very excellent bike for beginers, its my second day on it and im already doing 30mph, find a big parking lot and walk with it for like 5mins and then turn it on and give it some gas. just dont go learning too fast. dont get a big 1000 yet. theyre too heavy for beginners and if your not used to the weight of a 600 then your sure to drop it and cause about 500-600$ damage to a single ferring.