Hi all, happy to finally join the forum. (Would be happier if I moved from Arctic suburban Chicago to someplace I can ride more than 6 months a year.) Rode a friends VF500 in high school, and fell in love with the VFR700 in college. 2 of them (1 white and 1 dark blue) were always parked by my route to class. Finally got my own white '87 and it took me everywhere until I got a silver '03. Now the white gen8 is calling me....but I still love my '03. I can have both, right? Anyway, glad to be here.