What 250 would be best?

**gijoe1313** · 29th December 2009, 08:35

And here is the ubiquitous plug by gijoe1313 for lil'ol'hornets!

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**BoristheBiter** · 29th December 2009, 13:18

i started out with the ninja 250, a great all round bike even if it was a little small for me. very forgiving if you made a mistake (i made a few).
very easy to ride and i got about 450km to the tank.
but like what has been said before if you are buying 2nd hand check it out first.
just go to a shop and take one for a spin and take it from there.

**vtec** · 29th December 2009, 15:53

CBR250RR is the best 250 ever. Hornet would be the next best, and VTR 3rd best. If you want to race in the twin racing get the GPX.

2 strokes are for looking at and race teams.

**vindy500** · 29th December 2009, 16:02

Ive been riding for a year and a half now, just got a car over summer, I had a gpx and then a bandit, 87 and 92, the bandit was crap, too many issues to count. I dont want something which is extremely high strung which keeps dying on me, so cbr's zxr's etc are out for me, I'm even quite wary of the hornet. The pros for the gpx and hyosung are there local, but I do like the vtr look. I quite like the idea of buying from a shop as well (GPX) but k's and price are at the top of my limit. (both the hyosung and vtr are willing to negotiate)

**Jerry74** · 30th December 2009, 19:12

I had a 91 Balius and if you can find one with less kms than the one you show they are great wee bikes to play on.

**ducatilover** · 31st December 2009, 00:02

Originally Posted by vindy500

Ive been riding for a year and a half now, just got a car over summer, I had a gpx and then a bandit, 87 and 92, the bandit was crap, too many issues to count. I dont want something which is extremely high strung which keeps dying on me, so cbr's zxr's etc are out for me, I'm even quite wary of the hornet. The pros for the gpx and hyosung are there local, but I do like the vtr look. I quite like the idea of buying from a shop as well (GPX) but k's and price are at the top of my limit. (both the hyosung and vtr are willing to negotiate)

Hornets don't tend to break, nor do the cbr's...or the vtr's. But honda says to replace the cam chains on the vtr every 50,000km. Hornet/cbr don't run a chain or belt. Very well engineered and also very proven bikes.

**CastorPollux** · 31st December 2009, 15:55

Hi, I started out on a Hornet - having no road riding experience & I loved it. It was great for my commute over the Bridge every morning & never let me down. Heaps of fun on the weekends too, I took it for plenty of back road blats.