haha.. wow, I go to bed and I get lots of good responces. this site is awesome. O hey.. I don’t really hate the GS500. I LOVE Suzukis… they look and ride great! I’ve just read a “couple” of things I don’t like about the GS500.. and it is a whopping 63 lbs more than the other ones. Perhaps later I can move up to the Suzuki.. for now I think I’ve been talked into a Kawasaki 250. That’s the bike that I’m learning on in the MSF course, so I will probably be used to that afterwards. My boyfriend and I are going to go to the dealership and see if they have any just for me to sit on and test it. I am thinking I should go with an older one though. just because I KNOW it will get dropped. Plus, I’m super into stunting, so somewhere down the road, I’m gonna need a bike for that hahaha,