Former Harley Rider, Wanting a Sport Bike, Not a sport tourer, But Which one?

[JohnZ]

I want some thing from 600cc-750cc. I don't really know if I will like it, so I want something used that is cheap so I can give sport bike riding a chance. Though you can rent and test drive a Harley, good luck finding a place to test ride a sport bike. I want something I can resell for what I paid for it, private sale of course. Also looking for something that will be smooth on the throttle. I hear some sport bikes get be a bit twitchy as they build RPM's. No I am not interested in a 250cc or 500cc. I have heard all the safe riders saying start out small, I have driven fast things all my life, I am old enough to respect them. If I eat it, it better be in a blaze I never come back from, lol.

Last but not least how many years can I go back and still have a decent bike. Kinda want to stay below $5K. One more thing, I see so many salvage titled bikes out there. Are they even worth the look? I would never trust a car salvage titled, but I know bikes get totaled by insurance companies so easily.

[buphe00]

good luck finding a new bike for under 5k, i have rode all of them, my favorite the yamaha R-6. its smooth and you really have to get on it to pull it off the ground. And i think its the best looking bike on the market!