250 performance, the reality! Hahahahaha

[GrayWolf]

The bikes in that test are just really old.

So am I, and your point is????

[imdying]

So am I, and your point is????

Turn your hearing aid up... as I posted, they are old 250s.

[pete-blen]

The bikes in that test are just really old.

O dear...
I can remember when they were all sitting in the show rooms all
bright shiny...
looked at all of the jap offering for my first street bike..
rode out on a S3 400... was a big jump from the TM125 &
CR250 Elsinor...
biggest prob with the old bikes ( really old bikes )... wasn't so
much the bike..but the tyres... yer just plain out rode them..

Always liked the 250 / 400 size bikes road or dirt..

pete

[GrayWolf]

O dear...
I can remember when they were all sitting in the show rooms all
bright shiny...
looked at all of the jap offering for my first street bike..
rode out on a S3 400... was a big jump from the TM125 &
CR250 Elsinor...
biggest prob with the old bikes ( really old bikes )... wasn't so
much the bike..but the tyres... yer just plain out rode them..
Always liked the 250 / 400 size bikes road or dirt..
pete

Yeh pete, they just dont know the joys we found sliding down the road on our arses, Bridgestone, Yokahama slide aways in the wet... lets be honest even the best tyres, TT100/Speedmaster etc were errr interesting tyres for grip and handling.
I was so tempted to buy an S3, but see this guy (shop) had a deal for me, I couldnt refuse.... for the same price a 'repaired' H1a........ Oh yes what a mug, I was in like a robbers dog.... wonder WHO the mug actualy was??

[pete-blen]

Yeh pete, they just dont know the joys we found sliding down the road on our arses, Bridgestone, Yokahama slide aways in the wet... lets be honest even the best tyres, TT100/Speedmaster etc were errr interesting tyres for grip and handling.
I was so tempted to buy an S3, but see this guy (shop) had a deal for me, I couldnt refuse.... for the same price a 'repaired' H1a........ Oh yes what a mug, I was in like a robbers dog.... wonder WHO the mug actualy was??

I used the TT100 "K81"...for a while... but found the "K91" Red Arrow was a better tyre.... The TT100 would/could re-grip in a slide.. but when the "K91" let go
there was no coming back... my leather jackets still got the scraps to prove it

remember the amount of bikes on the road in the 70s...

[Brett]

I still rate the ZXR250c as one of the best bikes I have owned. (Had 4 of them). They were so much fun and handled bloody well for an older bike. If I was choosing a 250 again today, I would most certainly pick a 1991-1995 ZXR250 over any of the other 250's available, including new ones...with the exception of an RS250.

[yod]

CZ 471 17hp
Ducati MkIII 22hp
Honda CB250 27hp
Kawasaki S1 28hp
MZ TS 250 21hp
Suzuki GT250 30hp
Yamaha RD250 30hp
Harley Davidson SS250 n.a.