My first motorcycle was fast enough to get out of the way of stupid drivers (and be fun) while my last one was so fast it still amazes me to this day that I'm still alive. Apparently it was amateur raced with all the things that entails, which is probably why I didn't die as it was so obnoxiously loud people knew there was a motorcycle around them so I couldn't really hide in their blind spots, not that I would ever do that because that's a quick way to get a free ride to the ER.

$2500 for a vehicle which could most likely top out around 200 mph probably wasn't the smartest purchasing decision I've ever made. The only smart thing I ever did was there was always something suitably wrong with it I never took it out into the desert to see what the real top speed was.

My Fiat 500 has the same size engine and keeps me out of trouble. And around the same MPG...