My wife rides me, oops I mean a shee. If I were you I would set the governer on the throttle and let here get used to the shee. You can always give her a little more when she gets use to it. That way you can buy yourself another shee and both of you be rippin together. Its nice having extra parts that will fit both of your bikes and you only have to know how to work on one kind of bike. We were getting ready to sell my wifes shee and get her the new Predator 500 with reverse. You can get a left over 04 out the door for $5300.00, maybe cheaper where you live. My wife would like the ceature comforts of the 500, but like she said " it ain't no banshee". Good luck with your decision. Theres nothing better than being able to ride with your best friend.