Looking For the Best Beginner Bike

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Well Im looking for a bike that has some power but not enough so i wont kill myself but also enough so i can have a lil fun  and also something cheap to maintain, run, and keep. I know ppl in here will be a lil leaneant towards the gs500 but i was wondering what it has compared 2 other bikes.

You can kill yourself on anything. You just have to try hard enough.  I once promised myself I wouldn't buy the same bike twice, because I always wanted to try something different and to gain the experience of owning different bikes, but I liked the '90 I owned in Hawaii so much I bought a '94 when I got back to the states.

[Motorradneuling]

Some generally well respected, inexpensive and beginner-friendly bikes:

Cruisers:  Kawasaki Vulcan 500 LTD, Honda VLX Shadow 600
Std/Sport: Suzuki GS500E, Kawasaki Ninja 500R, Yamaha Seca II
Dual-Sport: Kawasaki KLR650

As Rema1000 alrady mentioned: great resource about beginner bikes:
http://www.beginnerbikes.com

-Neuling