I have gotten the motorcycle bug, and have been looking at a few sport bikes lately. I mostly been looking at Kawasaki Ninjas, Yamahas and Hondas. I know nothing about motorcycles, so I am asking the knowledgable members of this board to help me out here. The type of design that I would like to get is something like the photo below. My questions are:
1) What would be a great sportbike to get for under $8000 that is new (preferably 2004-2005 year)?
2) Which manufacturer is know to be very reliable with sport bikes?
3) What are common and known problems with sport bikes?
This kind of bike is what I would be interested in:
Thanks in advance for the input!