No more new GN250s?

[howdamnhard]

So it's true,thats a shame.Just bought one to learn on,it,s affordable enough to give us poorer people a toe hold into biking.I agree it may not have the best build quality(still better than the Lifans though) and its pretty unstable and scary at higher speeds but its still affordable fun that lets people get into biking.

[hobdar]

Mines two years old and although seems to still be mechanically sound the cosmetics chrome and shit are getting rust, and looks like shit. its been sitting at a motorbike shop recently that sells the new SR-X and they have been taking the punters to look at mine and they think its a 84 or older model not DAMN less than 2 years old....piece of crap bike.....

Mind you now i have my full license would any one like to buy my "pristine" piece of kaka.....


Man the ones from the 80's will outlast the new ones mark my words....

[Coyote]

That is a real shame as the mighty GN will aways be a special bike to me personaly, kinda wish I never sold my 85 GN now, more for sentimental reasons than being worth anything, although on todays second hand market it is worth more than I sold it for

I sold my CBR250RR for $5350. A year later and I could've probably got $7000

[FilthyLuka]

so, what bikes are made new now (250 wise) by the jappers? The gpx250 from kawasaki, the scorpio thing from yamaha, does honda still make the vtr? suzuki have a dual sport dr250 but im talkin road bikes here... kinda lame, learner bikes are being made less and less, so doesnt that mean second hand prices will just go up?

[sunhuntin]

so, what bikes are made new now (250 wise) by the jappers? The gpx250 from kawasaki, the scorpio thing from yamaha, does honda still make the vtr? suzuki have a dual sport dr250 but im talkin road bikes here... kinda lame, learner bikes are being made less and less, so doesnt that mean second hand prices will just go up?

i dunno where viragos are made. hyosung make a 250, and apparently are good bikes [a friend just bought one 2 months ago and loves it]

[Ixion]

so, what bikes are made new now (250 wise) by the jappers? The gpx250 from kawasaki, the scorpio thing from yamaha, does honda still make the vtr? suzuki have a dual sport dr250 but im talkin road bikes here... kinda lame, learner bikes are being made less and less, so doesnt that mean second hand prices will just go up?

Scorpio is "made" in Indonesia I think. But really , for most vehicles now (cars, bikes) it's rather meaningless to say it's "made" in Country X. Reality is that bits of it will be manufactured all over the world, and assembled or sub assembled in other places. The "country of manufacture" will be a very artifical thing , selected for PR or tax reasons.

Harleys for instance are "made" in the USA. But if you went over a harley and tracked back each piece of it to the machine shop it was machined in, and the assembly plant it was bolted up in, you'd find very little of it was done in the USA.

Vehicle manufacture has become a global industry.

[FilthyLuka]

what i meant was what bikes can be bought new... virago, vl250, gpx250, scorpio and hyobags. thats pretty much what i came up with. funny thing is, only the scorpio is relatively cheap, the gn was decent not because it was a good bike, but because it was cheap and relatively bulletproof, aleast so much that it could take you through 2 years untill you got your restricted.

[Lucy]

When I bought mine in early November, Colemans mentioned that no more were coming in, because of a techicality with parts numbering or something like that.

After the washers on the back of the speedo start to rust (three weeks) I emptied a can of Inox waterproofing stuff on it, all over it, and so far it's still good. It hasn't missed a beat, starts every time, gets up to 100k easily, (and 120 if it has time) and as far as I'm aware 100k is still the speed limit in this country......

But the main thing is, it has lots of beautiful shiny chrome and looks like a motorbike. And it is fun to ride, and easy to ride, and fun, and looks like a nice shiny motorbike, and sounds cool, and and and....

Oh goodness I can't wait to get home so I can ride it again....boohoohoo, I miss it. But it's funny being in America and seeing people ride without helmets.

Ha ha I said Helmets

[gijoe1313]

I love the way you think Lucy! Oh poos and wees, I'm outta bling to give

keep up the pootling and may your journeys be long and pleasant! On a mighty Ginny, that much is at least assured!

[sunhuntin]

what i meant was what bikes can be bought new... virago, vl250, gpx250, scorpio and hyobags. thats pretty much what i came up with. funny thing is, only the scorpio is relatively cheap, the gn was decent not because it was a good bike, but because it was cheap and relatively bulletproof, aleast so much that it could take you through 2 years untill you got your restricted.

its really only the original gns that are bulletproof. my 86 got hit by a car, and thrashed by at least 2 learners, and lived in most weather [except snow] and ver rarely saw a bottle of polish.
but by the time i got hit by a car, there was less rust on her than there was on the year old gn when i sold it. [the old one was nearly 21 years old] plus, she still ran! would have been ok had the brake lever not broken off in the accident...dad nearly went through the house!

as lucy said, her washer bolts started rusting at 3 weeks! thats barely enough time to go anywhere!

[Lucy]

Yeah but since Colemans replaced the washers, and I sprayed the whole bike with the Inox stuff (like CRC but lasts longer as it has lanolin in it, smells better too) it has all been fine. No more rust has appeared anywhere. I'm glad I had been warned about the rust so I kept an eye on it. Was still surprised at the speed of it though...

[riffer]

2007 Yamaha Scorpio for sale on trademe.

["D" FZ1]

No problem. We have plenty of Scorpio SX-4's to take the place of the GN

[ravenfeeder]

I am confused here as yes i have heard that too, yet went in to Colemans over weekend and they were saying yes still selling them but are the GN250E. Like you Lissa am thinking i am going to get a GN to start on but am a little concerned with all the negative info on here about the new ones, yet they still seem to be consistently seen as best starter bike. The new price is good too and you sit on them and feel at ease i reckon.

[Bend-it]

Yeah but since Colemans replaced the washers, and I sprayed the whole bike with the Inox stuff (like CRC but lasts longer as it has lanolin in it, smells better too)

Bike perfume eh? hmmm