Ok, not including my dirt bike days I have been riding about 4 years and 47,000 miles on my shadow. Bought it on a Friday, let me son ride it on a Saturday and he went and got one on a Monday. What a push over. Now we ride as a father son (and my daughter some times) team but now looks like it will be a father son (and my daughter some times) and his girlfriend team. I'm happy for him. She likes motorcycles and has always wanted one. She's a keeper.