Buy a bicycle and get a paper route? Honestly though, don’t buy the bike you dream of as your first bike. Hell, don’t buy any of your top 5 favorite bikes. Moslty because you’ll cry when you drop it another reason is that they will prob be too much for you. The VStar 650, while it’s not overly powerfull, is incredibly heavy for a beginner bike (512 lbs!). Imagine tiping that thing over …. it would not be fun to have to pick it back up again. And if you buy it new, it’s also very expensive. The best route for you would prob be to buy some used 90’s 250cc japanese cycle for under 1500$. These guys are plentiful, fairly bullet proof, and excellent to learn on. Hell you can ask the MSF instructors if any of the bikes they have are for sale. And there’s a another plus to buying a 10-15 + year old bike. You’ll get a crash course in motorcycle maitenence and repair . Oh ya another reason to forget about buying a new bike at your age you’ll be paying around 9-18% interest if you finance it. You’ll aslo be paying about 1/8th its value each year to an insurance company . So do yourself a favor get a used 250cc bike and spend the money you’ll save on college, get an education so you can get a good job so you can afford more expensive toys.