What is a great starter motorcycle?

I have found an '87 Honda CBR1000 for a good price on craigslist, but I don't know if 1000cc's will be too much or not.

I really like the look of the bike, and wouldn't mind have it. I have a budget of around $1,000-$1,500.

Not only too big, but the wrong kind of bike to be learning on. AND too old! A bike this old, you can have just one problem after another on it. And parts are not easy to find.

It can do over 150 mph. That's not too much.

It is a great starter motorcycle if you just want to park it and admire it and sit on it imagining you are racing.
It is a pitiful motorcycle to learn how to ride, to actually ride, to go places.

With a budget of $1,000-$1,500 you can get a big old bike to keep repairing small things breaking; or you can get a small reliable motorcycle to ride.

So what do you want? Repair or ride?

While learning how to ride a 1000cc sport-bike is like buying stainless screws to hold a cardboard coffin together because they don't rust.

Find someplace to teach you a few things about riding and it seems that you should start off by taking a MSF Basic Riders Course OR you'll be dead in a couple hundred feet down the road.

They didn't make the CBR 1000 until 2004! Do you mean an 07? Either way you will not get any CBR 1000 for $1500 anywhere
The earlier CBR 900s were introduced around 1992 ish

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