Funny, the original owner loaned that bike to me years ago when I went to get my cycle stamp on my license. I was told the only thing I did wrong was that I didn't slow down enough for the speed bump when leaving the parking lot. I said that too slow is dangerous and I could hit it at 50mph and the bike wouldn't feel it.
Dad bought it from the original owner then and when we would visit from CA I would ride it around. Now that we are in WI it just made sense to buy it from him. In this case buy would mean the labor to get it running again. My daughter wants an XT225/250 to ride into town to see her friends to save gas. She likes bikes better than cars.
As far as the not get killed. I tried that too many times in my youth so now I know what to look out for.
