I bought a brand new 250 back in 89 and started racing in with the beginer 125 class I got last every time and I consider my self as a excelant rider!that´s not even the worst,last year I got the bike out for the first time since 1990 and my neighbor just bought a 2000 honda cr125 so we drag raced down the road I was blown away then my motor started runing in reverse so I junked the bike.