Motorcycle.com has a snappy little specs tool and they've got the 2008 Buell Firebolt XB12R listed....nice.

http://www.motorcycle.com/specs/buell/sport/2008/firebolt-reg-/xb12r.html

For another thing today is a very safe trip (on the whole) than it was during the era of gang robbers robbed travelers or illegitimate. There is no reason that women did not travel alone and it is all about the concept of safety in numbers, these women can drive to the airport parking at the airport and get on.