When I told someone I just got a 250 the first thing they said was "oh,so you got rid of the 500?"why would I do that?I love the 500,but I also like to ride a smaller bike at times,if I had the $ I'd also get a 125.I had a hard time convinsing my wife that I needed a 250,as she thinks I have to many as it is(is there such a thing as to many bikes?)I have a lot of fun on my trials bike to,just playing around and it's about as opposite from the 500 as you can get.It's all for fun!