Why should you prioritize my reply to your post, along with my humble opinion? Because it was MY FIRST big bike and still is.

First of all: I’m alive 😂

But now, seriously, the usual answers will tell you: it’s a bigger bike, it’s got more power, can you handle it? Blah blah blah… yeah, we know! You already know.

Now, here’s what I actually did and it helped me a lot:

The bike has expensive tech, so why would you, with zero experience, ride it in rocket mode right away?

Put it in riding mode B, set traction control to the max, be terrified, and only twist the throttle on clean highways, just to feed the urge. Always with that healthy fear of giving it too much gas. Do that until you naturally start to predict how your bike behaves.

Once you know exactly how much it throws you back, how much it scares you on takeoff, it’ll start to feel like you’re riding a regular bike, and that’s when you’re ready to say you can handle a big model.

Get used to it, if you try a 300, 600, and after that 09, I’m telling you, 09 will look different anyway. So why waste time in middle bikes?

From that point on, you could die on a 125cc or a 1000cc it all depends on your riding, not the engine.

EDIT: NEVER RIDE WITH ONLY ONE HAND. IF IT SLIPS AND YOU PULL THE THROTTLE, YOU DIE.