Shorty?

[h20boy]

Im looking for a bike for my g/f's birthday coming up soon. She's vertically challenged so something short and not too wide would be great.

If anyone has their learner bike ready to sell let me know please.

[1wheel riot]

theres a nice cbr125 4stroke in at hamilton honda

[merv]

Is the SR250 you got on your profile too tall for her?

[Ragingrob]

How short is short?

[Metalor]

.... about waist height would be perfect :shutup:

[Sable]

Adly RT50. Reeeal classy.

[PrincessBandit]

A little GN would do the trick nicely.

[firefighter]

A little Suzi Volty would be a good option. Or as mentioned the cbr 125s look pretty cool!

[Stirts]

Scorpi orpi orpio Scorpio

Great for shortarses like myself and very easy to ride!!
<img src= http://velayatriders.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/bm_yam_scorpioz.jpg></img>

[Cameron_Fincher]

I know someone who's mrs had the same problem, they found a suzuki GN250 was a great turnout ( it was a 1985 model by the way )

and also, im new, wondering how to make a thread :confused:

[Stirts]

and also, im new, wondering how to make a thread :confused:

easy peasy japanesey.

Just go into the forum it bests fits i.e General, New Member Speak etc etc and you will see this wee button at the top

<img src= http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/images/buttons/newthread.gif></img>

Click on that and away you go. But do a search to see if a thread of the same nature/topic first. That function is on the right of each forum
<img src= http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=33></img> EDIT: Damn that no workie, but you will see it.

[klingon]

A little Suzi Volty would be a good option. Or as mentioned the cbr 125s look pretty cool!

Agree about the Volty! All the reliability of a GN250 with extra points for style! Check out my profile for a pic of one, and drop me a PM if she would like to come over and have a sit on mine to try it out for size.

I'm not selling though! :no: I love my little Volty! :love:

[Cameron_Fincher]

easy peasy japanesey.

Just go into the forum it bests fits i.e General, New Member Speak etc etc and you will see this wee button at the top

<img src= http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/images/buttons/newthread.gif></img>

Click on that and away you go. But do a search to see if a thread of the same nature/topic first. That function is on the right of each forum
<img src= http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=33></img> EDIT: Damn that no workie, but you will see it.

i was looking at enquiring about a suzuki rg150, i think theres something wrong with mine lol, where would the best place be to make a thread..?

[Stirts]

i was looking at enquiring about a suzuki rg150, i think theres something wrong with mine lol, where would the best place be to make a thread..?

Have a look here and see if it fits. Do the search too, as there are plenty of people out there with rg's that may have the same "something wrong" as yours
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=69

[Cameron_Fincher]

Have a look here and see if it fits. Do the search too, as there are plenty of people out there with rg's that may have the same "something wrong" as yours
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=69

okayy thanks

[Thani-B]

A little GN would do the trick nicely.

I agree. GNs are great learner bikes and perfect for short people. Its when you start looking at over 250cc bikes it gets to be a problem finding a right sized bike.

[Metalor]

Agree about the Volty! All the reliability of a GN250 with extra points for style! Check out my profile for a pic of one, and drop me a PM if she would like to come over and have a sit on mine to try it out for size.

I'm not selling though! :no: I love my little Volty! :love:

I agree with Klingon. Clever chick she is!

Volty is an excellent learners bike, leauges ahead in the styling. Not just by looks by ergonomics.

I've ridden a GN after riding the volty for years and the Volty was SOOOOO much better. With the gn you're all squished up, very difficult to manoeuvre. I think stock they come with SQUARE tyres on the rear. This was a loaner so may have been a once off but the Volty was just so much better. Cannot stress it more.

[PrincessBandit]

I agree with Klingon. Clever chick she is!

Volty is an excellent learners bike, leauges ahead in the styling. Not just by looks by ergonomics.

I've ridden a GN after riding the volty for years and the Volty was SOOOOO much better. With the gn you're all squished up, very difficult to manoeuvre. I think stock they come with SQUARE tyres on the rear. This was a loaner so may have been a once off but the Volty was just so much better. Cannot stress it more.

Lol. A lot depends on what you get used to. I find the GN a bit strange feeling whenever I've had to ride it after being used to the bandit. But as my first bike, it was wonderful. Very forgiving, I found it really easy to handle, and the height and weight were just right.

The tyres, I agree with you - one of the first things we changed; but it also had $ in it's favour. We bought ours brand new. Being complete novices and not really knowing anything about bikes at the time we didn't want to go for a secondhand one where there could be any number of "history" issues. It was by far the cheapest new 250 around.

I'd also recommend going for a 250 rather than anything smaller in engine size. You'll likely outgrow anything smaller very quickly.

[Ragingrob]

An interesting thing to note is that a good ol' cbr250r has a really nice low seating position, lower than the gn even.

[bittertwistedcute]

I am vertically challenged and am onto my third bike - tried a cruiser, then a bandit 0 now have a 1992 Zeal that fits like a glove, makes all the difference.
Get her out and on bikes,it like buying jeans off the internet, you may end up with a flat ass and muffin LOL

[Mully]

Miss Mully is vertically challenged too. She's got an Eliminator 250.

[SloCruze]

My VL 250 is up for sale - its over on the 'For Sale' forum

[rie]

i was quite surprised to find that yui's GN (250) was taller than my GPX.

on the other hand, you can crash a GN, pick it up and ride off again. the GPX needs three days tied to a fence to recover from the emotional trauma after a horizontal incident.