Moving from moped to 250cc motorcycle. Too expensive?

[Akzle]

unicorn urine added to engine oil to make extra horsepower.

shit works yo

[250r-king]

Don't listen to 250 peasant king's bullshit posts. If you've been on moped for over 5 years, you should find yourself reasonably comfortable on a 250.

Also don't buy his 20-y old POS 250R junk. It's a poor man's CBR, not even a proper MC22. Probably "tuned" with household blow dryer duc taped to airbox and some bullshit unicorn urine added to engine oil to make extra horsepower.

On second thought buy a 1100 zzr, as for that little bitch EJK must be that time of the month.(his assholes been recently jackhammered slight bleed)
I have nothing against homos, you two have fun.

[Scubbo]

mt-03 would be a great option if you're primarily wanting a commuter but with the ability to do trips and have fun -- great price at the moment, the best 300cc bike in it's class for what they sell it for new!

[EJK]

On second thought buy a 1100 zzr, as for that little bitch EJK must be that time of the month.(his assholes been recently jackhammered slight bleed)
I have nothing against homos, you two have fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9XW...utu.be&t=2m20s

[MarkH]

was it an AN400 with a custom exhaust? if so I've met you before

It was a red AN400, with stock exhaust though.
It wasn't the best on the open road but I was able to tick along at 109kph without complaining so it wasn't like it couldn't do a decent trip.
The longest ride I did in one day on it was Auckland to Christchurch - long day though.

There are some nice bikes out there that are LAMS compliant, for more open road riding I'd probably go with a bike, for more city commuting a bigger scooter could be worth considering.
You can get some good 400cc, 500cc or even 650cc bikes that are LAMS compliant - it all depends on what you want in a bike.

[Luckylegs]

These days you aren't restricted to a 250, if you look around you may seem something suitable for your intended purpose.

Re an earlier comment: the year of manufacture is written on the sidewall of a tyre.
http://www.michelin.ca/tires-101/tir...-sidewall.page

The tyres in that item were dated 2008. I hope none of us are using tyres made in 2008.

i may or may not have, but 1/12th of year ago, replaced a set where an acute triangle shaped front had that very year on it. Dangerous? Maybe - was a lot of hard work keeping it turned thats for sure.

[mrchips]

Hey flav. Have you thought of a bigger scoot ?. I use a burgman 650 executive for my work commutes. It's a scoot on steroids.. no maintenance cept oil changes...+ it's lams approved & goes like the clappers at half throttle

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[flaviosa]

Hey flav. Have you thought of a bigger scoot ?. I use a burgman 650 executive for my work commutes. It's a scoot on steroids.. no maintenance cept oil changes...+ it's lams approved & goes like the clappers at half throttle

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I have. But those big scooters are ridiculous expensive. But I was look the kawasaki J300 with ABS which is not that expensive but still more expensive that the MT03.

[rambaldi]

If you want to have a look at the costs incurred I have had my bike for about a year now and I have tracked most costs here: http://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/hon...ambaldi/379624

It isn't showing insuarance and rego but starts with a nice set of new boots. The main set of stats only tracks petrol costs but I have listed others if you go through the logs. I just had a service today and it came to $120 odd, of which $52 was for labour (doing it yourself would save you that). I replaced the chain as well based upon the stores suggestion so that was a bit more, but they didn't charge for fitting it.

If I was to buy a new bike, for learning on, and I didn't want one of the biggies (like the Versys which sounds great) I would look at the MT03. I love my VTR250 but they aren't coming in anymore and they are missing some of the features that the new bikes offer (namely ABS).

[Tazz]

You can't go to something with bigger engine, tyres, brakes , plastics and not expect it to cost you more. If the cost isn't worth it to you stick with your scooter.

If you service your scooter you can service a two fifty.