isnt that close to the NEW price of a cb250 hornet or vtr 250?!?!?
Moped rider
isnt that close to the NEW price of a cb250 hornet or vtr 250?!?!?
Fair weather rider
This is what I sent them:
"Hi there, I'm emailing to ask what mods have been done to this bike to justify the price? Cheers, Mike"
I got back:
"Hi mike
The bike has had full re spray.
New tires, chain sprockets fully serviced complied for New Zealand.
The bike also comes with a three month 3000kms warranty.
Regards
Mark (GIO)"
After reading SARGE's reply, it seems that it doesn't need to have had any mods to go for that price.
Thanks but no thanks, I'm getting my middleweight for around that much.
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Forum whore
It'll sell.
Saw a couple of CBR250's over here in the local Honda shop - $9200 & $8750!!!
They sold!
If they are clean and tidy, get used to stupid prices - unless they change the rules.
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Crazy really... GSXR1000K1/2's going for around the same price
L-Plate Rider
It ain't worth it if you don't pay it - that's what auctions are about. Trouble is too many learners have smaller brains than dicks (not a compliment) and too much testosterone to wait for the bigger bike to come along...Originally Posted by mynameis
If you think you can, or you can't, you're right...
Iiimbecile-baiting since 2007
Well, as I have a pretty clean 1989 CBR250 (about 12,000kms - genuine) in my basement doing nothing. It has been dropped, but only got a small crack in the fairing. Certainly it's nothing that Reflections couldn't deal with in a few moments.
Looks like I should hang onto it for a few more months...
Meeeeeeeeeh
Yeah mate, I'd love to see someone do that, buy a decent one and just keep it in your garage and see the price sky rocket and hope the laws don't change.
Tidy it up, do all service work let it sleep in your garage, my predictions are in about 1 - 2 years time they will sell and go at $9995.
L-Plate Rider
When are manufacturers going to start making some useful sport 250's so nobody has to buy this imported used crap at stupid prices. Guess NZ must be the only country with rediculous learner licence rules and clown outfits like redbaron can make a rude buck out of it.
You can't find a new 250 these days which looks half fast, Hyusung have come close and I presume are making fortunes with their line of 250's.
Bring back new 250 strokers I say!
Irritant
Yep! ten letters
It's only when you take the piss out of a partially shaved wookie with an overactive 'me' gene and stapled on piss flaps that it becomes a problem.
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red baron says these beautiful machines are worth more than your crappy gixxer too http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...811825.htm?p=3 11 grand for a zx7r? Ummm, you can get newer faster gear than that, for the same price, I laughed my arse off this auction.Crazy really... GSXR1000K1/2's going for around the same price
pity... mine was only a 5 years older, few more k on the clock... and I sold for half that
Here for the arcade.
Hell yeah, maybe I'll get one next yearCrazy really... GSXR1000K1/2's going for around the same price
Guess I'm on my full now so I'm not really a learner...It ain't worth it if you don't pay it - that's what auctions are about. Trouble is too many learners have smaller brains than dicks (not a compliment) and too much testosterone to wait for the bigger bike to come along...
Buying my old CBR250RR was a big mistake. Every little scratch you gave it made your heart stop, and falling over on it made your head explode. Nice bike to ride though but not worth more than $4000. I'm glad I downgraded to an RG, after several falls it paid for itself if you consider how much value I would've lost if I made the same mistakes on the 250
Hardcore Biker
33bhp limit would be a safer and better rule.
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Learner Approved Motorcycle Scheme
The Learner Approved Motorcycle Scheme establishes a power to weight limit for novice motorcyclists.
R-Date licence holders (learners and riders with less than 12 months experience) are restricted from riding high-powered motorcycles unsuited to the learning process or capable of unnecessarily high performances and speed.
Motorcyclists gaining an R-Date licence or learner’s permit from 14 November 2005 are restricted to riding motorcycles that have an engine capacity of up to 660 millilitres with a power to weight ratio up to 150 kilowatts/tonne.
Holders of a R-Date licence issued before 14 November 2005 can ride motorcycles with an engine capacity up to 250 millilitres or those approved under the Learner Approved Motorcycle Scheme.
The Learner Approved Motorcycle Scheme was introduced as a result of inadequacies being identified with the previous system of restricting novice motorcyclists to riding motorcycles with an engine capacity up to 250 millilitres. Engine capacity is not necessarily a good indicator of a motorcycle’s speed and acceleration capabilities. Advances in technology have increased the performance of some 250 millilitres motorcycles to the extent that it exceeds that of many larger capacity motorcycles.
The power to weight ratio of a motorcycle is the ratio of the maximum net power output of the engine to the motorcycle’s weight. This ratio determines the acceleration – the higher the ratio the faster the motorcycle can accelerate.
Found this on an Austrilian site. Personally I think this is a great idea because it opens up a whole new market of more suitably useful bikes to learners.
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Paved roads are just another example of wasted tax payer dollars.
Forum whore
In the end it won't matter, as shown above, places like Red Baron will still find new and creative ways to ream their customers. Buy smart is all you can do.
Come warm yourself by the fire
I think riders on L plates should not be allowed more than 200 cc's
as this eliminated all the so called road rockets.
Your only on L's for 6 months - then you can get 200-250ccs if you wish.
Put the kids on buckets, trail bikes, cruisers and low power sport bikes i say. As thats all you can get less than 200cc.
If there parents cant restrict them, the law should.
As for the HP law, it will never work - as most cops (not all) are too dense to tell a 250 from a 600. How are you expecting them to measure HP?
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