Greetings from the Lone Star State!

Howdy everyone, my name's Austin, and i'm from the Dallas area, been cruis'n the site for a while now and am going to take my M.S.F. course very soon now. Anyhow in a few months, in the blazing August heat i'll be moving away to college, and was hoping for some pointers toward a motorcycle that could putt around campus without so much ridiculusly too much power, and also handle the 400 mile round-trip to and from home cook'n and my dorm on the highway. I've heard nothing but great things about the Ninja 500, the motorcycle I'm currently in favor of, but am still a little worried about it's ability to drag my 220 lbs. rear around the country of Texas. So, any ideas anyone, all input from ya'll will weigh heavily on my decision, I trust ya. Thanks a bunch :)