i learned on a 600, 10 minutes after putting my leg over it, i was already twisting full throttle on second gear, never really want all crazy on first
then got an older 1000, and second gear used to scare me, i thought i was gonna fly off, few weeks after i was doing wheelies on first gear, now with my newer 600, i just hit it in first gear, bearly comes up and i keep going till i run out of 6th gear