I feel like I've made a mistake, but love the bike now.

[gz250dude]

I've had some lengthy discussions with two mechanics I trust alot and I am glad I did. He said 70mph is not going to destroy this motor but rather will kill the mpg's some. He said the rev limit shows 9000 in his manual and 70mph is more than 1500 rpm's away from this point. Both of these guys confirmed that the bigger concern is the stop n go traffic in the afternoon. Going home is when I am less rushed to get there so I am going to take some state highways I've found recently to avoid all the traffic and they are actually only 8 miles further but have been saving my mental sanity in the afternoons LOL.... As far as the higher speeds he basically said it would be nice to change the oil more frequently and NEVER ignore the valve adjustment interval if I run it harder. But I never do that to any of my bikes anyway so that's no issue. I am going to change the oil every 2000 miles, filter every other time and be the one to find out just how much she can take. I can't believe I've already put 3700 miles on it, but then again I put 520 on it last weekend in the mountains of NC :-)