Hey Slim, welcome to the board!
First, that quote HAS TO BE for liability only and I'd get that in writing, cuz it sounds pretty low to me.
As for a beginner bike, like the others said, and as mentioned in the sticky thread in this area, I'd say you might want to consider something else if you dont have any experience. I think there are a few guys here that have gone with a busa as their first bike....and if you take it easy, yeah you might be OK.
The fact is that if its just you on the road then you can control things but the first time you get out in a group situation it all changes. A group can even be you and one other person riding. You know how it goes, "come on you are riding the fastest bike on the planet, can't you keep up?" We've all heard it at least once, and we've all caved at least once and jumped on it when we probably shouldn't have. Even the guys that tend to ride in the back of the pack tend to pick it up a bit from time to time in group settings and I've seen several times where new riders get outside of their skill range/confort zone and get into trouble. I hope you dont experience that however there are only two kinds of riders, those that have wrecked and those that will wreck. I'm in the "wrecked" category and fortunate enough to have walked away relatively unharmed (few broken bones). I'll tell you that no matter what I always ride with protective gear after that wreck, the only gear I had on was a helmet on when it happened.
To Cloud's point, yeah the GSXR1000 or ZX10 probably are even less forgiving than the busa, but the trick with a busa is that when you tell it to do something, it just does it, and figures you know what you are doing
For example, if you flick the throttle 1/2 open on a busa, it responds and very well could be out from under you quickly. If you do the same thing on a stock Katana 750 it will take off, but much less likely to get away from you. Likewise if you lean on the handlebars on a busa, gsxr1k or zx10 (counter steering) the bike will lay right on over, either changing lanes when you dont mean to or worst case, lowsiding the bike in a turn.
Something like a Katana will not react nearly as agressively and allow you to realize whats going on before you get into too much trouble
Anyway, just 2c worth of free advice.
And for suggestions on what to get if not a busa
Suzuki
Katana 750
SV 650 or 1000
Kawasaki
ZZR600
ZZR1200
Honda
VFR800 (probably the smoothest bike going - V4 engine)
Harley Davidson
VROD (yeah not really a sport bike but it will be my next bike to park beside my busa
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