I rode a ninja 250 for about a year and was looking for something that had a little more balls... so I was thinking that since my dad hasled me about my jap bike all the time that I would take some time to look into a blast. It is really the only affordable newer "harley" out there so I figured I would give it a chance. I found someone that was selling a 3 year old one with about 700 miles on it. The bike was mint, and the guy needed to just get rid of it, so he said he would sell it to me for 2000. This I will admit is an amazing deal. I test drove the bike around for a while, and well.. I now I have a FZ6. The bike really didn't have all that much going for it. It's clunky, it rattles so much that I would question the shape of your genitals after a long ride, and it really doesn't sound good. The engine sounds like it's missing something. My dad has a Buell Lightning, and that bike is amazing in every way. The blast though, is really small, not all that comfortable, and overpriced. I wanted to go american, but well they just don't make them like they do overseas. My advice is to only buy one if you can find a dealer that will buy it back for what you pay for it from them, because it would make a decent learner, but you would get bored quickly of it....