Fun on a 250?

[cooky1975]

Good morning everyone

I ride a 250cc crusiser. Its pretty gutless to be fair but she does. My missus has been on the back and suprisingly held up well. At her suggestion we are taking it awy - well going to warkworth. I just curious to know has any one else done this , i mean use what they had instead of just waiting for the preverbial bigger bike ?

id love to hear some classic war storries so to speak, in fact how far have you been on it. BTW i have my restricted due to get my full in december. I think she will buy into having a bigger bike after this little trip. Shes keen alright though buying herself a jacket and helmet

[Tigadee]

There have been people who went from AKL to Welly, people who have toured all over NZ on a 250. As long as it's reliable and well-maintained - and you're not pushing it - there's no reason why you can't.

A bigger bike will be more comfortable and handle wind and loads/2-up much better though, plus be able to get up hills or overtake a lot easier.

[cooky1975]

yes in time just nicew to get oput there though the bigger bike will crusie well when i got no debts so the 250 will suffice, thanks for the advice though

[Paul in NZ]

Vicki and I scooted down to the beach on the mighty AC50 the other day - epic cool fun as the chassis designed for a 14 year old twisted into knots coping with 2 adults... It does your ego a world of good to proudly ride a humble bike - enjoy your self.....

[Phantom Limb]

Back in my 250 days, I put the missus on the back and scooted up north reletively often, ended up in sandspit at the cafe most times.

I found it doable. My VTR250 was actually able to pass a great deal of traffic up hill on the Waiwera passing lanes, it was just a case of getting the revs up past 7000RPM to hold her at the speed limit!

If you just want to cruise and will not be attempting any up hill passing then go for it, it will be fun.

[Rosie]

250's are thoroughly underrated

I got my full in 2007, and kept riding my 250 until mid-2010, when I upgraded to... a different 250, which I still have.

I had the super sherpa from new, and did almost 50,000k's on it, including three South Island trips, 4 weeks touring around Australia, and a few weekend trips from Rotorua to Wellington for adventure rides there.

I wore the poor sherp out, so it was time to upgrade to a more highly specced bike, so I got the WR. I've only done 30,000km on it so far, including a trip to the Burt Munro, and numerous weekends away in different parts of the North Island.

Overtaking on the highway is a bit of a limitation, but riding on major highways is a fairly minor part of my riding, so it doesn't concern me too much.

[cooky1975]

hey guys thanks,

yeah to be honest the guys in the bike shop try to tell me it aint big enough i found it held up well. i happy to crusie around 90 - 100km hour so is she so should be a sweet ride, long as the weather is nice, ie sunny dry and not to windy

[cooky1975]

oh exciting news she got her helmet i going to pick it up today give her a ride home :-)

[Akzle]

drop a couple of tabs of acid before you head off.

you could even be on a honda and it'd be fun.


buuutttttt. TS185 from coro-whangarei in a day. two stroke awesome.

[SMOKEU]

hey guys thanks,

yeah to be honest the guys in the bike shop try to tell me it aint big enough i found it held up well. i happy to crusie around 90 - 100km hour so is she so should be a sweet ride, long as the weather is nice, ie sunny dry and not to windy

Just wait till you get something fast, then you can cruise at double that speed with ease.

drop a couple of tabs of acid before you head off.

you could even be on a honda and it'd be fun.


buuutttttt. TS185 from coro-whangarei in a day. two stroke awesome.

+1 to the acid. I've got a TS185 and they're great fun!

[CookMySock]

I've done a few trips on the Comet 250 with my daughter on the back. She's kinda little though, but the 250 was more than happy at the speed limit all day. We have to ring its neck a bit on the big hills, but that's ok!

250's just seem to have more magic on road trips. Don't know why - perhaps it adds an "intrepid" aspect. Fun! Do it!

[caspernz]

Well, I done the whole North Island on my GN250 back in the day when I had the training wheels on. Not a quick trip, but hey it's lots of fun staying out of the way of faster traffic

Two-up on a 250? Oh well, your choice of course, the rear view mirrors will be your best friend

[ducatilover]

It does your ego a world of good to proudly ride a humble bike - enjoy your self.....

Quoted because it's so true

I absolutely love my 300, it's unreliable, hilarious to ride, slow and handles like a placenta on ice.
I have more fun than I do on the 600, which is far too fast for me, horribly uncomfortable and handles beautifully. And the brakes work well.

It's all up to the individual, but some of us don't need big power to have a giggle, if my 300 wouldn't blow up I'd ride it all day happily.

[perfectly.frank]

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