Ninja 250R vs Hyosung GT250R

[NOMIS]

Until reading this thread was seriously considering the GT250r as my first bike.....

Mt Eden Motor Cycles seemed to speak reasonably of it .. as far as a bike for a learner goes - and was pretty impressed with the advice they gave..seemed genuine.

What other options are there out there for someone who is 6'5?? (250R looks awesome but is too small).

Would prefer to stick with something that is no more than 3-5 years old if possible.

Go for a hornet then, most of the 2001 hornets come with stainless exhaust ect so take a nosey. they go bloody well and axr and cbr owners underestimate them.. mind you twisties probally a diff story. but it does go bloody well.

[avgas]

If this is the new generation, I'm so outta here lol ;(

Don't worry at this rate so is he.....

[CookMySock]

Until reading this thread was seriously considering the GT250r as my first bike.....

Why ? It is a little down on power compared to the inline4's, but then so are the inline4's compared to the 2strokes, but the GT250R flies along happily at 120k's and gets up there plenty quick enough.. and its a great bike to learn to corner on.

The only thing wrong with learner sportbikes is they are hard on your wrists under 70km/hr. If you are rarely on the open road with it, its going to hurt. A lot.

Best advice, and you will hear it all over this site, is RIDE IT, and I mean an hours' ride.

Anyways, whatever you buy you will love it.

DB

[mtroskill]

Seems like a lot of the negative comments towards the hyo here may be unfounded.

Bit of a thread high jack - but would a scorpio be alright for tall people...90% commuting in town? It's half the price, but lacking a little in top speed?

Sorry for the highjack...might start a separate thread. Guess the best advice ultimately will be to try them on anyway...

[Gubb]

I had a Scorpio for the day while mine was being serviced.

Awesome fun, insanely maneuverable, enough grunt for Commuting (Probably not so on the Motorway though). But it would be very hard to live with due to my, and your height.

[fizbin]

I would have to agree with Gubb on this!
I am a shade under six feet and a fat so and so, and found that the only bike that i felt secure on was the hyosung. although i love the GSX i had for the short time i always did feel like i dwarfed it.
I will admit the Hyo has it's short comings the power output is not as great as somthing like a CBR, or ZZR ect but the fact of the matter is, it is a learner bike ride it get competent then move on to a bigger bike.
Thse bikes are great to learn on, the handel well once you run them in, mine has never missed a beat 4500km and i dont think gubbs has either and he has done somthing like 12000km.
In saying that the bike is not for everyone. Test ride if you like it buy it.

[Roki_nz]

you are channeling my exact thoughts!! GN250 is the perfect learner bike get that! its cheap and reliable and you can have a blast on it, don't let anyone tell you that other bike will have better handling, more power etc etc because that makes no difference to you, you will be able to take your GN onraod, offroad and basically anywhere you want! and it won't cost you alot of money so when you get your full you will have money for a bigger bike!!

When i was looking for my first bike i was planning to get a gn250 look around only one bike shop has one, then i saw a blue gsx and it called me. While getting the gn250 is one of the most logical bikes to get, it simple does not have the looks of a sports bike. Let face it the gn250 ain't pretty

[firefighter]

dude you really want a brand new 250????? think about it seriously, I told my mate not to get a brand new 250 as you grow out of them so quickly, and really only want them until you can leagally get a bigger bike, he didn't listen and he regrets it, he had to run it in, give it a big 1000km service etcetc and now its worth no-where near what he paid, go second hand they hold their value, and are just as good really.

[CB ARGH]

dude you really want a brand new 250????? think about it seriously, I told my mate not to get a brand new 250 as you grow out of them so quickly, and really only want them until you can leagally get a bigger bike, he didn't listen and he regrets it, he had to run it in, give it a big 1000km service etcetc and now its worth no-where near what he paid, go second hand they hold their value, and are just as good really.

This is the exact reason that I decided to not go for a brand new 250. Running in the bike is good in some cases and bad in others. Good as it makes you NOT give the bike shit, as you want it to have a decent future. Bad because if you wanted to give it shit, you can't. Also the price drop is massive, unbelievable how the resale value of a Hyo 250GTR is about the same as a 250/4.

Yes the feeling of a brand spanking new bike is wicked, I'd love the feeling. But keep that feeling for later, you've got the rest of your life to own a brand new 600+cc beast!

[Leaf]

Also the price drop is massive, unbelievable how the resale value of a Hyo 250GTR is about the same as a 250/4.

That has more to do with older 250's (CBR, ZXR's etc.) being way overpriced, than a result of a massive drop in value of a new 250 after its been run for a couple of years.

A GT250r 2nd hand may be similar in price to the older 250's...but a new one only costs around $1.5-2G more, with warranty and peace of mind included.

[mtroskill]

dude you really want a brand new 250????? think about it seriously, I told my mate not to get a brand new 250 as you grow out of them so quickly, and really only want them until you can leagally get a bigger bike, he didn't listen and he regrets it, he had to run it in, give it a big 1000km service etcetc and now its worth no-where near what he paid, go second hand they hold their value, and are just as good really.

If money was no obnjective I owuld go with the GT250R...

But yea, why not buy new when I can pick up a brand new scorpio for$3.7k? seems like a pretty decent deal and first time I would have owned a brand new vehicle. The Honda hornets (i think??) are 6k for one thats a few years old...

[Roki_nz]

Come on guys let it die

[Benjiboi]

I've just brought a '07 250 Hyosung, had it for just over a week now.
I umm and ahh, looked at forums like this all over the net and even posted a thread like this.
Finally made up my mind to buy it was a second hand only one nz owner and roughly 2k cheaper than from dealer, so for a year old bike it was a great deal.
My experience so far is that its a decent bike, although its not super powerful it is a learner bike and I'm still learning every time I ride so for me its perfect.
The way I looked at it, for every good reveiw of a bike there is always a negative one, and all are based entirely on peoples opinions.
So try it out I certainly don't regret it.

Plus if you remove the 250R sprawled across the side most people don't know it is

[Benjiboi]

Hmm Why does my profile pic not show??

[Benjiboi]

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