I've gone to the dark side, lol, Yea I really liked the GV250. But I wanted something bigger, wish I had figured that out before I bought it. Did not take too much of a beating, lost about a grand. I only had it for 3 weeks and put 500 miles on it. I took it back to the dealer I purchased it from and they worked everything out for me, I did get them to throw in a set of saddlebags. It handles and rides very well. It is a little intimidating right now, just a month ago, I was scooting around on a 50cc Honda met.