welcome. along with the gs500, other good first bikes include the kawasaki ex500/ninja 500r and the ex250/ninja250r. all three are exceptional first bikes. they will allow you to learn to be a smooth rider.

Most people confuse that feeling of 'outgrowing' the bike in a few months with getting comfortable on it. In the first few months you are sill consciously thinking about everythingyou learned as well as what each of your 4 limbs are supposed to be doing all at once, AND keeping an eye on traffic, etc. Thats alot to take in and you'll probably be nervous.

After a few months, some of that starts to become second nature and you dont get so nervous when you ride. You'll start to think this motorcycling thing is easy and you'll then start to think the 500 is too small, not powerful enough and that you have outgrown it. Nonsense. THAT is specifically the time when you can really get to learn how to ride a bike properly. THe underpowered 'first bikes' will force you to learn good technique in order to ride well, to ride at a good clip in the twisties. Powerful bikes mask poor riding technque with horespower (you can speed through the straights to make up time from being slow through the corners). Use the smaller bike to learn to corner-THAT is the key to being a smooth, fast rider.

Learn to be a fast rider on a slow bike, instead of a slow rider on a fast bike. Then, when you do get up to the fast bike, you'll be even faster. It worked for me. I'veonly been riding 3.5 years total, about 1.5 years of that on my first bike, a 2001 gs500.

and im trying to do the same thing to get beter and then change to a biger bike wichthen....... auther people wont keep up at all