A buddy of mine has one that is 5 years old with 47k miles on it and it still runs like a champ. Very good bike, but your buddy would out grow it quick,also the bike is screaming to keep up on intersate, and to top it off it has a very small seat, rough for a decent size fellow. I like the vt600, but i would not buy it, to small....Wiggo said:A friend is looking at getting one. Can't stretch to a Vol, so I said I'd try and find some opinions on the VT600...