vfr400 vs cbr600

looking to buy my first pocket rocket, gonna stick to them for a year to get innsurence down before go on to the bigguns, been drawn to theese two [sorry lisdexic] any one got any experience whith theese two, pros cons etc, or any other recomendations?
much appreciated , thanks.

I've not done a search on your posts so forgive me for asking....

what bike are you riding now?

I've not had a vfr400 but I've got tons of experience on bikes from an old SL125 all the way to a VF1000R.