I bought a Honda 250R for my girlfriend to ride and I ended up loveing it. It is now my all purpose quad. I beat the shit out of it, my friends ride it, and my girl learned on it. Very reliable if you take care of it, keep an eye on your plugs and such. Handles way better than a Banshee. A Raptor and 450 will beat it in a drag race if you are talking basically stock, but the R will hang w/either in the trails just fine. I can fly on mine. I don't think you would be disappointed.