GN250s are soooooo gutless

[hondacmx450]

sit on the tank put feet on set stand up and then it dont matter how fast you go ppl will say look at that cock wow gn250 r a cool stunt bikehahahahahahahaha

[rfc85]

had my gn250 up to 140+ with good tail wind, cranks over to 120 fairly reasonably and then plods its way all the way up to a whopping 130 on a good stretch of road, ewehehehee, just dont brake otherwise u gotta pick that speed up again

Mine is the same,I weigh 82kg and have done trips to dorkland and coromandel and had a shit load of fun, its a top bike for round town.

[Pancakes]

Yeah my Gnu has seen 120 and stayed there for a while since I got it but it's always been wet when I'm riding so thats all I felt like trying at the time. It seems to pull ok in 5th but chopping down is a must for passing or merging with faster lanes. I think I might have a leaking fork seal or low fork pressure cos it rides ok but dives under brakes, is this a gn trait or something worth getting checked out?

[Pancakes]

ps, I weigh 75kg's and with the power (or lack of) on these bikes I would see how this makes a difference

[sunhuntin]

might have to take "pup" to the docs soon...damn things been dropping her revs when i go over a certain speed bump [where my flat is, no matter what way you go youll hit at least one speed bump. its easier to go the 2 bump way, lol.] she did it last night on the way to work and again this morning. last night i allowed her revs to drop and she stalled, started ok though. this morning she did it again, her revs just fell despite my rolling the accellerator [sp?] to try and get them back up. i kicked her into second while trying to rev her a bit. took her back to first and moved to the side. eventually she screamed and her revs settled without stalling. dad reckons a blockage or dirt in the carb. she ran fine all day yesterday, filled her almost to overflowing so its not gas] will see how she runs over the weekend, then maybe to the doc on monday if she isnt right.

was also caught up a bit in a cop chase yesterday...bike stalled at the top of the hill [gas] got her started, checked mirrors and head check, clear all ways, moved off. get to the top of the hill, hear this noise behind me, check my mirrors, and all i can see is number plate of a ford falcoln ute. i cant imagine how close he must have been, normally i can see the bumper, bonnet, windsheild etc. i hold him back until we're past the first corner [blind] and then let him pass [double yellow lines too] really battered ford, would have been nice if itd been looked after. they go past, move back away from the side of the hill, and theres a really nice ford car up my ass [not so close this time] since i figure, ok, both fords, must be boys racing or something. let them pass as well [not up to the second corner yet, still yellow lines] once the car has passed, i catch the fluro yellow of the people inside... mufti cop car. hope to god they caught the ute.



rather an exciting day. hows yours been, fellow gners? hehehe

[ducatilover]

i just got a new air filter for my gn250 and filled it with 96 unleaded. yesterday i managed 125 with a tailwind passing a truck it would have gone further but i was putting it past the red [8500 is the red] so i had 2 stik it at that. but to all the gn riders out there put a K&N filter inyer beast and run it on 96 it makes little diff around town it now does 100 sortof happily. even though i miss the gpz's power and willingness to pull to 11000 and 170k's passing people on the same staight, the gn does quite suffice till i have my full liscence and/or the moneY for a BANDIT600S. Dont ya just love the look of em?

[ducatilover]

true that, think i was just in the reds when i got it to 140+ and the mirrors shake like an ape coming down off every drug known to man

but i always make sure to look for blue and red somewhere in that blur

i weigh like 63kg aswell, so yeh. certainly no ''big'' dave on a gn250

dude your gearing must be longer than mine. mine redlines somewhere between 120-125 in top.i am only 55kg. is it all right to put it through the red line? if so how far till it valve bounces?

[FlyingDutchMan]

I got my old gn125 upto 130ish (~5km/h off the end of the speedo ). That was on a long downhill slope with a huge tail wind. Felt like the bike was going to shake itself to pieces. The best cruising speed I ever got was 120 on the desert road with a nice tail wind... but generally it struggled getting more than 90 km/h - however I found that wearing a pack let it go faster - mustive made it more aerodynamic somehow.

[inlinefour]

My GN did 120km/h max in good conditions. Just knock it down a gear and ring it out. Like Oakie said, depends what your comparing it with. However in saying that on my last ride of the GN that I owned, the Z50 made it around the MX track quicker (not really too surprising)

[Lias]

I'm not a small bloke, and I can still get 135ish out of my GN with a tail wind and a downhill stretch :-)

As others have said, it takes a decent amount of time to crawl up to that speed.. Hope you dont need to break, or go up any hills :-)

[Str8 Jacket]

I was coming of the Petone of-ramp on Sat, once I got onto the motorway I had a look down at my speedo, and im not sure how accurate it is but I was doing just over 120 - and even then I could have gone faster . . . I love my bike and don't really care what anyone thinks of it.

[White trash]

I happened to witness a young fellah, weighed in at about 115kg, 17 years old, riding a GN at a trackday at Manfield, giving the learn to a dude on a CBR750 Hurricane.

His name? The peoples hero, Johann Brunns

[Pancakes]

So much gn knowlwdge out there!! ok brain-boxes, van I put a heavier weight shock oil in either end of mine to firm it up a bit? Mine drops 10-12cm as soon as I touch the brakes then the last few cm does all the work.

[Eurygnomes]

I was coming of the Petone of-ramp on Sat, once I got onto the motorway I had a look down at my speedo, and im not sure how accurate it is but I was doing just over 120 - and even then I could have gone faster . . . I love my bike and don't really care what anyone thinks of it.

Wow girl, you were bombing down the mway. Mine gets up to 100 eventually, and I"ve seen it at 105 (then slowed down for a bend over a bridge - you know, anticipating the gusts et al), but 120??

[Two Smoker]

I happened to witness a young fellah, weighed in at about 115kg, 17 years old, riding a GN at a trackday at Manfield, giving the learn to a dude on a CBR750 Hurricane.

His name? The peoples hero, Johann Brunns

That doesnt surprise me at all...