I too was looking into getting a harley, softail, but decided that 17+k was a bit too much for me right now. After shopping around, I decided on a Suzuki M50, only 5,600 on a managers special but was sold out from under me. So looking around some more, the salesman said I should get the Warrior.
Being the skeptic I am, I thought, ok, there is something wrong with this bike... why else would they try to push something on me I really didn't want.
Happy they did now, I love this thing! Trouble is, I like the acceleration TOO MUCH! so I am getting some pretty poor gas mileage. LOL
Nice thing about this bike is that you will not outgrow it and there are a ton of things that you can do to it to make it fit your personality.
Personally, I don't think you can go wrong with this bike, but good luck with what ever you decide to purchase. /emoticons/emotion-1.gif