THE GZ250 IS THE RIGHT STUFF TO LEARN ON! my wife at 52 years old went to DMV to learn to ride, she was sent home early crying. I got %!¤ and took her to petes cycle and bought a gz250 Suzuki used 1300 miles $2495.00 I rode it home, she got her helmet and off to the school parking lot. she got on this bike and started riding it (very user friendly) forward controls, big tires front and back. DMV said she could come back to class 6 weeks later. no charge. we went to the school parking lot almost every night for the 6 weeks. she went to the DMV class and passed. she rode this bike for almost 1 year it has 4600 miles before she bought a new Harley. this 2003 gz250 got little over 80 mpg on the open road. my wife is 110 lbs and I put amsoil 10w40 (synthetic) I have a real good web sight for new parts and filters ect (dealer) for the gz250 Suzuki to buy online . the entire bike is broken down piece by piece with pictures and part numbers and price. very good web sight. I bought a windshield and saddlebags and filters on this web sight online and it worked out good! www.xroadsmotorsports.com