Centre Stand 250cc road bike.

[F5 Dave]

. . ."have we really made any progress over the last 30 years" variety.

Tubeless tyres? Tyre repair kits?

So why would you want to work on your bike away from home?

Paddock stand & ideally a stubby table to roll the bike up on. oh the bliss when I got one. That's what I call progress.

[middleaged2wheeler]

Most bike repairers I speak to love centre stands also.
Anyway thanks for imputs .I like the look of the Hyosung but not sure of longevity--will they last 10 years and i ask myself that about a scorpio-if i buy one today will it be useable in ten years time. My plastic pony xt 225 probably will be but some of the CHEAPER CHROME PONIES, well i wonder.
XT too high off the ground for a centre stand, although it has too holes in a bracket under there. Chrome quality from some countries-words fail me. A cheap suzuki gz 250 on trade me right now- at palmerston north -$2000--00-a make a buck oppurtunity for someone one.

[middleaged2wheeler]

The search engine on trade me won,t list it unless you search SUZUKI-250cc- lowest price on drop down menu-it,s a red 2002 model

[xwhatsit]

not sure of longevity--will they last 10 years and i ask myself that about a scorpio-if i buy one today will it be useable in ten years time. My plastic pony xt 225 probably will be but some of the CHEAPER CHROME PONIES, well i wonder.

It's worth noting that the Scorpio is actually based on your XT225, same motor etc.

[middleaged2wheeler]

yes good ain,t it--the 2008 xt is 249cc must be the tricker style motor. xt owners could bolt a scorpio power train straight in i suppose. Just the chrome qual. All Chrome jobs aren,t created equal--i wish some scorpio owners would let me know if the chrome is lasting well, as that would be a near ist choice for me resale value years down the track can change with petrol prices and all sorts of factors, but if you have to re-chrome everything all the time that can be expensive.

[middleaged2wheeler]

I guess what has put me off is i bought a brand new suzuki gn 250 in 2004 and looked after it and garaged it and did only 5000 kms in two years and yet the chrome was--well the headlight rim rusted away almost and all bolt heads rusted up and the exhaust pipe flange rusted and it was busting out in rust. If that what happened to visible parts of bike what happens to inside frame and other, under welds and all that?

[McJim]

You shouldn't compare chinese GN250s with the Scorpio 225. From what I've heard the Scorpio is far better made.

The old GN250s from the eighties were fine bikes by all accounts though. Not to be confused with the newer ones.

But if it's build quality you're after get a Ducati

[CookMySock]

Daelim has a center stand. Also there is an aftermarket one available for the Hyosung GT-R's.

Steve

[middleaged2wheeler]

Ducati --wow- bit out of my price range--always thought a choice bike-them and a BMW. BMW,s do car mileages before needing major overhauls. Recent chat with 70 year old BMW owner and his has 247000 kms on same untouched motor 1987 model--apart from usual wearout things. Good quality,near new, bike i,m sniffing around for OR new scorpio. Centre stand equipt.

[Badjelly]

I shall pointedly refrain from mentioning that ONCE UPON A TIME every respectable bike had a centre stand , a prop stand (often two) a rear wheel stand, a front wheel stand. All as standard. And quickly detachable wheels that could easily be removed by the roadside with no tools whatsoever. No, I won't mention that. Might raise too many questions of the "have we really made any progress over the last 30 years" variety.

Bikes 30 years ago had all that? I beg to differ.

[Ixion]

Prolly more like 50 or 60 years to get all that, I guess. My old SpeedTwin had all that lot. The standard then gradually deteriorated. Though even in the seventies centre stand sidestand and a reasonably QD wheel were expected as satndard. And some of the Briddish still had front and rear stands.

[Badjelly]

...I wish some scorpio owners would let me know if the chrome is lasting well, as that would be a near ist choice for me...

There aren't too many Scorpios around more than 1-2 years old, so it's hard to tell. I've run mine for a year now, commuting in all weathers but garaged every night, and it's holding up *reasonably* well. I used, very occasionally, to see alarming spots of rusty water sitting on the frame after the bike had sat in the rain, but not so much these days, probably because I regularly coat the bike in WD40. The spokes have gone very dull and there's a bit of corrosion on some of the spoke nipples. I give it 6 out of 10 for corrosion resistance.

[crazybigal]

GSF250/Bandit.

nup must be after market one.
ours didnt have one and ive never seen a 250 bandit with one.

[crazybigal]

all the zzr's have them, and the gpx prob will as its basically the same bike

[middleaged2wheeler]

just as i suspected--there are chrome wheels on the road today from the eigthies on various models that don,t ever look tarnished or even a hint of rust.
Thanks for your opinion.--yamaha scorpios have been made since 2002 and sold in Thailand and other asian countries-reading their websites and reviews they rave over them--but not our climate..