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Of course, i realize that i am totally in the minority here.



No you're not, Mark. Little ol' me way over here in SoCal(see me wavin' at ya, dude???) agrees with ya TOO!

I only added the SV650 into my suggestion because I felt that some of the other folks around here might have made a reasonably good point about "quickly outgrowing a smaller displacement machine".

I actually think the GS500 twin would be Nathan's friend's better choice for street riding to begin on. In fact, my first motorcycle back in the day(1967, to be precise) was a little bitty Honda 50 when I was but a pup of 15.

And I also probably included the SV650 here because I don't know how heavy Nathan's friend is?! And don't forget the average american is quite a bit "bigger boned"(read:FATTER) than they were back durin' the ol' "Summer of Love" days of 1967 TOO, amigo.

(thanks in large part to our propensity to OVER-FRIGGIN'-EAT nowdays, ya know...but I digressed here...which of course as you may have noticed over these years, I HAVE a "propensity" to do upon occasion)


Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)