I have 7 years experience on a 230 honda dirt bike. Now I'm in college getting my bike license next month. I'm looking for a good starter bike and wanted to know some opinions. I'm thinking either a Ninja 500r or a Suzuki GS 500 which both are about 500cc, I don't want anything small then that.

I like the Ninja for the liquid cooling and the looks and I like the Suzuki because I can find them naked. Either way I will be buying used and I seem to find a lot of them for the $3,000 price range that I'm looking for. Thanks in advance.