woody's FXR150 vs GPX250

[avgas]

dont do it buddy, bought a similar bike with a mate few months ago. Horrible thing that never made it to the road.
Gearbox was shot.
If ya gonna buy a cheap bike - make sure its on the road before u buy it.
Or it may never get that far

[JohnBoy]

i had an older one... an 87. was a good learners bike, it had only done about 20k when i brought it tho.
good enconomy but to get any proformance you really have to thrash em.
i blew mine up, via bouncing 6 of 8 valves and crashing it.

FXR's are pretty cool, but no good if your taller than 5'6" and heavier than 70kg. really good handling and light on the gas and maintenance. at mate of mine brought one new and did over 45k km's on it with the same front tyre and set of brake pads.

i reconmend that you buy a four cyl, especailly a FZR 3LN. thats what i got after my GPX and was a really good bike. it was rather tame bike but if you wanted to give it nuts it had a good motor and chassis that could keep up with most others (250's)

just keep looking mate, you will know when you find the right one!!