I'd say stay away from Chinese brands. Never owned one but heard plenty of unfortunate stories.
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
I still own one..
+1 I have herd some nasty stories about shit welds etc etc
If all else fails go for the mighty GN, but make sure you get new tyres if you buy it new! factory tyres are like plastic, the bike will rust away to dust before the tyres even show any age.
I agree with you on the plastic tyres bit. I have had the current tyres in mine for more then 3k kms and there still little to no wear on them. They have absolute horrible grip, but they are good for teaching me to keep control of the bike. Except that one time I hit a puddle of diesel coming round a roundabout. Had to use my knee![]()
Iv seen some messy intersection stopping with GN's in the wet,
even in the dry! .. Fuck that! haha, Hell I have had two bikes so far and both have been second hand, and I have replaced both sets of tyres with brand new or near new tyres of an excellent quality. Its the difference between be staying on the bike, and sliding around a corner
Don't buy something you'll get bored of like a Scorpio or GN250, my mate was sick of his GN after 2 weeks!
It all depends on how you ride. You can have a laugh on a GN. I did 11,000km on mine, sure the power got boring after the first 20 seconds, but, you could abuse the shit out of it and get some hilarious lean angles on the sport demons. Scorpio is a better bike IMHO though![]()
Your Spada is always my first recommendation for a learner though, awesome all round bike, mine sounded mad with the twin pipes and equal length headers, went well too. It's the only 250 I have ridden that I am comfortable doing 500km a day on.
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