rvf400rr beautiful bike and a good step up from 250
Highway Biker
rvf400rr beautiful bike and a good step up from 250
Hardsnore Biker
Is there room in your shed for one?Originally Posted by manyrevs
Yeah, it is my all time favourite also. It is a real cultrue shock when I get off the SV and take the GS for a ride. You have to turn the throttle!
Highway Biker
I had 'inline 4's' for a number of years, (all great bikes) then bought the VTR1000. Loved it then and love it now. It is a totally different type of ride, without the need to rev to get power and when you throttle off the engine slows you without needing brakes. To me the VTR seems to be not a machine, rather something that breathes and is alive. It has personality.
Just as a side issue check out the price of insurance between bikes before you buy.
Have fun making your choice. Cheers
World's fastest Cook Islander
I used to have a K3 SV1000S, I sold it for the GSXR1000K6 a year ago. I've since sold that and returned to the SV. Simply because preservation of life is important to me and I couldn't help myself on the throttle.
The SV1000S is plenty enough bike for me, Suprisingly even after just hoping off a K6 thou. My riding at present is also well within the SV's boundaries.
There's enough bike in a Twin to keep you entertained.
The GSXR had awesome speed and control, but unless you were serious about having that inline 4 acceleration and speed, there's no need for it.
Besides, The Twins are great step up bikes. Forgiving and stable. I recommend a VTwin 1000 as a great stepping bike from a 250.
Better than the inlines. After you've gained experience on a twin, you could always move to an inline having had big bike experience under your belt.
Deus ex ukulele
And it sounds nice and safe with the Two Brothers cans. I ordered a pair myself on the strength of that -- just to make the FJR sound like a V-twin...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
World's fastest Cook Islander
Wicked pipes for sure!
Man, I'm loving those things...........
Tunnels, Tunnels and Tunnels!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!
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Good comments here, thanks to all.
The common theme I'm getting here is to just ride them all and figure out which suits my riding style best- good advice.
Tho after this weekend, I'm wondering if upgrading is the right thing to do right now. I went to the Manfield track day and then boosted over to Wellington on Sunday and realised, I'm still really enjoying my 250! Am I just looking to upgrade now because I can with getting my full license? Thats not a good enough reason to buy a new bike. I can still learn more- and I figure my skills will be better developed on a smaller bike that I need to work harder, compared to a larger one. And it was oh so satisfying to scream past a bigger bike around a corner (tho they then blast back past halfway down the straight). Could do that in the slow group, but less so in medium so I've still got improvements to be made!
Then a ride over the takas today on the back of a day at the track. Put some of the skills practiced yesterday to work- and had to exercise a lot of self control to not let it pull all the way up to warp speed out of the corners- esp those ones coming up from Te Marua where the passing lane is!
Hmmm, some soul searching for me then this week.
Ride on
We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. George Leigh Mallory, 1922
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It's a type of cream cheese - or a subatomic particle.
Take your pick
Deus ex ukulele
Isn't a quark the noise a posh duck makes?
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
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Scooter boy
There's nothing like common sense and some of what you are saying about not "needing" to upgrade hits the nail on the head. If you feel happy with what you are riding then stay with it. Most of us don't "need" a new/bigger bike but we "want" a new/bigger bike. Truth be known, we could most likely ride a smaller bike just as fast through the tight stuff, just as efficiently or even better than a bigger bike. I used to ride a 50cc scooter like you wouldn't believe around the streets. I biffed it a couple of times but just picked it up and went on my merry way again... Getting back onto the big bike at the weekends made me feel awkward and it was like driving a Mac truck after being in a Mini... That 50cc bike made me realize just how far you can go if you wanted to...
The one thing that you can't get from a 250cc bike is the effortless ride from a bike of either a 600/4 or even more so, a VTwin 1000. With a small bike you "use" what you have. On a big bike, you "control" what you have... If you can control yourself on a bigger bike, I don't think you will ever regret getting one.
Most of the "control" starts with the right wrist...
Hardcore Biker
Or you can really confuse yourself and do exactly what I've recently done - test ride a 675 Triumph. It's got V-twin character and grunt, with inline smoothness. And as I was at the point where I thought I'd narrowed my choice of new bike for this year down to two bikes, riding the triple has completely fucked with my head and added a whole new dimension to things.
"Safety Cameras" Yeah, right!
Hardcore Biker
Just a thought, there's a CBR400RR on sale down here that might be a workable step up for you. Because 250s are so pricey (due to demand for L-plate use), you could sell yours, buy the 400 and still have change. pm me if you want me to find out more on the bike for you.
"Safety Cameras" Yeah, right!
Impromtu gravity attacks
If your enjoying the 250 then keep riding it, learning to wring the most out of a small bike is the best way to improve your riding skills. The biggest downside to a large bike is that it makes us lazy riders, we don't have to carry speed into corners and brake just enough, we overcome all with opening the throttle....not the best practice to get into.
You will realise when you want to get another bike, there is a huge variety out there so take your time and enjoy!
Moped rider
I went from a FZR 250 to a newer FZR 600 and the only thing I can think of thats better about the 250 is the price of tires, it's an easy decision.
Bigger bike is less prone to wind, not so cramped, better fuel economy, more power, a lot smoother, handles better, oh and more power
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