first 250??

[cobra7_nz]

Gday i know theres HEAPS of threads on 1st bikes but just a quick question...
Im moving up to chch next year and want a bike to commute back down to dunners in the weekends.

What would ya'll recommend? it needs to be something comfortable but i also want a quick bike.
So basically what sorta comfortable 250cc sports bikes are out there and what do ya reckon is the best?

thanks
pj

[Sniper]

GPZ/GPX 250 IMHO

[froggyfrenchman]

Well....... You have just started a hell of a debate for your first post.
Welcome to the site.



*sitZ back and waits for the usal drivel...

[GB500nz]

For that length of ride and the need for comfort you haven't much choice. Most 250 sportsbikes will leave you crippled after 3-and-a-bit hours. Sit on a few and see. Honda's VTR250 or Hyosung's equivalent might do you. I'm not at all sure that there's a 250 that will do the job, though.

[marty]

VTR250. best 250 around. apart from an aprilia RS250

[ducatilover]

VTR250. best 250 around.

nice ride them they handle bloody good too. the hyobags seem good give skelstar a bell and ask what his goes like:spudwave: :spudwave:

[flash]

two stroke

[vtec]

I reckon for the new entrant to motorbikes, two strokes are too much of a pain in the arse.

I reckon if you want speed reliability and good gas mileage, one of the following fourstrokes is the way to go. They hold their prices really well too, so as long as you don't smash it up you should get a fair bit for it once you are over your 250 stint.

My list of good learner 250's (learner doesn't mean it ain't fckn fast)
Fast ones (in order of favourite to least favourite):
*Honda CBR250RR
*Kawasaki ZXR 250 (ZX2R)
*Honda VTR250 (Different ride type from the CBR, easier to do tricks on, more torque less power, better gas mileage than the CBR, plus no fairing means that you won't have to spend heaps fixing fairing all the time, just you might damage other important items on the bike)
*Suzuki GSXR 250
*Yamaha FZR 250
*Honda CBR250R (Don't know how you could settle for second best in a brand range, which is why I put this last)

Slow ones (You get the benefit of more comfort and less maintenance and cheaper fuel costs with these)
*Suzuki GSX 250
*Virago (can't remember the brand, probably Suzuki)

Two Strokes (Don't touch these if you aren't a mechanic, too much effort and money to keep running, but cheap as dirt to buy them)
*Suzuki RGV 250 (I owned a Pepsi racing replica which had been raced)
*Honda NSR 250 (Sweet 250)
*Aprilia RS250 (Expensive as, not worth it in my opinion unless money is no object, cause you'll probably just drop it anyway)

[ducatilover]

virago is a yammy. dont get a virago get an srv250 or just get a cbr250rr or a zxr

[TerminalAddict]

if you're taller than 3 foot the virago will get to you after a while (sorry crashe :P ... I'm sure you're taller than 3 foot )

My money would be on the vtr

[Coyote]

Comfortable sportbike?

[Yokai]

vdont get a virago get an srv250

There's a nice srv250 for sale in Masterton...

Lovely bike to ride - I love mine.. I've ridden to Wellington from Auckland on it and done the Coromandel Loop a couple times - You'll want to get off the bike every 90 minutes or so anyways (just to keep blood flowing and being alert - you gotta have alert blood you know) - but the SRV has a nice touring speed of 100kph and yet is thin and nice to handle....

I'd like something with a little more acceleration but for that commute? Ummm - I'd go with the SRV.

[ducatilover]

There's a nice srv250 for sale in Masterton...

yeah that one...mmmmmmm the vtr is waaaay better though

[Sniper]

two stroke

For a first bike? You realy are a jobberknowl

[vtec]

Comfortable sportbike?

Yep, I'd rate the CBR that you ride alarumba as probably one of the most comfortable sprotsbikes around. The up right sitting position takes a lot of weight off your arms. And the seats are made out of really nice material that moulds to your butt. The only thing I don't like are that I find my knees are quite bent and after a while my right knee starts to give me major pains... But this is due to ligament damage suffered as a kid playing soccer. My next bike will have even higher footpegs, cause these ones are always scraping on the ground.

My RGV however was a lot more stretched out so you are leaning further forward and putting more weight on the arms.