You should buy your dream bike for your first bike.
You start looking at all the new bikes out there and you quickly fall in love with your dream bike.
Usually, the bike is way more than you can handle as a beginner.
The point is that a beginner needs to keep their eye on the goal: Learn how to ride by taking an MSF course and then get a small used learner bike for six months to a year to practice riding skills. During this time a new rider will probably drop the bike several times, most in low speed or parking lot situations. These drops won't do much damage to the rider but could cause significant damage to plastic panels on the bike. A new bike will suffer the most damage cost.
Dream bikes may also have too much power for a newbie.
A simple momentary twist of the wrist going over a bump could cause a new bike to speed out of control or cross into an opposing lane of traffic too quickly for a newbie to respond.
So, as painful as it is, forego the dream bike until you become proficient in as many street skills as you can.
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