One of my sons and his family are visiting with us right now. This morning I took my 11 year old grandson on a 40 mile ride on my Spyder. He loved it, and said it was so much more fun, more comfortable, and felt a lot safer than when on the back of his Dad's Yamaha sport touring bike. He said he plans to tell my son to trade in his Yamaha and get a Spyder. I hope to get my daughter-in-law out for a ride and really give my son some grief!