hi yall....

Bought my first dr 2 weeks ago, a 92 650 kicker w 20k miles for 1500usd.

Loved the bike all around, good size for me (5.10" 140lbs), easy to kick, etc. Well, the crackheads in my neighborhood liked it too, so they stole it. Good luck trying to figure out the start technique high on crack!! serves em right.

Soooo...i found another on flea-bay, a 93, with 2400 miles, owned by a fireman in the country that rarely drove it more than a mile at a time. A perfect score at 1000usd.

BUT.....i found out at the last second, it is electric start. Never occured to me to ask him, as i thought all were kickers at this age.

I searched alot of posts and find little info positive regarding these early e starters...Is this correct?

I will be leaving here Nov1 for 4 months to S america. Mainly to follow the Dakar, but leaving plenty of time for other things. I dont wanna drive a turd, and I want to minimize my investment.

Basically, I want to know should I sell this one, and buy another early kicker model?

BTW, I am driving this one home 1700 miles on Tuesday. The gentleman was kind enough to meet me @ the airport w my bike fueled up and ready to go. Let the adventure start, at least!

Look forward to meeting some of you and talking here!!
EZ