Anthony, welcome to this side of the fence!
The best I will recommend is some of the newer bikes from Tamiya. (For Harleys I can't help you off the top of my head, but I've seen some kits around.) Everything from the RC211V's (Honda MotoGP bikes) onwards are just great. Goes together much better than some of the earlier bikes, fits are snug - I'd say oerfect for a first attempt.
Not aware of your modelling skills, esp on the painting/masking front. If that mat be an issue, keep it in mind for certain of the liveries! You don't need any special tools except maybe for the correct TS paints, because some of the MotoGP bikes have very specific colour requirements - if you go that route, that is. They also have some awesome roadbikes recently released that you can, of course, paint your favourite colour.
Personally, I (and a lot of the others) mostly remove the chrome plating completely and respray, which takes that issues out of the way and gives you a closer to real finish. However, you can touch it up with something like Tamiya chrome silver (x32?) paint if you don't want to go that way...
If you want to, you can also have a peek over at GB's - there is both a MotoGP GB and a street bike GB running.
Good luck and enjoy! Ask if there's any questions!