A few people have said the same thing so not everyone disagrees, but the truth is I have my heart set so much on an R3. I love everything about them, the sporty look, the colours, it seems low enough for a dwarf like myself ;-) I have booked my CBT course for next week, so I have decided to see how i do, if I'm quite confident (but not over confident) I am going to go straight for the R3 as i would be planning to have it for a good few years before upgrading, if I'm useless and think i have to learn a lot more before going on the bigger bikes I'm going to get a 125 to practice on to learn everything I can.