[music man]

I doubt you would want to "move up" from a GZ to a Savage 650, but if you didn't already own a bike, it would be an even better first bike than the GZ. You guys were talking about the top speed on a GZ being 78 and on the Savage 85mph, but what you are not mentioning is that while the GZ is laboring to go the 60-65mph you need to go on your average highway, the Savage will probably go that fast with some get away power left in the throttle, which makes it a totally different animal on the highway (even though those 7mph's difference you mentioned don't make it sound that way), because the Savage has double the horsepower, and even though I am too lazy to look, I would imagine its got twice the torque too.