What makes me feel good are the looks I get when people realize that not only am I a female biker, I'm an OLD one. When we stop to gas up or get a drink, someone nearly always asks me "are you really riding that thing?"  Pretty obvious since I just pulled up on it.    We usually draw a few odd looks when it's three girls on bikes and no guys to "help".  I also get a boost when the Harley riders who know me look at my bike and think it's a Harley. Those who know me well know I could ride anything I wanted to and I chose the Savage. My standard line is"I didn't want an old man's bike, my Dad rode a Harley"

Not so much a feel good as it is a funny story, but.  So my roommate is on and on about the dirtbikes he used to ride, and how much he wants a motorcycle.  Being a kindly sort, and considering that the savage really is a learner bike, I offer up my little lady for a test drive.  I've never seen a man so enthused!  He skips over the the machine sitting in the yard (right after a good cleaning) hops on exuding an air of confidence, starts her up and revs the engine once or twice, begins to gently release the clutch and goes straight through our fence.  I'm not sure how he ended up pointed in that direction ???, or how my zuki survived unscathed, but the bum still hasn't replaced the boards he shattered with that front tire!

I felt real good when I sold mine.  

One of my other bikes is a gorgeous (to me) candy black cherry Honda ST1100 that cost me almost $13K in 2000.  However, when I'm out running errands on my Savage (bought used for $3K on 2001), I always get compliments on the bike.  Compliments I've received on the Honda to date?

Zilch!