Why would you ever need more than a 250?

[Smifffy]

Every post of yours I read seems to be about how amazing you are at long distance riding.

I enjoy his posts, they get me thinking about my riding, my equipment set up and my choice of route.

[RiderInBlack]

Every post of yours I read seems to be about how amazing you are at long distance riding.

I'd prefer that over the juvenile posts we get from riders boasting how fast they are, how they think they can give someone a learning and How much they get they knee down. There is way more to riding with skill than that.
A few of us have been giving very good reasons why someone may need more than a 250 for their choice of riding, but some of you are to busy wasting time playing key broad experts trying to prove ya right instead of listening. In the end that is your problem. When you mature (that doesn't mean in years, old doesn't always equal Mature), ya might work in out. Until then I just go out and enjoy my rides.

[Slyer]

I'd prefer that over the juvenile posts we get from riders boasting how fast they are, how they think they can give someone a learning and How much they get they knee down. There is way more to riding with skill than that.
A few of us have been giving very good reasons why someone may need more than a 250 for their choice of riding, but some of you are to busy wasting time playing key broad experts trying to prove ya right instead of listening. In the end that is your problem. When you mature (that doesn't mean in years, old doesn't always equal Mature), ya might work in out. Until then I just go out and enjoy my rides.

Mature people don't build an assumption on top of another assumption and make a complete idiot of themselves.
Sort yourself out.

[Gremlin]

Sort what out? OP says you don't need more than a 250. As RIB says, we list a bunch of reasons, which OP etc obviously never think about, and argue with instead. Many of these guys have clocked up thousands every month. I know one of them loves doing 600km before lunch, if he can.

When others do big km, I just get jealous wishing it was me. Seems others just like to attack them instead.

I reckon we're at the end of the discussion. Going round and round in circles, and riding is far more productive. Pity I have to work

[imdying]

So there you go Edward, plenty of reasons why you'd want more than a 250. And apparently all of those reasons are boring as fuck.

Somebody put a bullet into my head if I ever get a kick out of distance riding... that surely has to be the lamest way to use a motorcycle. Sure sometimes you need to drop a thousand in a day, but "just for the fun (sic) of it"? The motorcycling equivalent of knitting, yay... just another boring skillless pasttime (and no, staying awake at your bike when you're bone tired isn't a skill, it's just a special form of retardation).

[Gremlin]

Somebody put a bullet into my head if I ever get a kick out of distance riding... that surely has to be the lamest way to use a motorcycle. Sure sometimes you need to drop a thousand in a day, but "just for the fun (sic) of it"? The motorcycling equivalent of knitting, yay... just another boring skillless pasttime (and no, staying awake at your bike when you're bone tired isn't a skill, it's just a special form of retardation).

Ok, please don't tell me your idea of fun is riding around the same 2-4km over and over and over and calling that fun?

From Auckland, riding 1000km a day allows day trips to Cape Reinga, East Cape, West Cape, etc. Scratch that... East Cape is probably over 1000km round trip... that was when I did a couple of 1600km trips for training...

[racefactory]

Ok, please don't tell me your idea of fun is riding around the same 2-4km over and over and over and calling that fun?

From Auckland, riding 1000km a day allows day trips to Cape Reinga, East Cape, West Cape, etc. Scratch that... East Cape is probably over 1000km round trip... that was when I did a couple of 1600km trips for training...

No he's quite right... the fun is in extracting performance out of the bike and getting the heart rate going, harder on the brakes and upping the speed around bends... Feeling at one with the bike.

[Slyer]

So to summarise the thread in the most concise way possible.
You don't need more than a 250 unless you're huge, want a bigger selection of bikes, ride two up, do long distance riding or need to be able to pop power wheelies in 6th gear.

Anything I missed?

[Jantar]

So to summarise the thread in the most concise way possible.
You don't need more than a 250 unless you're huge, want a bigger selection of bikes, ride two up, do long distance riding or need to be able to pop power wheelies in 6th gear.

Anything I missed?

Probably just the plusses of a 250. They are perfect for commuting, riding around the block, and when you just want to have short bursts of fun.

[Gremlin]

Don't forget you can also give it the wellies in every gear and probably still be somewhere around 100kph, instead of lying in a ditch saying oops, or chatting to a very excited constable.

[sinned]

I've had my S3 to 5.2L/100km and it's uneconomical for an S3. Normal riding sees about 6.2L/100km. Stock or modified factory fuel maps are far more economical.

About the same on my S3 and on equivalent runs the busa uses less fuel. The S3 was more fun though.

I've done pretty much the equivalent of the TT2000 on a ZXR250. Piece of piss...

I can picture the Tui billboard.

well yeah it was just up and down SH1... so what, how does that make 1600km in 1.5 days any easier. Corners give you a chance to move on the bike and not get cramp or go mental with boredom. .

What can I say?

No I will not be going back to a 250 - had 2 2strokers 1 single4. Nothing beats high performance cubes.

[racefactory]

IL4 beats them.

[Latte]

IL4 beats them.

What's them, smokers?

[racefactory]

It beats everything but smokers.

[DEATH_INC.]

I asked this question a few pages back, but no-one seems to want to answer it.

If a 250 is all a rider needs then why are there none entered in the TT2000?

I suspect that's an easy answer.....how many young fellas are doing it?