You probably have 3 or 4" of inseam on my wife, I kid you not - she and I go places together and we probably look like a bear and a rabbit on a date :D AND you're surely a more accustomed to riding - she only has maybe 30 hours of riding experience since the class.....she'll get better and better the more we ride We saw the FZ's and she really liked those, just the extra width of the FZ over a 250 or even her low, narrow Intruder will play a part.......friend of mine had a ZZR600 for sale earlier this year that was his girlfriends......seat shaved, bike was about as low as it could get and she still couldnt touch both feet at once......ONLY reason we didnt buy it since she was afraid of dropping it everytime we stop or when backing it up - she gets better at the whole balancing / clutching / throttling and using it all in unison, then she might be ready for a taller bike like the new FZ800......she really liked that particular model. Btw, how do you like your new FZ1?