Maybe you should try a kapchai with clutch and familiarize yourself with it. If can, get a second and make it your learning bike. Kapchai not so heavy and spare parts are abundance in the market and also cheap easy maintenance. Don't be like me, buy bike then crash the week after. I had no prior experience and people keep telling me it's like riding a bicycle. But if you insist, go for the sym, just be careful of it's weight and since it's 250cc pickup would scare you abit.