welcome..nice choice for a first bike...hell with the motor mods, ride the fugging wheels off it, learn all you can about how to ride and get some skills...after a while you will be ready for something else to ride so dont worry about it, you will make the bike faster than any motor mods will by learning to ride ....get you some good riding pants and boots to go with that gear & your good to go...

ride safe and have fun...

 

Thx for the advise guy, all well taken! F2b, How much is Cheap!? Let me know!

 

Check the EX500 BBS for all the mods you might want:

Ex-500.com - The home of the Kawasaki EX500 / Ninja 500R - Index

My 1988 EX looks like this now:

 

Gun and all... you'll be ready for the bad neighborhoods when you ride, by Nebraska Ave...

 

Thats how I roll!

Check this thread out for a good starting point on getting gear -> https://www.tamparacing.com/forums/b...ok-inside.html

 

+1

get you some leathers & get you some track time. By far the best way to learn to corner at speed. Believe me, I put off the track for a long time & when I finally got there I realized I should have gone sooner.

Once you get your skills honed in, you'll be much faster than guys on faster bikes that think fast with their wallet & wrist...

By then you'll prob get a better bike & be miles ahead of the game.

 

What track is there to ride at? What gear do you need? How much is it? Do they have a web site? lol sry just very interested, lmk!

 

the favorite local tracking is Jenning GP (about a 3 hour drive North). Its a motorcycle only course with 14 turns that is pretty good. Normal track days are $125 per day, but Mondays are $100. Leathers (1 or 2 piece w/zip) are reqired but are available at the track for rental...other gear needed = helmet, boots, gloves that fully cover your wrists (gauntlet).

check it out @ JenningsGP

 

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