250-500cc 96 wr250 opinons

I've been keeping my eyes open for a used 2-stroke off-road bike and recently came across a 1996 WR250 Husky on c/l that looks to be in decent shape. Anyway, I have no experience with that particular bike although I did own a 92 350 thumper a few years back. Any feedback on the bike would be appreciated. I'll be using it to trail ride here in the northern Ca parks, nothing too hardcore. BTW, I'm 53 yrs old weighing in about 185lbs (geared up), 5'11". Thanks

it will probably handle a little different than your thumper, as that still had strong swede genes and the 2 strokes were pure cagiva. if the bike is solid i say go for it. they are well built with some nice components. something newer may handle better but the 96 is a good bike. im currently fine tuning my first italian but its really starting to come together...in 96, the italians still had the nice wide 6 speeds that the swedes had so there is an advantage there. if you are ok with having an "older" bike i dont think you will be disappointed. they have been refined over the years but that 96 is surprisingly similiar to the newer up to 2013 bikes..