Thank all of you for your responses, I sat on a gsa today and felt more cramped than on the 650, I'll be trading in my MP3 this week, it was a great first scooter, I liked the look and the 2 front wheels, but with the condition of the roads in the 5 boroughs I have had to replace some parts in the front suspension, at one point one of the wheels was at risk of caving in, like when a ball joint on a car fails, I'll post what color and options I get, and yes lane splitting is illegal but I feel it's safer than sitting in traffic, I only go at most 10mph faster than traffic, I got caught once, on the LIE heading west where the GCP meets there was a task force catching all bikes, the police were standing on each white line! I told the officer I thought he was crazy for standing in the middle of the highway to catch motorcyclist, I used a ticket lawyer I googled, he got it changed to a J walking ticket, definitely worth the 350. And no points, I'll be posting again soon. J