The best advice that I can give you on that question is that you need to know what you want you want to ride. I think you should learn on a rocket or cafe bike because its easier to learn how to ride a cruiser than it is to ride a cafe bike. Turning on a cafe bike requires a lot of leaning. Cruisers are different. In other words, its a lot easier for a person to go from the cafe bike to the cruiser than vice a versa. Get something that is 750 or less would be safer but no matter what you ride, you have to understand that to much on that throttle will kill you. I learned on a 900RR. I passed the test on it but it would have been a lot easier to take it on a 500 cc cruiser. Hope that helps

First of all PLEASE get professional training. In the USA that means a Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) certified course. Proper rider training isn't expensive, doesn't take long, will save you money on insurance, and may save your life. And you don't need to own a motorcycle or even a helmet to take the course. The course may help you decide which bike to start with. The riding position on a cruiser is more like that of a bicycle and many people find that easier at first than the tucked-in position of a sport bike. Leaning into turns something both cruiser and sport bike riders learn. Sport bikes are built to lean further but those extreme "knee-on-the-pavement" turns you see sport bike riders doing isn't something beginners should attempt. Here is what a beginner should look for in a first bike: Height - You should be able to sit comfortably in the saddle and place both feet flat on the ground. You should be able to stand over the saddle with feet flat on the ground. If you can only reach with your toes or can't get both feet down at the same time, start on a shorter bike. Weight - You should be able to comfortably lift the bike from the kickstand to an upright position. If the bike is too heavy to lift you may have trouble keeping it upright in slow, tight turns. Experienced riders can handle larger, heavier bikes but I've found it best for a beginner to learn on a bike of a size that doesn't terrify them. If you are not worried about being crushed underneath the bike you will be able to focus on learning riding skills. One area where a beginner should not scrimp is engine size. A little 100cc bike will be light and easy to handle but most adults will quickly outgrow it. If you are a small person a 250cc might be okay on streets. If you ever ride on the freeway (or on highways or roads at freeway speeds) 350cc is probably the minimum you should consider. Even if you never plan to ride fast, there are times where engine "headroom" will get you out of a dangerous situation. Only start on an underpowered bike if you can immediately upgrade once you learn the basics. The safest bike is the right size for your experience level and the type of riding you do - neither too large nor too small. Hope this helps! Update 2006-09-22: Anyone that would "get into trouble" if they ride a larger bike is, IMHO, too immature to ride on the street. They should stick to roller skates and leave the roads to grownups. Too many "organ donors" think a scooter is safe but they are fooling themselves. This should be obvious but it isn't WHAT you ride, it's HOW you ride that matters. Cars can hit scooters and 125cc bikes just as easily as sport bikes and large cruisers. If you ride exclusively on campus or on residental streets and are small & light a scooter or tiny bike may be okay provided you are propertly trained and ride sanely. But if you ride on city streets among traffic you should have enough engine to keep up. It is dangerous to be underpowered when sharing the street with automobiles. The other thing that should be obvious is that all throttles start at zero. My 96" H-D Softail rides at 25 MPH as well as a 70cc scooter. The difference is that if I need a quick burst to get out of the way of an inattentive driver it's there. Not so with the scooter. A lot of dead guys thought a little scooter was safer than a big motorcycle. They were wrong. Intelligent riders choose a bike that isn't more than they can handle but also isn't too small for where & how they ride.

I wanna know if you can hold down the clutch and keep shifting down or you have to let go everytime you shift