I have a 99 vulcan 750, it has a decent acceleration (beat my friend in his 99 HD Sportster 1200cc) and a top speed of about 107mph. It´s a perfect bike to learn with because it´s a good size bike making an easy transition to a heavier bike (VTX1800)if desired in the future. I took a motorcycle safety course and then bought my vulcan 750, after riding the vulcan 750 I felt I learned to ride (Safety course) in a bicycle. I tried teaching my sister to ride in the vulcan but she couldn´t reach, but my dad also started riding in my vulcan after 30 years of not riding. The only problem I have encountered with this motorcycle are the carburetors, every now and then the motorcycle starts missing and sometimes even turns off.