Learner recommendations - CBR250R V Ninja 250?

[nzmikey]

250 hornet is they way I would go if I had to start all over.
$4K and its yours...http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-466926817.htm

Hey this is my sales pitch here ........ if I need help I will ask

[sleemanj]

I think the Spada is an earlier version?

They share an engine, of sorts - the Spada version however produces more power (like most modern 250 and under bikes, the more modern you get, the less power they seem to produce, power restriction regulations I suppose). Not much similar in terms of anything else of note.

By all accounts though, the modern VTR is a very good bike in it's own right.

[Maha]

Hey this is my sales pitch here ........ if I need help I will ask

Your sale pitch seems to be in need all the help it can get..

[nzmikey]

Your sale pitch seems to be in need all the help it can get..

I was testing the water 1st ....... & then I was going to go full retard & do the Hard sell

[ducatilover]

I think the Spada is an earlier version?

Same brakes, forks, bottom end of the engine.
Spada = 40hp, VTR = 33hp on a good day.
Both tip the scales at around 139kg dry.
The VTR had the 5 speed box, Spada had the 6 speed.
Both are good little bikes

[Maha]

There is 1 spada on TM at the moment, looks a real shit box and the engine has been replaced with a VTR 250 pack.

[ducatilover]

There is 1 spada on TM at the moment, looks a real shit box and the engine has been replaced with a VTR 250 pack.

[RJM]

Thanks for all the comments. He has been reading as a guest.

I'm personally a big fan of the VTR250, hoping to buy one later this year.

[RuoskaNZ]

Ninja 250 was my first road bike, I loved it and didnt get completely bored with it until I was ready to get a bigger bike 3 years later.
While I was shopping around I liked the look of the Hornet 250, and borrowed mates older 90s 4 cylinder Honda and Yamaha variants, they were pretty fun but a little long in the teeth for my liking.

Was riding along the local riding route (SH2, Haywards, Paekak Hill) on sunday and there was a Ninja 250 and CBR250R keeping pace behind me nicely in the corners ( I wasnt going fast due to a lot of gunk/dirt on the road) but they were keeping up in the 100km areas as well.
Am still sad at getting rid of the ninja even with the gixxer, was so easy to throw around and a lot of fun in general (and a lot cheaper on gas around town).
Though at the end of this year the rules are changing so you may not even have to get a 250. :P couldnt they have done that 3 years earlier?
GL though. Have a sit on them and even a ride if the dealer trusts you.

[ducatilover]

Nice thread dredge!

I'll put $10 on a Hornet lasting longer than an EX250.