beck2222 thanks, and thank you for your service. im in the DC area right now, and there is noooooo land on post to ride, and very few within an hour. Also, just found out about a trip i need to take here in a few months, so its going to be a little while now before i go buying a bike. the good thing is that im almost done here in the DC area, so ill be heading back out to one of the AO's were in right now, and that means when i get back ill be able to buy whatever bike i want to get! so with that being said, im gonna lurk on this site for a while and get some more good info to make an educated buy when i can.....Thanks for the info everyone!