Hi I just bought my first street bike last week. It is VFR800 2002 11k miles on it. I was checking out some other bike before (smaller SV's and so on) but it didn't feel right. Then I sat on the VFR and rode it for a test ride and it felt like made for me ;o) So I bought it it was just double the price what I planed to spend but who cares ;o) I've been riding dirt for a while now and figured it would be nice to get on the street as well. Now I'm waiting for the stickers (registration) and then cruise the CA roads. There are some realy helpfull posts in this forum. Keep the rubber side down and ride save Marco :vtr2: