Thanks ladies and gents for the advice, there are a lot of lady riders out there and I give much respect to them, this one chick that I know is hardcore about riding. She loves it and she owns a 600 rr honda cbr. The bike is bad ass and she told me that as a beginner that it would be ok to get a bike like that because it's not too too powerful for my size. I'm only about 5'7 and a half and 185 pounds so I'm not to heavy. I think I'm going to take lessons over at college of alameda because they have a riding course that beginners can take. And I think you can after you complete the course you can go to the dmv and they'll issue you a licensce... Any more pics and websites of riding would be great, I'm really getting into it now.