[Rick Lee]

I took the MSF course and was the best in the class, which was pretty scary. Got 100% on everything and felt woefully unprepared when I bought a bike in NJ two weekends later and rode it 350 miles to my folks' house and back to VA. I was not even close to ready for that. In the class they recommended not buying anything under 650cc's because I'd outgrow it quickly. I got a 2004 BMW R1150R and sold it eight mos. later for $1k more than I paid for it, having put 8k miles on it. I'm on my second R1200GS now and average 800-1000 miles a month on her. If I had all the money in the world, I'd still ride the same bike, but would have a dirt bike for serious off-roading.