My first bike
My fist bike was a 1988 Kawasaki EX500. It was a great starter bike. I spent a ton of time researching and looking for the perfect bike. I was looking for an EX 500/250 or a GS 500. I didn't really care which one, I was just looking for a cheap basic bike. It was summer so high quality, low price small bikes were hard to find. I finally found this bike on ebay.
It was one of those bikes that sat for years, it was 16 years old with only 2100 miles on it. The man that was selling it put alot of work into getting it road worthy again for his son. The son was going to use it to commute to school, then he got caught in the rain and that plan changed. So we were able to get a bike with minimal milage that had already been dealer serviced to fix the carbs and the wiring.
Not only was it a great starter bike, its a great city bike as well. Its narrow, peppy, and has great parts availability. After I got the Ducati, my husband commuted on it for awhile. I think we put a total of 10k mikes on it. They also hold killer resale value. It was sold, cash in hand within 24 hours of being listed on craigslist for $250 less than what we paid. A full year 10k miles, assorted drops all for the low low price of $250---what a bargin
Hopefully its still out there teaching another new rider how to ride...
