I too am a new rider and purchased the 620 back in August as my very first bike, despite everybody telling me how crazy I was. Since this was my first bike, I wanted to purchase a bike that I would learn on and not outgrow as I didn't want to be buying and selling bikes every time I was ready for ...

Thanks for all your input; sound advice for sure.
We were going to buy a cheap Japanese bike and after looking at used and new bikes we kept going back to the mts. The dealer in our area finally gave us a good deal on a 620 dark, we bought it, and couldn't be happier. The bike fits my wife great and ...

Thanks for the reply guys. I think its going to be hard to have one bike fit all needs, but since we've never had a streetbike before and my wifes limited experience, we don't really know how much we are going to tour with it or ever use it. It would just be nice to get one bike thats decent for all ...

We are looking for one motorcycle to fill all our needs:
1) beginner bike for wifey (limited experience, has taken class).
2) roadbike for myself (have ridden dirtbikes all my life, limited street experience).
3) Touring bike to go two up on weekends.
4) Daily commuter 80mi. a day.

We both ...