1st bike vs license

[placidfemme]

ita only like 50 bucks to hire a bike for the CBTA tests, and for the three months you could drive your cars maybe hire the bike for a couple of days prior to your last course to freshen up.

Like he said ^^^

It's only 3 months, not worth getting demerit points or fines or losing your license over that...

[Flyingpony]

[Edit] Oh and FXR's arn't that bad... if you compare it to a scooter then you obviously ride like a nana... they're better than GN250's anyway

Second that, and yes I've ridden a couple GN250's.

[Gremlin]

Don't bother with a ZZR400, apparently the same weight as the 600, same chassis etc, but less power.

I have a ZZR250, can't complain, stable predictable, but certainly not as quick as the cbr or zxr. Brilliant first bike if you are looking at getting into sportsbikes.

You certainly seem to have a lot of options at your disposal...

[blocker]

Well I've got the GSX and it doesn't look like a scooter.
Was only when i had it in at the workshop last week I realised what a big bugger it is as it was parked next to a CBR when I picked it up (which it dwarfed).
All that extra weight/size doesn't do wonders for performance so if you are already pretty confident on bikes then go a cbr, zzr or zxr or similar. (unless you're andre the giant and need a large frame bike).
Don't forget if you buy a 250 at a good price you should be able to flick on in 3-4 months at a similar price so it should't really cost you much extra, just a bit of pain in the arse trading between bikes.

[ZorsT]

i agree with unhingedlizard, a two-smoke 250 would do the trick nicely

[anhrefn]

Why not get an older bike like an RD200? Its 2 stroke, pretty good power and you should be able to pick one up pretty cheap. Plus if yah kill it someone is always buying one for parts

[TerminalAddict]

well ... interesting afternoon.
I took a ZZR400 for a spin today.

I've decided that 250 it is I think .. .holy crap, I've got a lot of learning to do.
Funny how I feel so brave standing on my feet, and so not brave riding

ah well lesson learnt, no harm done time to go trademe searching again

[Pathos]

I DONT RIDE A SCOOTER GOD DAMMIT!!





but it could do with a couple more dozen horses..but year a decent 250 will have over twice the horse power and I'm still learning how to use all its power. But then again you will always feel insecure on a new bike and you will quickly grow used to it. I didn't enjoy riding my friends .02 bhp motorbike at first.

The decent 250's are expensive/too old.

[GN1NiteStnd]

Id say a Gn wold be the best bet.
And you dont have to go all out by getting the newest one out there either. Theres plenty of them around so getting parts are cheap. Although they are lacking in the grunt department, so if it intergillactic speeds is what you need(120km/h+) then maybe a GNs not the way to go after all.