Transitioning from one style to another.

[patrick_777]

I've been wondering something. I've ridden my GZ for only a tiny bit now, and walked through a bikeshop the other day that had the VStroms and Boulevards and a lot of other giant motorcycles there. I sat on a few and felt simply dwarfed by them (and I'm 5'9 225). These bikes were f'n huge.

Then I walked over to the sport bike side of the room, which had a smattering of sport tourers around. There were some GSX-Rs,YZFs , a Hayabusa. and a couple of some 600-650cc sporters (the R6, CBR600RR, ZX-6R...etc.) As I was looking at them, and feeling of the grips and how tall in the saddle they are, two questions came to mind.

1. If I were to try and migrate to a bigger bike, would the learning curve start all over again? I would already understand countersteering and weight shifting and cornering, but would the bike necessitate a totally new learning experience when I try to ride it?

2. Would the skills I'm learned here on my GZ really be that similar to a bigger big?