that was my dad's rule... "you can ride it when you can pick it up" he layed the 550 on it's side one summer and said "go for it", I righted it, put it on the stand and made a deal to trade him the tecumseh for it...
my first bike was a 5hp tecumseh minibike...I was 6 and couldn't get NEAR touching the ground (i could barely reach the pegs) so I put a cement block in the yard and learned to stop with one of the pegs on it. my first "motorcycle" I got when i was 12, It was a Kawasaki 550 LTD (like strictly street's) It had no title, due to a bonfire accident years before i got possesion.
i disagree, if anything it would give more flexibility as you are not limited to a link by link basis...make the front pulley a little bigger, and the rear pulley a little smaller or vice versa..., and the tensioner should give you a good amount of play anyway
I'd rock it, but my little sister is getting married, and asked me to be in the wedding... everyone wear headphones and pretend I'm there...(Jrmmiii, that means you better randomly do your turn signal "duck hand" impression to remind me about my turn signals)