I bought my 2001 Scout in Honolulu and have put more than a few miles on it riding around Oahu. I ride it to and from work daily, rain or shine. If I didn´t have to earn a living, I´m not sure I´d get off this bike. This thing has guts and looks. It gets over the windy mountains (legend has it 300 lb King Kamehameha was trown/fell of these peaks and was blown back up to safety ... STIFF SHIT!!!) like a champ and turns heads on the strip at Waikiki. This is the bike of a lifetime.