In the middle of July I turned 44 yrs. old and learned to ride motorcycle. I had no prior experience. Two weeks later I bought a new GS500F. I read comments online that this was an excellent starter bike, and so far I completely agree. I´m having a blast. I´ve put over 600 miles on it so far with no problems other than stupid driver errors. Next week I´m scheduled to have it serviced and then I guess I can stop babying it and \