The original post I was referring to said beginners should buy a small used learner bike before buying their dream bike. The point I'm (apearantly not very successfuly) making is that this may make sense for some but not all.
If your dream bike is a go-fast-as-hell crotch rocket, then yea, learn how to handle something less powerful first before you kill yourself. They ingridient here being horse power.
In my case, the little 250cc learner bike didn't prepare me at all for what it was like to eventually handle the bike I now ride. The key ingridient here is weight.
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