So for the past month or so I've been saving up to buy this 2005 Shadow 750 I saw on facebook marketplace. It looked great, ran great, was cheap, and felt it would have been the perfect first bike for me. Well, after sitting on marketplace for months it ended up selling like two weeks before I would have been able to buy it without putting myself in a difficult spot. Bummed me out pretty bad, but started looking elsewhere.

Ended up learning about the Kawasaki Vulcan S and saw a lot of people suggest it as an intro bike. Went by the dealership the other day, liked what I saw, and said screw it and grabbed it as an early birthday present for myself.

They delivered it today (didn't feel confident riding it home myself) and immediately on my first ride I felt that difference in feeling of turning with a forward-controls cruiser vs turning a mid-controls bike. Definitely felt my heart drop for a sec coming out the driveway thinking I was either gonna turn too wide or fall over if I went tighter.

Great bike though, had a blast just driving around the neighborhood. Very comfortable so far too with none of the leg cramps that I got from the MSF's Rebel 300's mid-controls.