I recently purchased a Suzuki s40 and love it. It is geared perfectly for city commuting and does fine on shorter highway rides.
I have put 1500 miles on it so far and it has been trouble free. Also, I love the simplicity of the bike. At first I wanted a Yamaha V Star 1100, but was told that I had to remove part of the exhaust pipes to change the oil filter. Then I learned that fuel mileage varies from the hi 30’s to the 40’s per miles to a gallon. With gas going to 4 bucks I want something that is very stingy on gas.
Heck, I could buy one of those little Toyota cars and nearly get that kind of mileage with it. I do recommend to s40 for manageability, fuel economy, ease of maintenance, reliability, very reasonably priced, and pure fun. ek