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In my experience I found that if I asked any biker what he thought I'd get, then they generally would be more than willing to despence thier brand of advice.
Before I bought my first motorbike, I got plenty of advice, and it generally sifted into 3 catagories.
They all generally have merit, however some of it was just from stupid fan boys.
Of course though, take it with a pinch of salt. Think about how long you want to keep the bike. Your age, weight, height and road experince. (wether you know how to drive cars or not.)

The toughest of the tough bikers always suggested getting something old, cheap, and easy to fix. Thier reasoning was because if you crash, which you will, you'll be able to fix it easily and cheaply getting you back on the road sooner. Older bikes generally tend to be tougher and can take more abuse to the engine and body.

The oldest wisest bikers always suggested getting something with a small motor, thats not going to run away from you, or kick you off the back when you're learning throttle control.

The youngest, dumbest bikers always suggested getting what you want, because once you learn you'll get bored and will want a bigger bike anyway.

What I did was I bought a Honda CD200, a basic delivery bike with a air cooled 200cc twin motor. A very basic motor, and a sturdy reputation. By the secound day I was already riding it to my friends house, and by the time I got back I had my first accident. I tried mounting a sidewalk and opened the throttle, gave it too much juice and the bike lurched forward though my front gate and up the front path, the front of the bike bounced off a pillar on my patio and lodged itself in the corner. I wasn't hurt, just had a bruise and a small cut, but it certainly was a wake up call.
Since parts where readily available, my Dad straightened out the shifter, and I bought new levers and had the bike going again by the end of the week.

I rode that bike for maybe more than two years. After the first year I wanted something bigger, as the young bikers had said. But what they hadn't told me was how good I got on that bike. Instead of just upgrading to a faster bike, I learned to corner better and to ride better in general to keep my speeds up.
So my advice I now despence is. Get something you feel physically comfortable on where your feet touch the ground but you don't feel super cramped. Something that doesn't fighten you, but that commands at least some respect so you don't just think of it as a toy. And something that is cheap and easy to fix.

You've probably heard this a ton already but...

You want a sport bike right? Well that little dirt bike is a great thing to learn on, that's what I learned when I started riding when I was 10, I got my first sport bike a Ninja 500R when I was 12 which is the best beginner sport bike in the world in my opinion (and I'm Suzuki loyal for the record) but anyways....sport bikes...are on a completely different level then that dirt bike. They are completely different to ride then enduro's. And I would not suggest anything over 500 for a first street bike, if you crash that 600...you might as well buy another bike unless you either buy all the sliders you can or just enjoy ******** up fairings. The performance level of 600's is rediculous, they're optimized for race track performance and that only reason I moved up from my CBR600RR to my GSX-R1000 was because I just love Suzuki and superbikes and I needed a bigger bike for longer rides and to compete in certain races at my local track. But I still don't think I even could handle all the performance of a 600. After riding that CBR for 3 years I don't think I even used it's maximum performance once, try as hard as I might.


What I'm trying to say is a 600 is not only a bit big for a first sport bike, but it's expensive to fix if you ******** up and also insurance is a s**t load higher from a 500 to a 600.

Get the 600 if you dare but I would advise against for a first sport bike.

a cbr600 is a race ready bike they are fast new riders need a like a ninja 250 or a honda shadow or something not 600

Hyosung has releaced a 650cc bike here in South Africa. They're going for dirt cheap cus no one knows or trusts the brand xp