Buy a Kawasaki Balius?

[folo]

Hi,i'm thinking about buying a kawasaki balius 250,i'm not a big expert and i never seen it around,i found one on trade me and it looks good to me,i was just wondering if it's a "full size" bike.i'm tall and i want to have a good size one.anyone's got good experience with it anyway?
Cheers.

[Grizzo]

Never heard anything bad about them.

If size is important to you, check out the LAMS list of rides.
Plenty of bikes around for the long of leg.

[Akzle]

q: Buy a Kawasaki Balius?
a: no.

[AllanB]

Go for it

[folo]

would you compare it to a hornet as a body size?

[jellywrestler]

would you compare it to a hornet as a body size?

find out yourself
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[folo]

find out yourself
http://cycle-ergo.com/

this is awesome! thanks!

[Vinz0r]

They're a great bike, had one as my first. Revs out to 22,000 and makes about 40 hp. Will be a fun step up from your GN.

[ducatilover]

Cam chains and cam chain tensioners, never buy one with more than 70k on the clock unless you're the man with spanners. Buy a Hornet if you want a 250

[Oakie]

Make sure the front brakes are OK. I rode three one day in testing for a bike for Mrs Oakie. Front brakes on each one were weak. Apart from that though ... seem to be a good enough bike. Peppy enough but I was unhappy because for my wife I wanted the 'woah' bit to match the 'go' bit.
I think they aren't actually a Kawasaki either even though they are under a Kawasaki badge. Suzuki-made and Kawasaki badged ... something like that?

[Oakie]

No, I got it backwards. The Suzuki GSX250FX was a rebadged Balius. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_GSX250FX

[Devil]

Thats the Balius 2 I believe that was the snoozuki. The difference being the first one was monoshock, and the 2 was a twin shocker.
Used to have the first edition. Was a great little toy. Cam chain and tensioner replacement was less than $300 I believe at the time. Labour rates will have gone up a little since then though.

Saw 175km/h on mine once (ON A CLOSED ROAD).