the GN250... Popular or Common

[Beemer]

Our club had its economy run today and I saw two GN250s around the route (near Palmerston North) and NEITHER waved! Mind you, neither did the guy on the Harley (whoops, should have said GANG member on a Harley) and several other cruiser types. All but one of the sports bike riders waved.

[avgas]

to be honest i dont think they are common - i walk 5k in (and also out) of town each day to uni, following the roads (esp dom rd, 70k highway).
A majority of the bikes i see are the following : CBR/ZXR 2fiddys, CBR600F's, and the occasional triumph/zx636/GSXR.
Oh everyday i see a 'red bull' fzr400, 'DOCTR' the XJR, a green 636 and a zeal with some flames pained on it - any of you guys KBers?

[Bonez]

Our club had its economy run today and I saw two GN250s around the route (near Palmerston North) and NEITHER waved! Mind you, neither did the guy on the Harley (whoops, should have said GANG member on a Harley) and several other cruiser types. All but one of the sports bike riders waved.

You guys where at Pahiatua Honda shop? The GB400 and Duc 500 that tooted was Doug and I doing a 230k curcuit.

[Lias]

I ride one, and wave at most everything on two wheels I see on the road. Sometimes even scootah riders in homage to my days spent on a streetmagic

Incidentally In my experience I've found Taranaki riders seems to wave far more often than any others. Been as far north as Warkworth, and all the way down to Wellington a few times, and out of all the areas, Taranakai riders wave way more.. (I counted one day, something like 21 out of 23 riders waved at me between New Plymouth and Wanganui on one trip down to Welly).. Heaps more than any other region.

[Rashika]

You guys where at Pahiatua Honda shop? The GB400 and Duc 500 that tooted was Doug and I doing a 230k curcuit.

.......really is a small world ain't it

Gwenda

[Bonez]

Just had a good look at the co-workers GN front end the fork lowers brake calipers, triple clamps and tube sizes ( 35mm ?) look the same a whats on the GasAxe. Another sorce of donor bits by the looks. Oh goodie.

[GN1NiteStnd]

I have a 1985 GN250 and I think they are the perfect learner bike. In all my learning so far (since november) i have only smashed one indicater and created a couple of dents in the tank, one was with my knee!

---The damage done by the local theving bastards doesnt count. ---

And I try to wave, I usually wait for the other motorcyclist to wave first tho.

Anyway when Im confident enough I will move on from the trusty GN to something that doesnt sound like hell at 100km/h.