Which 250 to buy?

[imdying]

If it's goes as good as it looks, a pretty good price!

[Rev DJ]

Looks like a fine bike - did you get it thro a dealer? DJ

[Dave-]

hell that's a fine example.

nice bike, almost exactly what I was looking for a while ago.

[RSrider]

I purchased it off trademe on Friday. It was advertised at $3500. I rang the seller up and seeing as I was in Wellington and the bike was in Auckland I asked if they could take the bike to get an inspection at my cost.

They said fine, but they had 5 people looking at it that day and wanted to see what they said first. I told him I was dead keen on the bike and asked what price they wanted for a instant sale, they replied $3700. So I had my cousin who lives in Auckland to go around and check it out, he said it was mint and ran really well, so by 5pm the bike was on a transporter and on its way down here.

Absolutely stoked with it.

[Slicksta]

Hi all,

I'm a newbie myself looking for a first bike & have just seen this week a brand new CBF250 for $4995 in Motamart in Lower Hutt. Not sure if these are a good option but would appreciate any comments others out there might have.

Cheers

I like mine its a good bike to learn on easy to ride. i took it over to raglan from Hamilton yesterday handled it very well! Looks the part to i think. I can ask carver to write a review on it if you like...

[NOMIS]

[QUOTE=RSrider;1328710]Thanks for the quick replies.

I'll be honest. The look of the bike is a big point for me, but in saying that I'm not going to buy a bike that looks good but runs like a sack of crap.

The GSF250 isn't really my kinda bike, the ZZR looks alright, so might look into one of them as well. What are the hyosung's like? I've heard good and bad things about them.

Why does no one ever look at the hornet, NSR will be quick but unreliable for a learner who wont be able to controll wanting to pull that throttle, yet me and a friend of mine rev the nut off our hornets and never miss a beat. his dont 66000km siting mostly above 10000rpm and still flys like nothings touched it. have a pic in my profile if you want to see minus thoes gay mirrors and that gay front fairing its a sexy lil bike.

[gijoe1313]

[QUOTE=SEAMINFuk;1379409]

Thanks for the quick replies.

I'll be honest. The look of the bike is a big point for me, but in saying that I'm not going to buy a bike that looks good but runs like a sack of crap.

The GSF250 isn't really my kinda bike, the ZZR looks alright, so might look into one of them as well. What are the hyosung's like? I've heard good and bad things about them.

Why does no one ever look at the hornet, NSR will be quick but unreliable for a learner who wont be able to controll wanting to pull that throttle, yet me and a friend of mine rev the nut off our hornets and never miss a beat. his dont 66000km siting mostly above 10000rpm and still flys like nothings touched it. have a pic in my profile if you want to see minus thoes gay mirrors and that gay front fairing its a sexy lil bike.

Yup yup yup, my little ol'hornet has done 88000km at 10000rpm and still keeps on pootling like the day I got it!

Go the little ol'hornets!

[Monty69]

Hey People,

I recently obtained my learners license, and am currently looking for my first bike. I have ridden bikes on private land before (Dad used to race them) but this will be the first bike i have actually owned.

My question is, which 250 should I buy?

The 3 that I really like are the NSR250, ZXR250 and RGV250. Which of these is the best all round bike? Which is the quickest? To me the ZXR is the best looking, but I've been told they lack reliability compared to the RGV and NSR, is this correct?

Any info would be helpful as i'm kinda throwing myself in the deep end here. What is a good price to pay for these bikes? I'm preferably looking at bikes that have done less than 30,000kms and have up to $5500 to spend.

Thanks

I highly reccomend a CBR. Ive owned 2 CBRs, a RGV, a NSR, a HORNET(cb250) and my mate has a ZXR which i would reccomend also. The CBR is fast enough, and they are super reliable. I got my first CBR to 80,000kms before i sold it without any major work. A four stroke 4cyl at 18000rpm sounds f**king sweet too. The 2strokes r faster but cost far more in running/maintainence. No good if you're going to commute on it and/or are on a budget. CBR or ZXR should be