My first bike was a 1993 ex500 paid 500$ for it and it was a death trap lol. I crashed it twice once I fixated on a mail box in a corner and ended up supermaning thrus a ditch and broke my hand, the other we were going to a friends house and my buddy made a turn when I thought we were going to go straight and I washed out the front and slid down the road on my forearm. I had road rash from my wrist to my arm pit on my right arm, the real shitty part was I had sent my jacket off the day before to get a zipper fixed. After that I started looking for a new bike and bought my 99' TL1000r, I don't ride much anymore but I still have her. I can't bring my self to selling her, so she just sits in the garage