Looking to buy an older beginner bike for the wife!

[rboe]

With luck she will out grow the bike, but I think that is the idea. You start out small so you are not intimidated by the bike. There is so much else going on, trying to handle a bike that is too big for the early stages of learning may just turn the learner off the the whole thing.

We used to start out with 125's then move up through 360's, 450's etc. Usually peaked out at 750's. Seems counter productive to start out with 750's or bigger. Some folks CAN start out with a big bike but I think they are the exception.