Personally, I think you should think about more than just the one 900 mile ride before buying a bike.
What else do you plan on using it for? Weekend sport rides? Track days? Daily rider?
I was on my 250 for 2 years, I often did 2 hour highway stints with ease, and took it out regularly through the mountains where I live. Its a Hyosung GT250R (dont flame me please) and its a hell of a lot of fun.
Personally, I know I would have gotten so so bored with a cruiser style bike... I like to get off the thing and lean it a lot when I go riding.
These are the things you need to think about, what style of riding you want to be doing, will you get sick of the bike anytime soon etc etc
Lately I'v been riding a 96 gsxr 750... Good fun
