im a newbie too, buy hey, i just bought 1 about a month ago. i luv it, its fairly light, & its got more power than ive been game to use just yet, so i dont think ill be over it for quite some time, much more learning to do with this 1. this sarvo i got her over 10,000rpm & it waz sweet blurry bliss. I feel that i will learn well on this bike :)