First 250 I ever saw in person was my friend Casey's. He had been running an old 125 utility fourtrax to pull a small trailer around our neighborhood for years mowing grass. He bought a brand new 87 250, and we terrorised the edges of the CSX line by our houses. I had an 86 TRX 250r at the time. I rode the Zook a few times, but preferred my Honda at the time. First Zilla I ever saw in person was only 2 years ago, right after I bought my 86 250. My buddy Richard blew his zilla up, locked it up on a ride and wanted me to buy it for 900 bucks. I still haven't ridden a 500, I'm too busy constantly tinkering and breaking and fixing my RM/LT LOL.