Yes its an ideal beginners bike: easy to ride with a low comfortable seat and good slow speed handling. Quite light at 178kg and the narrow proportions make it good for going round town and dodging between cars. Does 60mpg and gets 200miles on a tank of fuel. Once you have got the hang of it fit some BT45´s and you can lean it over far enough to scrape the pegs :) It was my first big bike after a TDR 125.