[QUOTE] I think I've still got the manual somewhere[/QUOTE] I've already downloaded the service manual and will commit it to paper only if she [1] spends money on actually buying one. [QUOTE] They're very friendly to ride and if she doesn't get a gsxr she'll end up with a 955i. You may want to leave the last bit out though.[/QUOTE] Heh. Comment from her grandfather when he heard the suggestion that she might buy a 650: "In all the years I had bikes, I never owned anything bigger than a 350." Therein lies a history lesson for another day. And another person. [1] where "she" = "I"