I won't buy a bike I cant ride, unless its specifically for a project. I also will never buy a bike again, that I don't actually get up to highway speeds and such. When I got the fz1, I test rode it, but never took the RPMs over 3-4k and just puttered around. Let it be known once I was comfortable with the bike, second gear was on its way out, but only showed the said issues over 7k.