i, like fnfalman started out on a honda hurricane. no msf (yet) however i did read my way through nj's (excellent) state manual 2 or 3 times and it really saved my bacon in the two bad slappers i had. rode the 'cane from october to febuary and then bumped up to the 954. i never intended to jump that fast but i found a perfect example at a decent price and had to jump at it. went down on her ONCE and it had nothing to do with the power of the bike, too much rear brake started an oscillation and i didnt have the space to recover.
man i miss that bitch