shock:
I am not dissing corpse grinder (or anyone else that jumped straight onto a 600) here BTW, given the chance at 17 in the UK I wouldn't have been riding a 125cc
but with hindsight I am glad I was restricted to that size while I learnt to ride.
On the sport rider forums, a guy has in the last day or two posted: I just got a CBR900RR as my first bike and have just passed the training course.
Everyone is saying, "WTF? :roll: :shock:
" as their initial reaction! This guy is 29 BTW.