23, last year was my first year riding. I knew I wanted an old jap bike, I did my research for years leading up to my purchase. Pouring over in the ins and outs of CB350Ts and CB550s, general maintenance on GSs and a ton of stuff on Kawasaki KZs. Even lusted over some W650s
Then I bought an XS and had no idea what I was doing, never read anything about them, never looked anything up, all I knew was that the engines where apparently bullet proof.
A season later I'm grinding my kickstand catch around corners and can manage myself some volume of confidence around a wrench.
Love my bike.