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Kawasaki EL 250 "Eliminatorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

that's a grix bike if I have ever seen one !!! Good for you mate and should be fun, especially when hardly anyone is on the road out there It does look a pretty clean example from here and as it is a kawasaki its engine should be nion bulletproof. The handling on the bike will be alright, not exceptional so watch put on the corners (due to the geometry of the front end and the quite different profiles of the front and rear tyres). As a beginner you should be taking it easier anyway. A few tips when cornering. To get the beast round better try counter steering. If you are going round a left hander push on the the left bar when turning in. On a right hander push the right bar out. It seem weird but it works and helps it turn in better. Also put pressure on the footpegs as well. On any corner apply more pressure to the outside peg. You don't have to do these things to ride bike but it should help but try them out separately and see if you feel any differecne. The counter steering has much more effect (+50% more atr least). On braking use more pressure on your front brake for nearly all breaking manouvers (75% front / 25% rear). Out and about on the open road you ideally want to get to a stage when you use the gears to brake (which is really down to observation and working out the speed of entry into a corner) I rarely use the rear brake at all as I use the gears instead. For your purposes use come down the box gently and as I say use the 75 / 25 rule. Braking too hard on the back end will cause it to slide which is not clever. Take care dood , have fun and remember you are in a real life game here ! Treat it a bit like gaming and be the paranoid soldier wondering what is round the next corner. Expec t anything and always the worst. Do not go out with a hangover and do not think about anything else when you are riding apart from riding !!!!! Second installment soon

and if you go to the second hand shop you can get a denim jacket and cut the arms off

I would need to grow my hair long like you and stix before I could carry off the denim look

niiiice wheels grix. popped a wheelie yet?

Front wheelies are a breeze on this baby. I am thinking of investing in some double decker buses and a ramp