Good starting bike for a short young lady?

[DrunkenMistake]

Hey there,
Figured this would be a good place to post,
My partner has been keen on bikes for as long as I have had one which is about the same amount of time we have been together, but I refused to teach her on my 250 as I wasnt all too confidant on letting her ride something that had tried to kill me a few times,
and now I have moved up so she certainly cant ride what I ride now but here is the question
My partner is about 5'2 give or take, she managed to just sling over a cbr250r (the 22 year old ones) and she was on the balls of her feet and she wasnt too certain about it, she likes sports bikes and she likes the looks of the cbr125's and what have you, but she has a hankering for bobber look alike 250's, but alas she doesnt wanna sink a hole in her little leopard skin purse,
Does anyone have a good suggestion or range of bikes we can look at for her, that arnt overly powerful and she can probably get both feet down on?
Cheers
Cheers.

[English Kiwi]

Hey there,
Figured this would be a good place to post,
My partner has been keen on bikes for as long as I have had one which is about the same amount of time we have been together, but I refused to teach her on my 250 as I wasnt all too confidant on letting her ride something that had tried to kill me a few times,
and now I have moved up so she certainly cant ride what I ride now but here is the question
My partner is about 5'2 give or take, she managed to just sling over a cbr250r (the 22 year old ones) and she was on the balls of her feet and she wasnt too certain about it, she likes sports bikes and she likes the looks of the cbr125's and what have you, but she has a hankering for bobber look alike 250's, but alas she doesnt wanna sink a hole in her little leopard skin purse,
Does anyone have a good suggestion or range of bikes we can look at for her, that arnt overly powerful and she can probably get both feet down on?
Cheers
Cheers.

Hey,

My first bike was a VL250 (cruiser) I'm 5"4 so not much taller than your partner.

I also liked the look of sports bikes, but again the height was an issue. The VL was fantastic as I could comfortably get my feet down and isn't too powerful.

Great for learning on for confidence and getting the basic skills. My partner had a Ninja 250, which he learnt on. I now ride that as he has his full licence, was sop glad I learnt on the VL.

Hope this helps

[blackdog]

Marauder or Virago if you don't want to go down th GN route.

GV Hyo also a good option.

Magnas are cool too but everyone wants moonbeams for them and most are getting long in the tooth now.

[DrunkenMistake]

Hey,

My first bike was a VL250 (cruiser) I'm 5"4 so not much taller than your partner.

I also liked the look of sports bikes, but again the height was an issue. The VL was fantastic as I could comfortably get my feet down and isn't too powerful.

Great for learning on for confidence and getting the basic skills. My partner had a Ninja 250, which he learnt on. I now ride that as he has his full licence, was sop glad I learnt on the VL.

Hope this helps

She seemed to like the look of it, ill try track one down here and see what she thinks

Marauder or Virago if you don't want to go down th GN route.

GV Hyo also a good option.

Magnas are cool too but everyone wants moonbeams for them.

I think shes more into sports bikes and shes picky about the cruisers

[oracle]

I'm about 5'6" and could very confidently put my feet on the ground with my fxr(s), they are very well priced too. Bandit seat height is another 10cm (4") shorter than the fxr too, so may be worth looking at for her. But hard to tell because women with the same height can often have different leg lengths. If you tell us what her inseam length is it may help, as this can then be compared to seat heights

[scumdog]

Honda Rebel?

Cool styling and pretty low too.

[nodrog:Me]

A K6 GSXR1000 has a low seat height

[MadDuck]

5'2 is not short. I have it on good authority that it is in fact too tall to be a hobbit

[Katman]

I think shes more into sports bikes

and she can probably get both feet down on?

250 Katana.

Sor'ed.

[Ender EnZed]

...she doesnt wanna sink a hole in her little leopard skin purse,
...bikes we can look at for her, that arnt overly powerful and she can probably get both feet down on?

Scorpio.

[DrunkenMistake]

Scorpio.

Yah Iv been trying ti push her towards them a little but she doesnt seem to interested,

thanks for all the info guys and girls, ill compose a list for her and see if we can track some down locally and see what she thinks

[hellokitty]

5'2 is not short. I have it on good authority that it is in fact too tall to be a hobbit

You are as tall as that?

Back on topic..... I am 5'5 (with short legs)and I am flat footed with bent legs on a bandit.

[DrunkenMistake]

Thought Id update,
Shes narrowed down her pickings to two bikes,
a Hyo GV 250in pink and silver, for a whopping $4,500 ono (I dont think so..)
And a 2010 Suzuki Intruder 250 in silver and chrome for $3,300 ono.

Both on tardme.

[tigertim20]

R15, brand new 5k. low, light, has warranty. how could you go wrong?

[marty]

The Intruder has the best name