new to road bikes whats should i get ?

[adamt]

i'm really keen on getting my bike ticket and i'm really keen on the RGV250 as 250 is the max i'm aloud etc what bikes are worth looking at including the RGV coz i wanna fast bike, is there anything faster then RGV250 ? looking at spending round 3grand mark so yeah any help would be awesome cheers

[kickingzebra]

presumably you have been around bikes for a while, KDX etc... in which case, yeah, in that price bracket you might find the odd rough RGV250, or the alternatives are yamaha TZR 250s (hard to find, harder to find parts for)
and Honda NSR 250s.
I had an NSR, that was plenty wicked fast for a 250... Bear in mind for road useage these things drink gas like it is going out of fashion...
Only ever got about 180km out of 18 litre tank on honda...
Get better than that on the GSXR by a country mile.

Edit, and touring is an affair for a deep wallet, and a few spare spark plugs...

[Madness]

Don't rule out the four-strokes. Bandit 250's go like snot and are maybe more versatile/comfortable than the GP replicas.

[vtec]

I suggest you read this: 2 stroke vs 4 stroke

[APPLE]

wot is it with rgv's?now listen to uncle apple my young jedi?a 4stroke 250 is probably the better option for yah,rgv's need alot of money,e.g power valves,servicing,like every 5 or 6 thousand k's,could be less than that,may be 3000k's.1st service should be around 20-25 grand.in my opinion the 250 rgv should hav never been released on public roads.tuned right, there very fast and unforgiving.shit loads of these ''pocket rockets'' came from japan,like 10-13years ago.i had 91 rgv-t model,banana arm.it cost me a fortune to run this little bike.all im sayn is you gotta hav money to own one of these.............think wisely@use the force

[adamt]

what would you suggest then as a 250 4 stroke sports bike ?

[adamt]

looking at a ZXR 250 on trade me they look like a nice bike 4 stroke also i know nothing about road bikes! by the sounds of thing 4 strokes sounding nicer !

[Madness]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...410&key=391848

Something like this, maybe with a few less k's but it's just an example.

[APPLE]

what would you suggest then as a 250 4 stroke sports bike ?

Honda cbr 250 4stroke,yamaha makes a TZR 250 4stroke,kawasaki makes a zzr 250 2stroke,which is more user friendly than the rgv,not as fast as the rgv.

[Gremlin]

...zzr 250 2stroke...

errr.... I so wished...

its a 2 cyl, 4 stroke

[justsomeguy]

errr.... I so wished...

its a 2 cyl, 4 stroke

And slower that *thinks of the slowest thing he can think of* - slower than me

[Gremlin]

And slower that *thinks of the slowest thing he can think of* - slower than me

I dunno, I could push mine around quite well, but obviously it could never beat the cbr or zxr... I used to see myself gaining outa the corner, then they would pull away

not the fastest 250 4 stroke, but you could ride it beyond its limits, suspension bottoming out, and getting the tyres to peel a bit... good learner.

[kickingzebra]

Honda cbr 250 4stroke,yamaha makes a TZR 250 4stroke,kawasaki makes a zzr 250 2stroke,which is more user friendly than the rgv,not as fast as the rgv.

The Yammy four stroke is FZR 250.
As has been said, ZZR 250 is four stroke parallel twin.
I have one in the garage, they aren't tuned for horse power, but mine has over 70,000 kms on it, and still pulls strong.
Basically, all the guys on here with 250s, bugger all of them can ride them as fast asn as hard as they will go, and in honesty, doing that on the roads is shite anyways. Sure, speed a bit, muck around, but full noise everywhere, not really the brightest thing in the world.
Costs lots of money in tickets, and time, for second jobs to pay said tickets...
If I was to go the 250 route again, any of the fours would be alright,
zzr is fine though, and they go really well. suzuki GSX 250s (after 2001) are slower again, but stable, and reliable, and cheap to look after.
I took my zzr out at manfield, and sure, got passed on the straights, but corners are were it counts. I gave a few much bigger bikes the learn on corners.
Cheap to buy, cheap to run, handling is very forgiving, and not the most expensive things in the world. The parallel twins have it.
(20 bucks a sparkplug for the cheap ones for the GSXR, and any four cylinder... Expensive ones are more like 50 bucks. every ten thousand odd Kms...)

[Sniper]

Seems alot of new riders place their skills in getting to the speed limit fast. Darwin must be rubbing his hands.

[Jantar]

I agree with Sniper. What's with these riders "New to road bikes, and want the fastest bike available"? If you are new to road bikes then start with something that you can learn on and advance to faster and quicker handling bikes later.

Many of the 250 cc hyper sports are no more than street legal race bikes and it takes a very experienced rider to get the most from them. A beginner would be much better off with something more tractable and more economical until they get that level of experience.