Don't count on her not riding by herself. My wife got back into riding 3 summers ago after having been away for 14 years and even then barely had ridden 200 miles.
It went like this......
(her age 49)...I want to get back into riding.
(me) ok honey I want to find you a LS650
(her) no I want something smaller like my old rebel 450
(me) but this is just as light and more capable
(her) no..maybe a 250 rebel
(me) wince...have you seen the price of those...
(her) but I really like those
(me) (after digging through craigslist and just about paying way too much for a rebel I finally find the model I coundn't remember) Honey about a GZ250....10 years old...mint... and only $1250
(her) ok...maybe
So 8 weeks and 1200 miles later we sell the the GZ for $100 more than we paid for it and I find a 2006 S40 with 8K on the clock. by now she is going on solo rides on a regular basis
She proceeds to put on another 2200 miles in august and september of that year.
At this point she admits how much she loves the S40 and that I was right all along in saying it was the perfect bike for her.
The next summer she logs 7,000 miles including going back and doing an 180 mile ride solo that we had done 3 days before that. Most days for her included a 85-125 mile solo ride while I was at work.
This summer we did a 700 mile trip with two days at 300 miles a day. Those were 8 hr in the saddle days as we averaged 40 mph with heavy non-stop twisties. She is currently logging in at 5,500 miles for the year with 6K within view before winter.
and remember this is in Minnesota land of limited ride time and she started with...oh yah...I would like to get back into riding.
So the key of the story is don't count on her not riding solo and in fact encourage her to get out on a daily basis and get the skills under her belt.
She now agreed to let me build her a custom so we picked up a second 2006 just like her first one and this winter it will be getting a bit of work done to it.
We now have 3 650s as I have a custom I just completed of my own.
I think you will enjoy the bike. It is very different. My bikes vary from a GSX-R1100 street fighter custom, to a Triumph Sprint ST, and now my LS650 cafe is complete. It is an engine with soul.
( If you are curious here is a link to it
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1378864265Welcome to the club here.