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A 350 2 Stroke fools a lot of people as they are pretty fast bikes more akin to the 650 to 750 4 Stroke bikes of their time.

This ones a bit too stripped down for me. I would prefer to have the front and rear fenders myself to keep the kick up of road debris down and the engine cleaner.

Should have asked him if he had a good source for maintenance supplies.

Resist the urge to ask where he goes for psychiatric counseling or if he has trouble keeping a job.

They have a 20 year plan in much of Europe to eliminate internal combustion vehicles of any sort with Denmark I believe leading the pack with the most aggressive plans. China has just announced a "Blue Sky" initiative and will be getting more strict about air quality on all fronts too. India has already banned any new diesel registrations in their major cities too so its going to get interesting from that front. In some European cities if what your riding is not at least Euro 4 rated you have to leave it outside the city limits and rent a bicycle or take public transportation. Expect that to jump to Euro 5 shortly.

This is different though from Police check points looking for people riding bikes that are beyond their license tier.

Around here you see many bikes that have been modded to 80 or 100cc on Craigs List where the seller claims that they still have it titled as a 50cc so you won't need a license to ride it however if they started mobile dyno checks or that you pulled into an inspection station to verify engine output and displacement on a regular basis that would put a stop to that. The cheaters will certainly be howling about that but they really put it on themselves by cheating.

Then its a blessing that it won't run.

You can very quickly ruin that new head if the exhaust gasket is missing and the connection is loose. On a cast iron head its not as critical but on an aluminum one you can end up melting and deforming the exhaust port without the header pipe firmly in place to take the heat.

The lack of back pressure from the exhaust will impact intake vacuum and jetting of the carb too making the bike run lean and hot.

And if he does drive you are still liable for anything his insurance does not cover even if the son/daughter is a legal adult as long as they live or even receive their mail at your street address more than a few weeks (possibly months) out of the year then you are liable even if your 100 years old and their 80.

Gold diggers who hit people in the left turn lane on purpose to milk the system claiming the other person was not completely stopped and waiting take advantage of the automatic at fault when making a left turn and will clean out the max cap on the adult childs policy, then go after their parents policy capping it and then try to go after the parents savings or equity if the numbers are large enough to make it worth their while. You have to take photographs and get your own investigator out there right away as the police most times will start moving things about and corrupt the accident scene if there are no fatalities, life flights or such.

The only way to be 100% safe from this is if your kids don't get their license to drive at all and move out as soon as they do get their drivers license.

On motorcycle insurance not being required that is a misnomer to a degree as there are some "IF's" involved. Think Cinderella and the Evil Stepmother - "I didn't really say yes I said 'IF'...."

Scarabeo 500, Atlantic 500, BV500 and Kymco 500 are all still available in the used market. The new tech 350's though are better values since they give similar performance while delivering 20 to 30 more MPG.

That guy appears to love his Armor All and really gooped up the bike. At least he didn't grease up the seat with it. Once you start down the Armor All trail it really makes the plastics deteriorate faster afterwards.