hi i was reading your message about riding the motorcycle on freeway. i have a honda shadow 1985 vt 500 myself. it is a great bike. i ride mine on the freeway and about anywhere. it´s a pretty comfortable bike for smaller people. i´m 17 and way 163 pounds. there is sometimes on the high way if you want to get up and go you have to shift down because it is only a 500 it don´t have alots of power but´s a great bike to start off.