Thanks for the info! I actually started with the MSF course last fall and passed the first time around. I had never been on bike before. The 2 instructors played good cop/bad cop with me the entire weekend. One always smiling and encouraging...the other always yelling and chewing my butt out, but it brought me around perfectly! F or the course I was assigned to a GZ so when I purchased, I went with what I knew. I have a 2006 w/300 miles on it. It suits me well, I'm only 5'4".