Level of 250cc riders

[Kwaka-Kid]

my experience.. 9yo dirt, SL125 XL125 XL250 XR200R then changed to street the day i turned 15 with CB250RS then GS1000 (yeehaw, try a jump from a 118kg 31hp 250 single to a modd'ed 250kg 80something hp armchair!) i could barely touch hte gorund on the high suspension either! then to GPZ750E1(turbo) GPZ750A2 ZXR400 VFR400withRVF motor(racebike only) fell inlove with the Honda V4 so bought my current VFR400 NC24. What can i say about experiences? they were all fun and all worth it! but ive finally settled back down to 400's and am planning on sticking to them for a good 5 years or so. im now 18 so have been street rding 3 years and racing in Formula 3 for near 6months. Racing definatly helped me lots and just having good tyres and plenty of blind faith to throw into them. I personally have trouble riding 250's now but i think its just getting used to a bike etc, rode a few whilst my mate was shopping and now settled on his GSXR250 hes only a few weeks old (biking) and i swear he could run rings around me if i had the same bike, its just so damn light the front end just doesnt work with me and i cant put faith into it... but hey, what do i know? honestly cant give too much advise as i still have soooo much to learn, but i will get there oneday, and hopefully be able to catch one of you 250's on my 400! grrr! damn fastboys.
Oh and mechanics wise, ask any KB'ers that know me, over all the machines ive had, not one has ever been touched by a mechanic, 1 dirtbike fully rebuilt with my dads help, one top end only, my CB250 i did from the bottom end up almost alone and i just modify and make my own everything from exhausts to air filters which reminds me, wheres the sellys silicon sealer... need to put the side casing back on my racebike. oh and at the next time you kb'ers see the racebike, yes that is a vacuum cleaner hose cut into 2 and put thru my bikes fairing then over my dropped 1inch radiator then into hte airbox, found in an inorganic collection i saw and had an idea on the way home from work the other week. Night all!

[Zed]

my experience.. 9yo dirt, SL125 XL125 XL250 XR200R then changed to street the day i turned 15 with CB250RS then GS1000 (yeehaw, try a jump from a 118kg 31hp 250 single to a modd'ed 250kg 80something hp armchair!) i could barely touch hte gorund on the high suspension either! then to GPZ750E1(turbo) GPZ750A2 ZXR400 VFR400withRVF motor(racebike only) fell inlove with the Honda V4 so bought my current VFR400 NC24. What can i say about experiences? they were all fun and all worth it! but ive finally settled back down to 400's and am planning on sticking to them for a good 5 years or so. im now 18 so have been street rding 3 years and racing in Formula 3 for near 6months. Racing definatly helped me lots and just having good tyres and plenty of blind faith to throw into them. I personally have trouble riding 250's now but i think its just getting used to a bike etc, rode a few whilst my mate was shopping and now settled on his GSXR250 hes only a few weeks old (biking) and i swear he could run rings around me if i had the same bike, its just so damn light the front end just doesnt work with me and i cant put faith into it... but hey, what do i know? honestly cant give too much advise as i still have soooo much to learn, but i will get there oneday, and hopefully be able to catch one of you 250's on my 400! grrr! damn fastboys.
Oh and mechanics wise, ask any KB'ers that know me, over all the machines ive had, not one has ever been touched by a mechanic, 1 dirtbike fully rebuilt with my dads help, one top end only, my CB250 i did from the bottom end up almost alone and i just modify and make my own everything from exhausts to air filters which reminds me, wheres the sellys silicon sealer... need to put the side casing back on my racebike. oh and at the next time you kb'ers see the racebike, yes that is a vacuum cleaner hose cut into 2 and put thru my bikes fairing then over my dropped 1inch radiator then into hte airbox, found in an inorganic collection i saw and had an idea on the way home from work the other week. Night all!

You sound like a real hard case (compliment)

Questions: If you migrated from a 250 to a 1000cc on the road, why have you settled on a 400cc? Have you riden 600's, 750's & 900's? Then again, you have only been riding road for 3 years...


Zed

[Wenier]

Back off topic for a second. You can pretty much not fail the basic skills handling course done by roadsafe unless you are really stupid.

[Kwaka-Kid]

Thanks Zed and yeah i had the 750's and still have the 750turbo, my reason is partly because of racing, i race 400's because its cheap, so i want to bring my skills up by riding with the same sorta power/style on the street aswell (not style as in fanging it around everywhere! but you know what i mean) and am pretty satisfied. My dream bike (sounds a little crazy) was always scince i got my licence a 1990 Kawasaki ZXR750, the ones with true ram-air, i used to think they were the bees knees! and still would love to step up to one, but i have enough trouble hanging onto the bars of my 400 often enough and love how light it is to toss into corners, I have trouble explaining it but i really am settled on these little 400's! besides my mummy doesnt seem to mind me being on a 400 if we tell her how slow it/i am, if i ride around on the gs1000 to her place etc all i get is lectures on how the bike is too big for me haha!

[pete-blen]

Dam i'm glad I got my licence before all ths crap came in...
I didn't get a 250 till 4th bike... RD250LC..
started on a 1977 Kawasaki S3 400 triple ,then a 1978 RD400E
1979 CB900FZ then the 1982 RD250LC...

In fact I have never sat a driving test...
After being pulled over for the XX time for driveing with out
a licence the local cop at wakefeild..draged me down to his house/station
sat me at his desk and basicly told me what boxes to tick on the test..
got 25 out of 25 wow..then said I don't need to take yer for a drive..
bloody pulled yer over enough...2 weeks later a little book "old style licence"
turned up in the mail...
Yep the good old days... before the bull shit....

Pete

[Genie]

my level....depends on the day and my mood. My little Ninja gives me enough thrill to satisfy....sometimes.


My first road ride was a GSX1100, could barely touch the ground and I loved it.

I'd love something bigger but I know I'd just get in trouble...the wee Ninja keeps me safe, under semi control, though another 15 demerits and i have no licence.

I think my level is a Triumph Street Triple but I can't have one as I would get in far too much trouble and i must be a good girl. So, for the sake of being good my level is the Baby Ninja, which does have a fair amount of cheekiness

[matdaymon]

That must be some kind of record?

Every day I ride I learn something new or hone my skills just a little bit more. Been riding for 18months and think at times I'd have trouble with a more powerful bike, others I wish I had a 600

[Beren]

LOL - would be interesting to see what some of the old 250 guys from the class of 2004 have ended up with now!

My level... umm well floating somewhere just above the bottom I'd guess. Though I have done a lot of my riding in the dark/rain/fog/wind on the open road/motorway/splitting/city... and I have done over 2000km's in my first month. So I don't know a lot about a lot of different types of riding!

The last time I did more than change the oil on a bike was 1996 - and then it was just to change the spark plug! With a supply of tools I have always been able to carry out any task in the haines manual on a car... so will be giving lots of stuff a go.

[Chancebmx25]

Back off topic for a second. You can pretty much not fail the basic skills handling course done by roadsafe unless you are really stupid.

hehehe guts for those whole fail it. eg (my brother) heheh classic

[steelestring]

[QUOTE=matdaymon;1130068842]That must be some kind of record?

Dam! 2004! was a good year haha

[White trash]

LOL - would be interesting to see what some of the old 250 guys from the class of 2004 have ended up with now!

Well Wenier (OP) bought my Alstare GSXR600 K3 off me back in 2005 as a step up from his ZXR. He lived down in Bleheim at the time and about 12 months ago I saw he had it advertised on TM. Not sure if he replaced it or got off bikes.

Cathy (I believe) now has a GS500 or similar from memory and to my knowledge, still rides it.

Motoracer (Sudeep) is living with his fiancee in Frankfurt and has a CBR954 Blade which he attends fairly regular Porshe spanking sessions at the Nurberg ring for shits and giggle.

That's all I can think of right now.

[jaffaonajappa]

You can pretty much not fail the basic skills handling course done by roadsafe unless you are really stupid.

Bullshit.



My main form of transport at the moment is a YZF-R15 - loving it.
Kinda slow in a straight line. Heeps of grin-factor in the tight twisties......45's at 110 bwahahahah.

Failed that skills handling test twice now - first time when I was 15 and turned up on a 400, and the instructor somehow observed me doing a burnout - about 10 minutes before we were due to start any lessons. 2nd time when I was about 30, turned up on a Guzzi sport - the wanker didnt beleive it was a Guzzi 110 point 0 cc motorbike and sent me home,.

[Latte]

Bullshit.



My main form of transport at the moment is a YZF-R15 - loving it.
Kinda slow in a straight line. Heeps of grin-factor in the tight twisties......45's at 110 bwahahahah.

Failed that skills handling test twice now - first time when I was 15 and turned up on a 400, and the instructor somehow observed me doing a burnout - about 10 minutes before we were due to start any lessons. 2nd time when I was about 30, turned up on a Guzzi sport - the wanker didnt beleive it was a Guzzi 110 point 0 cc motorbike and sent me home,.

Sounds like stupid to me (p/t kinda)

[Maki]

It would b great to hear wut level everyone else thinks they are at.

Chris

My level sucks. I have been riding for years and still ride like a moron. Controlling the bike is the easy part. It's controlling yourself that is hard. I still have no idea how to do that...