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The Hornet, SV650 and Fazer are all a fair bit more bike for your money, look much better and in the case of the Fazer and Hornet are usefully quicker too.
The CBR would be an excellent choice but you'll be looking at an older model, comparatively, for that money.
Try as many bikes as you can and go with the one you like the feel of best, they are all fairly comparable. For example the Hornet and Fazer are fairly well matched in terms of power, the Fazer has the edge for motorway miles, tank range and braking but its hideously ugly and possibly not quite as good to hoon about on as a Hornet. ____________________ Triumph Daytona 675 track bike + girlfriend's Honda Hornet 600
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The bandit is more of a commuter bike (although they do take to been thrown around). Out of the options of bikes that you posted (and for what you want) I would go for a CBR600F  ____________________ Suzuki GSF600 K3 (in the fastest colour, black).
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Contrary to one of the posts above, since Ive had the mispleasure of the SV650 and Ive also owned a hornet for a few months, I would say that if you are out for the hoon only it would make much more sense to go for the CBR.
The SV seems like a good bike on the surface, quite cheap, nice touches like a digital dash, nice ish gear box, good sound etc. In reality its a budget bike, built and finished to a budget and thus at times it can produce a very budget ride! Mine was nice for pottering about but its shortcomings were apparent within a couple of weeks. I had crashed a CBR6 quite badly and needed some confidence back so intentionally took a backward step hoping that I could gain confidence. I was led to believe that the SV could 'punch above its weight' but the reality was far removed. What I ended up with was a bike that hated to be pushed and would often border on dangerous if given any rough treatment at speed. It had a very cheapo bouncy suspension, coupled with poor brakes that made keeping up with bikes of a similar class very uninspiring. The power is pathetic at anything over 60 and to be fair is pretty breathless most of the time. This isnt to say the Hornet is a fire breathing track monster by comparison but it certainly had more punch and waved the white flag a lot later when shown a set of challenging bends. I would personally put the Bandit somewhere in between the two but would prefer the hornet if I was given the choice. You could always get an SV and throw GSXR parts at it so that you had an awesome suspension set up, but you would be left with the underpowered ditchpump underneath anyway.
The only reasons to go for one of the softer options (Bandit, Hornet, SV) is the budget you are on and the state of your back. Although the CBR is very comfortable when compared with modern 600's its still not exactly an arm chair, especially if you have any pre existing bother. The budget aspect is that for £2k you would get a much younger, lower mileage SV than you would a CBRF or hornet.
As far as the 600 being too big a jump, thats entirely up to yourself, your won confidence, your own control and your own choice!
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Hi
I was in the exact same position as you when i passed my test at 17.
I was stuck between the cbr 600 or the bandit 600.
And i went for.........the bandito
Undoubtedly the cbr will be a bit quicker, but i love the looks of the bandit and how it can do anything you can ask of it in comfort
Plus one of the good points of a bandit is they are so customisable, and you can quite quickly have a personalised bike if your into that stuff
If i was to say anything negative though it would be it is quite revvy on the mway, i am always looking for a 7th gear. Sits at 6k at 70mph
Weight is not an issue at all as once you are moving you do not notice it and if anything makes it more stable. And when not moving a chap of your size should be fine I am very similar to you in size and throw it around easily enough
If you go for the bandit i would recommend jacking it up, i jacked mine up last week and it feels so much more agile  |
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