Now I officially have too many bikes. I recently bought an EX250 for my mom (yes, my mom) but it may be awhile before I can get it down to Texas for her. Soooo, I've been riding it around for a couple days. If anyone is headed that way from the midwest and wants to cart a bike down, I'll help pay for gas.
Anyhow, these little bikes are amazing for their size. It's a dog below about 7K rpm, but dang it opens up and moves from there to it's redline of 13,000 rpm. I'm real impressed with it. It handles well, has good brakes, and I've already gotten it up to 100mph. This is a 250 fer chrissakes. For a starter bike, less than 3000USD new and maybe half that used, this is a good bike. This thing would be a ton of fun on a racetrack, I'd bet.
The one I have is plain red, but here is a gratuitous EX250 picture :