Rantings of a Lunatic

When I left work yesterday, I stopped by the grocery store to get some things I needed, which put me home at the appropriate time to talk to my neighbor.
I had needed to ask him about a trash can that appeared by our front door the other day. We missed the trash men last Thursday, but when I got home from work there was another trash can in our yard, as if someone had seen it rolling down the street and thought it was ours because it does look like ours, though ours have our house number painted on them. He wanted to ask and make sure that it was ours. After the discussion, we started talking about motorcycles, because he rides one and I have been looking to get one. So we talked about them for a little while and he let me sit on his and try to lift it. He rides a honda shadow saber, which is an 1100cc V-twin that has a windshield and bags and loud pipes. That bike weighs about 600 pounds stock, and probably weighs about 650 - 700 pounds now. Needless to say that is a heavy bike. It is one more person who is definately recommending a honda motorcycle. He also let me try on of his helmets, which was good, because he had a half-helmet that fit great and was a medium, but when I took my MSF class I needed a large or extra large on the full-face helmet I wore. I am not ready to buy a bike just yet, but my neighbor said when I got one he would go ridding with me, which is cool.
I had been considering a Kawasaki, mostly considering the Vulcan 500, but I do have a good recommendation for a KLR 650, which is a long range dual-sport bike. I am mostly looking for a cruiser style bike, but the dual-sport has some nice off-road capabilities, if I were to go camping more often that might be nice. I think am going to head up to Woods Fun Center in a few days and see what they have that I can sit on and feel the weight of. I am really wanting to stay in the 500 - 650 range, but if I can get a 750 for a decent price that’s not necessarily out of the question. I am specifically interested in getting good gas mileage, but I do want to enjoy the bike, and eventually I would want it to have the power to ride with Kelly on it as well.