as a life long nascar fan, i am familiar with a term called "seat time", what that means is a new driver inexperienced with stock cars usually starts out in a limited amount of races or drives in nascars lower divisions until he/she has learned the intricaces of handling a stock car....well i have had my an400 a little over 4 months and i am taking the msf course in 2 weeks, in the meantime i am cruising the back roads of georgia attemping to learn from my experiences....twisty roads,emergency stops,turns, and general handling of this beautiful machine, every time i go for a ride it's hard to conceal a big stupid grin through my full face helmet, watching the speed channel, american choppers,bike built off,etc.. and reading the monthly magazines it's hard not to lust for a larger bike like the an650 or a ridley or something else, but this to me is the perfect bike, i guess this probally isn't a interesting new topic, but hell i had to share with someone!, ...drive safe folks