Thanks for the kind welcome everybody. After todays commute i should have my first 100 miles on it. I am definitely learning to ride it more efficiently everyday. Since my commute is 11.6 miles one way to work, and have the ability to charge there, i move along at a pretty brisk pace. To answer Phantom, I have owned a VTR250, ex500 and a cbr600. I haven't ridden in 20 years and find the experience more pleasurable now than when i was a teen.