I started riding at 45 years young....it was on my bucket list. My husband rode, and I thought I needed to take the class for education..what would I do if I ever had to ride a bike? I didn't even know how to start one. I took the Abate Class, my husband bought me a Rebel 250. I rode that for a year, moved up to a VTX1300, rode that for a couple years. My husband (on his 50th birthday) purchased a 2011 Fatboy for me. I still have the Fatboy....last October 2015, I had my eye on a Streetglide. I love to ride with My husband. We have a little place in TN that we ride to often, (12 miles from the start of the Dragon). So, I was looking at Streetglides, loved the fairing, the navigation, the radio, the cruise...you name it, I was in love. I sat on a couple of Streetglides, then I tested out the CVO Streetglide...... 2 weeks later, I was riding next to my husband -destination Pensacola FL from Indiana on that CVO ....over 530 miles in one day, and it was a piece of cake. At the end of our week, over 2000 miles. Now Six years later, at 51 years young, I'm still loving it, and learning, but I wouldn't trade the memories along the way for anything.... Ride safe friends...