GN250s are soooooo gutless

[kro]

GN250's are a National Icon, and should not be disparaged in any way, lest they lose their mystique.

[NC]

GN250's are a National Icon, and should not be disparaged in any way, lest they lose their mystique.

Their mystery is only exceeded by their power?

[Bonez]

Mine had been an '82. Somewhere along the line it had managed to get a front disk brake (not the stock drum ). Not that I'm complaining all in all.

GN250s came out in 1982 with disk front brakes
http://www.suzukicycles.org/GN-serie...rochures.shtml

[ducatilover]

well they cant be that bad, someone paid 1900 for mine...

[Ivan]

the difference between a Harley and a GN is a Gn has a suzuki motor and a Harley runs a Massy Fergusson

[Mattyc]

the difference between a Harley and a GN is a Gn has a suzuki motor and a Harley runs a Massy Fergusson

and GN's Stop and Turn Better.... and considerably more reliable

[ducatilover]

ha ha too true, gn's are practical and are not american....but hey leave the massey fergusuns alone.....

[ScumKiller2]

Yeah, ditch the GN's and make all newbies learn on RGV250's!



WARNING FOR ALL AMERICANS - THIS POST CONTAINS SARCASM

[ducatilover]

WARNING FOR ALL AMERICANS - THIS POST CONTAINS SARCASM

WHATS THAT? lol

[Bonez]

ha ha too true, gn's are practical and are not american....but hey leave the massey fergusuns alone.....

Could you please stop comparing a great tractor brand with that other agricultural vehicel.

[fishb8nz]

Of course the GN250 is gutless. Where you obfusticated by the Trades Description Act? Was it of a lesser HP than advertised?
The GN250 is a common or garden commutermobile that does an excellent job, doing what it was designed for. Do you want more?

[ducatilover]

Do you want more?

obviously i did, when i rode the gn for the first time i knew i made the wrong choise in bike it wasnt quite up to my requirements of doing over seven hundred k's per week in a hilly and windy district

[fishb8nz]

Whoa, that's one hell of am expectation for MOST bikes, let alone a GN250.
I do 350 km/week on a GN125 on flat ground and that's ok. I've even done 300 miles on a C50, in a day, once. Someone did the Pan American highway, from the bottom of Chile to Alaska on a C50. All depends on how long you want to take and how quickly.
What did you expect. My GN125 does exactly what I hoped it would - cheap, reliable, easy commuting. The GN250 does all of that, too. If you want to go faster, then buy a bigger/faster bike. That's what I intend doing as my bike is just too slow on the open road.
Don't criticise a bike for doing exactly what it was designed to do, please.

[ducatilover]

fair enough mate.... well i have got two bigger bikes. but they are both a bit buggered..... but my real bike, honda nt650/bros650, is a beautifull peice of work and fills all my needs extremely well, though it is "too powerfull" i find its power quite adequate and not overwhelming (when i first rode it i was like faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaark this is insane) but it aint that powerful......

[PSk]

I've done 10,000 km's in 8 months on mine ... and also seen 120 km/h many times.

I now run a 120/80 x 16" rear tyre and it's too high geared, ie. revs too hard, thus I'm pulling close to 8500 at 120 in 5th. Going to change the front sprocket to a 16 tooth one, instead of the current 15 tooth.

It's a great little bike. Did a group ride about a month ago and it spent almost the whole trip completely flat out ... but we managed to keep up with the big boys toys.

Pete