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Here's something that may or may not help.
The EX-250's little engine can be tough or delicate depending on one thing, oil. If the bike's oil is carefully maintained the engine will last and last, but let the oil get old or let it run low just once and you've thrown it's future into doubt.
The problem is that there's no obvious way to tell just from looking at the bike.
If I was buying one now I'd do the same thing I did the first time. Don't buy the bike that's had three owners or the bike that sat outdoors. Go for the one-owner bike that lived a happy life inside a clean garage of a nice house in a good neighborhood. You've got to look at the lifestyle of the prior owner. If the garage, house, and yard are well maintained then the chances are the bike was well maintained also.
Good luck.
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