I've been riding for about six months now. It's my daily driver, and I love it. Girls love it (trust me), but the only thing that sucks is the rain and heat. Get over it, it's definitely worth it. Oh ya, my partying has cut back a little since me and my friends always ride to the parties. It's pimp as shit to pull up to a party in a group of bikes (talk about a fashionable entrance), but then you can't get wasted. Well, you can, but I don't because i'm not a fucktard who get's wasted then goes for a ride. Anyway, I rock my bike daily, with no regrets. Oh, you can spend tens of thousands of dollars on a car to make it fast, or you could buy a $1500 bike that will atleast keep up with that expensively fast car. Your choice. One more thing, most girls (and people in general) don't know shit about bikes. They're cool no matter what. Shit, i know a shit load of hot chicks who think my bike is better than my friends 929, just because my bike is loud as hell. Ahhh, long live stupidity...