Had a call from a friend last night. Her 15 year old son has managed to convince his parents that a 1989 NSR250 with the engine in bits was a good buy for him at $1000. So they went and bought it (he paid for it).
It's pretty tidy, with spare fairings etc, but an NSR?
Anyway, does anyone have any hints on known issues, apart from the obvious 2 stroke ones?
Forum whore
Cranks cost big money, barrels are like rocking horse shit. Bad idea for any 15 year old I've ever met.
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Probably a safe bike for a 15yr old to own.
If he ever gets it going don't let him ride it, but that probably won't come up.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Forum whore
Hahahaha, from the perspective, you're right!Originally Posted by F5 Dave
yes Sir!
bahh provided hes not a complete fuck he should be sweet.
probably loose a licence for "un nescary acceleration" at some stage tho...
if hes a twat then hood ornament/new road sign
Highway Biker
Obviously hes a learner so i wuldnt reccommend a NSR as a first bike. Especially 1 in pieces. Ive owned an NSR and a RGV, they seem pretty tame at first untill you hit the powerband at full throttle. The power delivery is so sudden and "all or nothing". Also out of the various 250's ive owned I found the NSR was relatively unforgiving when cornering hard. Its a steep learning curve and to arm a 15 yr old with a bike that can do 0-100 faster than some supercars is not very sensible. On the other hand if hes just gona be taking it to the track then its fine and putting it together will be a good mechanical experience.
lets flip a coin... HEADS i get TAIL, TAILS i get HEAD
e mare libertas
Beat me to the punch.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
e mare libertas
No such thing as a 15-year-old boy who isn't a twat.
If he does get it going, I hope the parents take the wise course - deregister it and lock the keys in a safe, then buy him a trackday.
It'd be a pretty rare set of parents who'd take that approach, though, I suspect. Most would either explode in horror at the idea of such a motorcycle in their son's hands, or take a laissez faire approach, shrugging in blissful ignorance of precisely what their beloved offspring would look like smeared across 50mē of state highway.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
with engine bits costing more than the bike, now the option of re-powering is being banded around.
any suggestions?
Here for the arcade.
I wasn't. Crashed my bike early on so I spent most of my time as a 15 year old taking the bus instead
Pretty much been stuck in similar situations since...
Resident Redneck
....Yup, buy him a coffin....or a sedate GN250
Forum whore
a four stroke re-power would be good,250cc single ie, xr, cb250rs ,cbx250 etc
etc
'the stickiest situation since sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun'
Cpt Edmund Blackadder
i like the idea of an xr250, or maybe the cb250 engine. would be a bullet proof engine in a great handling chassis......
Moped rider
I can't believe all the people suggesting that a twom stroke is dangerous? how he'll learn respect and probable do it without falling off too. I didn't and didn't start with a slow boat anchor like a GN. You prob;ly think having an HQ for a first car would be silly too.
Why learn on a smaller slow cruiser? when you like SPORTS bikes. Most of the people I know that started on GN and such crap all scared the shit out of themselves when they started riding performance bikes - they were much more dangerous.
Besides if he actually helps build it he won't want to crash it. parts are still available just expensive
Obey the hosebeast
Loncin make a CB/XR/XL250 copy
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