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Hello, I'm a rider of standard & cruiser bikes, and under 150cc scooters who wants to enter the world of midi/maxi scooters under 400cc. On Sept 1st on a whim I bought an '05 Yamaha Majesty from a bad owner (intervention/puppy rescue?), worked over or changed all the fluids,filters, brakes etc and started to drive it around. No too bad acceleration but the highway manners were amazing and I loved the underseat storage as well. Fast forward a couple of hundred kms to Sept 3rd and both my new toy and I were laying broken in the street...victims of a DRIVER'S TRAINING car that came out of a side street and t-boned me! I think the only reason I still have a right leg is because of the scooter style body! The scoot is a write off so now I have to start looking for another bike and I think I found it, a 2012 ABS Burgman 400. I'm wondering if the price is in or out of the ballpark, it was bought and returned to the same dealer (for a 650 Burgman), has 5XXX kms, hand guards, factory heated grips and 8 months warranty all for $5500 otd. I'm kind of trapped in a one horse race since I want a bike with ABS. Even though brakes were not a factor in my accident I have woken up to the fact of my mortality and want to lessen chances for future accidents. So is this price good? I have not looked at these before but am completely blown away with the youtube videos and extent of forum help available for this bike, as much or even more help than what is available for the Stroms! Thanks for any feedback!