I've had a mess of Hondas and Kawis in the past, and one Suzuki. The Suzi had a funky ball and socket type setup on the gear shift, that was always popping loose at the wrong time. That's why I only had one of them. I also had a Harley Panhead I was building from the ground up... until I had some legal issues. It was sell the bike, or go to jail. Many is the time I think I made the wrong choice.