Afternoon all

I have been a member on here for some time now, when I had a KR 150 a few years back. I was in Christchurch at the time and literally used it just for fun rides around the Port Hills and the likes. Twas good times.

Back then I had a bin, and I haven't really got back on a bike since.

I briefly owned a GSXR250, however it was off the road and I had to sell it before I got the chance to ride it. However, circumstances have changed, and now I'm looking at getting back on 2 wheels again.

I'm in Whanganui now, and looking at using a bike to get around on for errands, but also for some bigger rides up to Taupo and to Wellington and some fun stuff in between where I can find it.

I'm looking at two different bikes at the moment, both new and kinda two different kettles of fish. Any advise on either of them would be much appreciated, especially since I haven't ridden either of them.

The first is a Yamaha R150. I've sat on this and it feels like a small bike. I imagine it would handle very similar to the KR and need some revs to get going but I'm not opposed to this. Its brand new, $4995 +ORC and I love the overrall style of the bike. I like that its small but kind of concerned that it might be too small for those longer rides.

The second was a Hyosung GTR250. Now I no nothing much about the Hyosung bikes, and this one was considerably bigger feeling than the R150, so I'm guessing it would probably be better for the longer stuff, but I've heard from a few guys that they are slightly uncomfortable to ride.

Comments appreciated, and hope to be back on two wheels soon!