Looking for a 250

[mp64]

hi guys if anyone is selling/knows of a good deal for a 250 can you let me know because i'm after a 250 so i can finally get riding. i'm looking for preferably a sports style bike, but beggars can;t be choosers right. the most i'm able to spend is under 3000 so i can get some gear as well.

cheers mp64

[Ragingrob]

Yep we're all here to help ya find a suitable bike... Just be prepared for the next 50 pages of useless posts until ya get one

Where in South Aucks are ya?

I'd suggest that you go out and get all the gear you need (At LEAST a jacket and helmet, if not gloves too), and then see what your bank account says to ya and go from there.

Or is that "under 3000" excluding gear and soley for the bike?

And welcome by the way.

[avgas]

buy the gear - spend as much as you want. Then buy a rubbish $1000 bike - in 6 months sell the bike for $1000 and move to something better. You should be able to get you restricted then too.
You learn alot of cool tricks on cheap crap bikes. And it save you alot on repair bills.
I never regret the stuff i learnt on my K100 - and it was a shit rubbish bike.
You can have fun on any bike if you have enough skills.
May i suggest a GN125

[BANZAI]

Welcome to KB and SMC!

As what everyone says get a good gear. Thats first thing.

buy the gear - spend as much as you want. Then buy a rubbish $1000 bike - in 6 months sell the bike for $1000 and move to something better. You should be able to get you restricted then too.
You learn alot of cool tricks on cheap crap bikes. And it save you alot on repair bills.
I never regret the stuff i learnt on my K100 - and it was a shit rubbish bike.
You can have fun on any bike if you have enough skills.
May i suggest a GN125

Hey avgas wats K100? Is it one of these?
http://www.cybermotorcycle.com/galle...les%20K100.htm

Not GN125, GN250!!!! Another GN rider in club hehehehehe

Or Volty250
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-168792064.htm

Maybe Offroaders?
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-143461971.htm

If you really want faired bike then get something like this.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-170452156.htm

By the way, we have enough Hondas in our club so

GET SUZUKI or KAWASAKI

Yes BANZAI's mass TradeMe posting starts again! Muwahahaha

[bomma]

lol +1 to what rob said so im gonna stay out of this one mate....welcome to the club site and good luck with the hunt

[Nagash]

Buy my 250,

It's not a cruiser..

Honest

[mp64]

damn you guys were faster than a fat kid on a cupcake to reply. yea im thinking maybe 2500 as a ceiling for the bike. Especially if i'm gonna be able to afford gear in the same year. does anyone recommend a good place for gear?i've checked out botany honda, red baron and puke honda. red baron seemed pretty useless considering they told me that the honda hornet is a great v-twin! and the other 2 seemed pretty good. i'm in manurewa hence my wanting to get a bike coz walking thru rewa at night is not my favourite pass time, and that bikes are awesome!

[mp64]

cheers BANZAI thanks for the tip the gpxr is more like what im looking for, the only problem is its a bit far out to go have a look at.

[Jerry74]

Kawasaki Zr 250 or ZXR is not a bad bike to get, cheap on gas goes good.

[Real_Wolf]

a note on gear:
In general, buying from the stores directly tends to have a massive mark up which can make it painful.

A good place to look for some cheap gear is motomail, in the city. If you go there at certain times you can ask them to open the um, outlet store I think its called, where they have gear that just wasn't selling thats now been marked down massively.


In terms of the bike, just keep watching trademe, and take a look round KB for some kiwibiker people who are selling. On trademe though, watch out for the people who won't sell it with a wof or with a rego, since their usually rather dodgy bikes that will fall apart faster than mine

[motorbyclist]

full face helmet, armoured jacket and gloves are a must. boots and pants are very good ideas.

new to riding? any experience at all? got a bike licence? drive much? how big/tall/heavy are you?


now we look for a bike:

always go look and test ride a bike before buying and bring a mate. better yet bring someone who actually knows what they're looking at and listening for; kb will be full of willing tyre kickers, i'd be keen to help ya look (and yes i do know what i'm looking at, as does squiggles)
many bargains are shit, many minters are rooted, and many sub-par bikes are $200 away from being genuine minters. a lot of signs for it on trademe, if it's on KB you can check the user posts for "my bike is fucked"

as for a good learner bike, it's a matter of picking something reliable and rideable that you like the look of. ideally a 'neutral' bike that's neither sporty nor cruiser stance, with a friendly motor like a twin or single cylinder. fairings look wicked and protect from wind, but not so much after one or two accidents. imho a vtr250 is the perfect learner bike, cbf is pretty damn good too but i'm yet to ride one. gpx and gsx are good, the fxr is also good but not suited to motorway speeds . cbr/zxr/hornet etc are meeean fun and extra cool but pretty expensive machines to be learning on.

buy the gear - spend as much as you want. Then buy a rubbish $1000 bike - in 6 months sell the bike for $1000 and move to something better. You should be able to get you restricted then too.
You learn alot of cool tricks on cheap crap bikes. And it save you alot on repair bills.
I never regret the stuff i learnt on my K100 - and it was a shit rubbish bike.
You can have fun on any bike if you have enough skills.

+1 +1 +1 +1 +5

[motorbyclist]

oh, dealers can be expensive, but places like colemans have some good deals that aren't on the showroom floor.

[mp64]

hey guys just wanted to get some advice on the whole 1st bike thing. i like the idea of getting a older bike to learn on incase i stuff it up. so i was looking at this jade http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=172608663 on trademe because i liked the feel of hornet and people have told me that it sits about the same as the jade (can anyone verify?). Any helpful comments would be good, and if you think it looks like a good idea and would maybe be willing to have a look at it with me (because i don;t have a clue what im looking for) that would be mean.

cheers!

[Nagash]

That bike looks like a right heap of shit..

Ignoring the obvious damage from it being dropped a few times.. which is quite hard to do..

It has fairly high k's so you'd have to expect a few problems to be around, or atleast to come up fairly soon.

Hope you're good with a spanner..

I wouldn't recommend it, but if you're that tight on money it may be the way to go.

Jade's are good bikes, ridden one before. They're fairly decent sized so a taller bloke could ride it fairly comfortably.

If you go for a test ride, and he says the 'batteryz' flat, just ask if he can push start it for you. If it still won't start, it's more than just the battery..

[ital916]

holy fucking shit..here we go again.

All I can tell you mate is buy your gear, get it all at once, don't skimp, if you skimp you WILL DIE, because you WILL crash and it WILL be your fault cos YOU WILL BE DEAD. Don't get a open face helmet cos again you WILL lose your face and DIE.


p/t

In all seriousness, get good gear, buy everything thats boots + gloves + pants + jacket + helmet + rain gear * I recommend the revit wet weather gear*.