Looking at upgrading to a 400

[sAsLEX]

yeah even though i may be riding around on a 400 at the mo, which I dont find too uch heavier than the CBR for whoever said they thought they were heavy a personall thing I suppose, I am constantly thinking about the cost of some guys BMW and the reatiiveely sp? amount of crap I would be in if I binned it!

So I have decided to bite the bullet and go back to a 250 for the remainder of the restricted I have left, well after having the 400 for a bit more, and ride with the assurance that I have the backing of insurance and the law riding within the license restrictions.

[SPORK]

Hey, Darryboy, what do you think of the GSX250? I saw one near Masterton the other day, looked great! Power wise, how ka pai is it?

And WT, RGV250 to GSXR750W? Sounds like a step down Damn them two smokers, scaring me

[James Deuce]

First up, I'm get sick of all you people making me look like a grumpy old arsehole.

Secondly, and please read and consider this seriously. I don't think you should step outside the terms of your license restriction.

Why? I absolutely loved RG Suzuki's when I started riding. I went from a RG250 to a RG400 while still on my restricted, for much the same reasons as you. I got really, really cocky. I went on a bike club poker run and took my wife on the back, thoroughly flouting the restriced condition of my license. I fell off, along with a much more experienced rider, on diesel spilt on the road next to a bus stop. I broke my wife's ankle in two places (bimalleolar fracture) badly enough to require pinning and risked permanent crippling damage. The Police attended the accident due to the ambulance being called. How did I get away with it? I have no idea. I think the cop knew I was in more crap with my wife than anything the court system could do, and that I was in more crap with myself still. He wrote me up, then tore it up, pulled me round the front of the ambulance and gave me the most humiliating reaming I've ever had. If he hadn't been human I would have been facing careless driving causing injury, ignoring the conditions of my restricted license, and I would have lost my license, my job, and probably my self respect.

Go ahead and do it if you want, but ego and desire are poor comfort when it all turns to effluent.

[2_SL0]

Im afaird Im going to sit out the learner/restricted on the 250. But at this point I will jump to a 600 when Im ready and have a full licence. But I really want to get to the limit on the 250 and feel it has nothing left to offer before I move. The next bike I buy will be a keeper so it will be a careful decision. Due to circumstances its 99 % going to be a Yamaha and I am particularily fond of the R6. All in good time. No need to rush these things. Just how much of a beast is a R6. Im use to stroppy 2 stroke dirt bikes. Just getting use to the big differences from dirt to road, and they are BIG differences, hehehe. :spudwave:

[Two Smoker]

Nup Jim your not a grumpy old arsehole..... you just give us the otherview (generally because you have done what we want to do) so we can make better decisions

[sAsLEX]

need to change your sig again TS you have a top fairing now dont you??

[Two Smoker]

need to change your sig again TS you have a top fairing now dont you??

whoops, yep.... now i need a new supercorsa rear tyre oh and some braided brake lines, and a LH side fairing, and some SBS brake pads...... while your at it a Ohlins rear shock too.....

[aff-man]

Thanks for the advice guys.

For those that wanted to know I am currently on my learners and sit my restricted in a couple of weeks. I'm only 21 but I'm going to see about the possiblity of sitting one of those fast forward courses.

I understand that there is alot more than just throttle control but there are a whole bunch of positives I see to upgrading to a 400. One of these being overtaking (esp. uphill) As this is quite a task on the GSX.

I did consider getting a more sports orientated 250 e.g. GSX-R but the legal for learners/restricted premium makes them the same if not more $ than a 400.

I am aware of the penalties of riding over 250cc and you may think it's stupid but I see the reward outweighing the risk (which I see as very slim).

My poor GSX has to go to the shop as some nob from work that parks 4m behind my bike backed into the back of my bike causing it to fall on it's right side denting the tank and scratching fairings The fool was going way too fast for reversing in a carpark and was still pushing the bike after it fell over. The poor thing was shunted more than a metre. He'll pay! Gaddammit he'll pay!

No offence mate but learn to ride a 250 first. When you can get a sporty 250 and litterally run it's balls off then you need bigger. i.e. going over the kopu's on the zxr250 i was bloody flying with i think the lowest revs were like 10k and in second for the tight corners. And i think those cbr250rr's corner even faster. Ask Ck about andy and trying to catch him when he was on his zx6r and andy on a cbr250rr aye

[rodgerd]

I am aware of the penalties of riding over 250cc and you may think it's stupid but I see the reward outweighing the risk (which I see as very slim).

You'll be a sad lad if they catch yyou and stick another 3 months on your learner/restricted (that was the main deterrent for me: I couldn't care less about a $200 fine).

[NC]

I can't take you anywhere!

[Two Smoker]

You'll be a sad lad if they catch yyou and stick another 3 months on your learner/restricted (that was the main deterrent for me: I couldn't care less about a $200 fine).

$400 fine.....

[Juan]

We have both the RVF 400 and the CBR400 Babyblade, both are superb little sports bikes, highly recomended

[Darryboy]

Thanks again for the advice guys. I think I will keep legal and stay on a 2fiddy

madcat_
I haven't ridden any other bikes other than the GSX but I guess it does the trick. Although given the choice I'd choose a late 80's early 90's bike.
Top speed (after a while) is 160 which is pretty close to redline (13,000) so maybe a sprocket change could improve that.
Uphill overtaking requires a run up and it is hard to get over 120kph.

Thanks again for the advice guys.