first off welcome to the site and the weird and wonderful world of bikes!!!
i'd stick with the textile stuff you've got to begin with the leathers can wait.
there's plenty of choice on the bike front with hornets,sv 650's,bandits it just depend's on your budget
I have to agree with the other peeps. The SV is a cracking bike.
Cheap to buy/run/insure, plenty of fun and enough torque to enjoy yourself.
There are plenty of options avalable though!
The Minister for War and Finance (my other half) has a Kawasaki GPZ500S, light and easy to handle, but plenty of go if you keep it above 4500 rpm. A good first bike.
Good luck with your training and welcome to a very friendly forum.
My CBT instructor is, I think, going to take me of to a couple of places in Yeovil to have a look at bikes and to give me some advice but I am taking note of all of the suggestions made here too. I'm also hoping to actually get the bike in time for my Direct Access course since I think that it would be a good idea to get properly used to it before I am (hopefully!) let lose on the roads.
Yo welcome to the site ... im gonna have to be biased here and recommend the SV 650 as a first bike ... it was my first bike and still is very forgiving and sturdy as hell (Mines been airborne and it still works fine but a litle bruised) and it powers well =D
Anyway have fun and just testride them first
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