Hey all, wondering what first bike to get...

**aff-man** · 7th September 2004, 18:19

no worries and if you have the time i could harp on about the brilliant qualitites of a zxr 250 for hours. Seriously though, handels great, got enough oomph (once beat a harley .......... bet he was surprised to find out it was a 250 hehehe) pretty good on gas. The only bad thing i have to say about them is that the bike wants you to ride it. Basically that means it litterally begs for revs and when cornering dips in. Depending on what tyres you have is the degree of this, for instance the tyres on mini_mi's zxr tip in quite quickly which means you can throw the bike around corners. If you need to know more ask 6chris6 me and him took our two zxr250's over the kopu's, he saw some of the stuff mine can do so ask.FF also knows how 250's ride cause he has been on many a ride with a young lad on a zxr 250. (me and andrew hahaha)

**avgas** · 11th November 2004, 06:10

yeh it really depends if you have any riding skils first - if not one of those 125's that are built like a shit brick house is where you should start. No doubt you will get some terrible lesson from from someone saying...."OK, now pull in the clutch, change to neutral, slowly pull in the break.....***BANG***"....and there will be a bent footpeg and some paint on the ground. If you do that on someother bike - expect a repair bill for some fairings, indicators, mirrors...blah blah. If you have a little skills then the FXR is a good 1st bike. brilliant if your poor as these bike can sit on 150kmh (all day) and still get over 22ks/L. But please change the tyres - those carbon jobs that come standard are dangerous. Also the newer the bike the better - hense the 250 are prob gettn a little old for a 1st bike.

**SPORK** · 11th November 2004, 08:24

Hmm, well, since the start of this thread, my riding skills (ha!) have inproved no end. I will probably be getting a nice Honda Hornet 250, with twin pipes (ahhh), or a 250 sports bike. I'm going to get some practice riding two strokes on Alarumba's KX, so I may even get an RG150 if I'm feeling adventurous. Of course, then there is the whole Two Stroke mechanical side of things that I am not looking forward to.

I know how to ride pretty well now, and I feel rather confident riding the ol' AG200, no sweat.

**Coyote** · 20th November 2004, 17:20

Originally Posted by madcat_

Hmm, well, since the start of this thread, my riding skills (ha!) have inproved no end. I will probably be getting a nice Honda Hornet 250, with twin pipes (ahhh), or a 250 sports bike. I'm going to get some practice riding two strokes on Alarumba's KX, so I may even get an RG150 if I'm feeling adventurous. Of course, then there is the whole Two Stroke mechanical side of things that I am not looking forward to.

I know how to ride pretty well now, and I feel rather confident riding the ol' AG200, no sweat.

And now there is the CBR to test ride