My wife also rides she started on a 600 shadow, then went to the Dyna I thought that was great bike for her, but 2 years later she wanted the radios, cb etc and and now she rides the ultra, and she rode all of them well though its more work and money to maintain 2 bikes its also twice as much fun always having someone to ride with, one fella once told me she rides pretty good for a girl, didnt tell him what I thought of that statement but the fact is she rides better than him. he was a seat of his pants kind of driver not uncommon to see him take the middle between two cars to get ahead, Glad to see it all worked out good for you!!!