I bought an RS250 for my first bike and love it and am still alive 3 months and 3500km later! Be careful with the power at first, I got a new one and had to run it in, hence got used to riding it before getting blowen away by that 2 stroke powerband. On the other hand it is risky investing all that money in a first bike, so an RS125 would be more sensible, but when was motorbike riding meant to be sensible!