GN250 vs FXR150

[Str8 Jacket]

is the fxr a two or four stroke?:spudwhat:

Four Stroke.

Midnight Mike, GN's are awesome bikes to learn to ride on. They will teach you alot about riding and all in all are just plain easy. Me personally am glad that I no longer have mine as ive found the KR suits my riding style better but as Gamgee says buy a cheapy to thrash around, it'll teach you the basics and then when ya ready try out some others and maybe get a faster 250 then.... Good luck!

[GN1NiteStnd]

the fxr150 looks like a mountain bike with fairings, the gn is just plain ugly
the fxr is quicker, better styled
the gn250 is one of the most reliable bikes around
the fxr is known to have an inaccurate speedo
if it's your first bike go and buy an older gn (like late 80's-early 90's) for under $1500 thrash round on it till you get you're restricted licence, then get a more powerfull twin or 4 cylinder 250cc bike

Words of wisdom. You would be a fool to do anything else.
Either way, enjoy your new wheels when you get them

[flash]

why not get a rg150?. the one a moto gb looks good

[froggyfrenchman]

Words of wisdom. You would be a fool to do anything else.
Either way, enjoy your new wheels when you get them

Whoops, i said that!, was just logged in as the missis

[Moxy]

Being a scooter rider I guess all you'll be doing for a start is commuting so it's not an issue on either bike that they won't do 120kph (although I did once have an indicated 126kph up on my FXR with a tail

My FXR does "well over" 120kph. On the trip up to Wanganui I had an indicated 156kph on a straight with a light tail wind.. Although acceleration is pretty bad up above 130kph you have to be on a long stretch to get above about 140.

It's been totally reliable; never broken down, never had any problems.

[gamgee]

the fxr has a top speed of 140, as i said the speedo is innaccurate, i went from a scooter to an sr250 (yamaha equivalent of the gn) then a vt... then the gpx and am so glad i did, i've never had a crash, because the single cylinder big cruiser style bikes were so forgiving of stupid learner mistakes, while still teaching you not to make them again. from personal experience, riding a scooter teaches you about as much about riding a proper bike, as riding a push bike did, a proper bike has a clutch and gears which is the main thing you have to get used to using before you go onto a more powerfull bike, chopping down two gears going around a corner is not a good idea, haha i did that on my first time riding the sr, nearly low sided when the rear locked up, but somehow kept it together and have never gone close to having a crash since

[MidnightMike]

why not get a rg150?. the one a moto gb looks good

Yeah i may go and have another look at that, what did they want for it?

[flash]

i dont know, i was hoping you would know. when you find out can you tell me?

[MidnightMike]

Yeah maybe, weren't you going to look at it? Anyway if I did go the gn way id make it look like this

[Str8 Jacket]

Yeah maybe, weren't you going to look at it? Anyway if I did go the gn way id make it look like this

Thats quite unique.....

[MidnightMike]

Thats quite unique.....

Its pretty cool for a ginny.

[MidnightMike]

How are the ginnys speed wise?

[SuperDave]

You will get bored of both the FXR and the GN if you are planning on using it for anything more than just regular commuting. Though in saying this it will take you a good few months. I have had no experience with the GN but I had an FXR for a year before I got the ZXR - I found myself wanting a bigger and more powerful bike after about 9 months with the FXR.

If slap a couple of decent sticky tyres on an FXR and learn to ride it properly in the twisties it will be a real worthwhile bike that I'm sure you'll enjoy - Check out my profile pic to see just how far the little things can lean over with some decent rubber.

Good luck with finding a bike and when you do get yourself one, have a blast.

[MidnightMike]

What tyres would you suggest?

[zooter]

2nd hand shitter for a while is a damn good idea. You're more than likely going to drop your first bike at least once.
Being used to an 1100 I still had a real hoot on a GN250 loaner that looks almost as old as me. It had enough grunt to hold 100 up a pretty good incline, but I'm a lightweight. Dodgy handling? Not at the speeds I was doing. Kawarau gorge took a little longer to get through but still an awesome ride.

I've never ridden an Fxr but what I see is covered in expensive plastic.

I learned on a Honda VT250, a genuine highway going bike with a decent riding position for long trips.