Kawasaki ninja 250r vs Hyosung gt250r

[rphenix]

I think potentially you could learn more on a poor-handling bike. The hyos have rather budget suspension (I got two of them) so if you can keep up on those, then you will be a legend when you get to something that has a quality suspension package. It's no favour that the bike does all the work for you.
DB

Think of all the skills gained by riding with shinkos then!

[Iain]

Think of all the skills gained by riding with shinkos then!

No kidding... Im pushing mine more each day the weather is good... Im going to do it till I fall... Actually Im thinking the constant rain will start and Ill have to ease back a bit.

Still havent rubbed off the edge of the Shinkos yet... got 1/2 inch left...

Iain

[Meanie]

Im going to do it till I fall...

Iain

Its no wonder my Acc levies are so dam high

[Iain]

Its no wonder my Acc levies are so dam high

I was joking. I dont actually want to fall. That would be silly!

Iain

[Dakara]

Think of all the skills gained by riding with shinkos then!

I think I learned a lot more once I took the Shinko's off. After a few slides, (fortunately just the tyres) my confidence was a bit shot, so replaced them with a set of Pirelli Diablo Strada's.

[CookMySock]

where the hell is Weaver when you need him.. Weaver!! show us a photo of your shinkos sans chicken strips.

DB

[Gubb]

Weavers bike is no more.

He is an amazing rider though. Just not a good crasher.

[CookMySock]

woah what happened to it ? Never seen a hyo tyre that looked like that before. God help us if he gets an R6 - you will never catch him.

DB

[cowboyz]

where the hell is Weaver when you need him.. Weaver!! show us a photo of your shinkos sans chicken strips.

DB

Weavers bike is no more.

He is an amazing rider though. Just not a good crasher.

woah what happened to it ? Never seen a hyo tyre that looked like that before. God help us if he gets an R6 - you will never catch him.

DB

I wonder if there is a link here..........

[Gubb]

Nope, if you PM him i'm sure he'll tell the story.
I don't wanna post it up, it's his story. I don't think the replacement bike has quite the same get-up-and-go as the Hyo though. Poor Bugger.

[CookMySock]

ewps, that doesnt sound too good.

DB

[Weaver]

I crashed the Hyosung due to a bad judgement call. I'm replacing it with a CBR250RR though.
They Shinkos aren't a great tyre, but they aren't a bad tyre either.

[nigel_1981]

Higher octane is not always better depends on how the engine is tuned.
For example my cage (98 wrx) gets about 450km from 98 and 480-490km from 96.
All depends on how its tuned.

Actually it's more to do with how the engine is designed, mainly compression ratio. Generally speaking modern engines don’t "get tuned", parts just get replaced.. With modern engines timing is adaptive, meaning they will try and run as close to detonation as what’s safe for the long term durability. Ever heard of a knock sensor? If you run lower octane than what is recommended your timing will retard, and your peak performance will be affected. Basically just put in the gas in your manufacturer states... Can anyone tell me what the EX250 runs on? I'm looking at buying one..

[Ripperjon]

The manual says minimum 87. I just had a quick look and couldn't find the page but i'm sure it recommends 91 somewhere. I have used 91, 95 and 98 and noticed no difference when the weather was warm, but i was having trouble starting her up since it's cooled off and i think using no higher than 91 is helping cos of the easier detonation, i guess).

I've not bothered checking mileage against octane rating cos the mpg is great whatever I use.

[nigel_1981]

I've not bothered checking mileage against octane rating cos the mpg is great whatever I use.

So roughy what L/100km are you getting?