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[QUOTE="KTM Mike, post: 1230959, member: 22658"] Higgsy - a 79 RM100 is likely the worst possible choice for a bike for you wife to try out riding on! (Unless your goal is to make sure she doesnt like it. ) I would not recommend any small bore two stroke for that purpose - even a brand new one! Even for kids just starting out - a old RM is not the way to go. I almost entirely scared my youngest son away from riding by putting him on a pipey little two stroke before he was ready for it. We switched to a easy to ride and learn on 4 stroke (a TTr ) - he suddenly loved riding. Old school RMs had nothing for power down low due to how they were ported, then a hit. - sticking a flywheel weight on it will not make it newbie friendly. Newer two stroke with power valves have way more on the bottom than the old school stuff. Parts can be found...if you lots of time to search for them. Buy a few hundred spark plugs to...plonking along at a newbie pace will foul lots of them. If riden much, it will require plenty of maintenance (with those hard to find parts). Give some serious thought to something like others have suggested - any old "street trail" sort of two stroke would be much better for a newbie - or the 4 strokes. While more money, a used TTr125 is one heck of a great little bike. You can find them for under $1500...and I suspect some of the bit older ones (2001?) maybe down around $1000 by now. Xrs are a great pick to. Now - if you reeallly want an old RM for sake of having a "vintage" bike - RMs can be a blast to restore (I have done several) [/QUOTE]
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