[Burphel]

Late to this, but I'm happy to hear you jumped at that SV. As others have mentioned, a 300 can be rather frustrating for non-race trackdays. Once you're fast on one, it gets a bit better, but learning to get fast on one is probably the hard way to do things. Unless there's a kart track around that'll let you run one, then it's game-on.

For a standard sized track, SVs are a great mix of power and handling. Enough speed to keep you safe from straight-line heroes, and enough of everything else to pass 'em in the curves. Until you're getting into racer territory, they're almost as easy on tires as a Ninja. And they're abundant enough that if you encounter a mechanical problem and/or do some high-speed gardening, every paddock will have people and parts to help fix it.