welcome jayson.....im glad you are hooking up with scott and kos (at least they are sane) although kos went a little crazy at dennys, but i digress. im 6' and 215 lbs and my little '02 sv650s hauls my butt around with ease....ive had it up to 130mph and it will hang with anything in the twisties, you could check out svrider.com to find out just about anything about the sv's
+1 an FZ1 would be a great choice for a big fella like you ......also, the bike shop down the road has a brand new b-king for $8,999, that would leave you enough for a slightly used nissan 350Z, or if you need 4 seats, a subaru WRX
believe it or not, i also had a couple of 1903 springfields on the ship. they had been converted into line throwing guns. talk about recoil !!!!.....ouch
thanks for making me feel old guys (doughboy helmets ?)....i turned 50 three days ago so im a little sensitive .....i was a gunners mate so the .50 cals were mine to fondle