Would the jump be too big?

[Jerry74]

I used to ride a 750 but am on a 250 now for the legal reasons of graduating to my full.... take it easy and you will be fine.

Just get used to the initial poos in pants feeling of the front wheel coming up upon acceleration.

[Drew]

Just get used to the initial poos in pants feeling of the front wheel coming up upon acceleration.

Ya gotta be pretty rough with the Hornet throttle to get them to hoist, but they can be held skywatchin for quite some time

[Deano]

Compared to an RF, or do you need 2nd gear to tell ?

[roy.nz]

Hey there ukiwi i jumped from a hyo gt250r straight to gsxr600 k7 model and im still perfectly fine except for one fucken white line that screwed me over, got another gixxer 600 k7 and now im suspended but that due to me enjoying the speed.

[fatzx10r]

take it easy and get used to the extra power, slower steering, braking etc and you will be fine, i went from a 250 to a 1000 without killing or hurting myself

[Mort]

I think you'd be fine on a 900 - keep it steady and get in to it... enjoy it.

[Winston001]

Good job you added this at the end, or I'd have felt compelled to say your post was new age hippy crap, and call you a twat. I would hope anyone looking to get off a 250, is well past setting up obstacle courses in a carpark to "get a feel" for a new bike.

My 2 cents

Gawd I've been outed Come over here and I'll give you a warm and fuzzy hug.



Skills. Never assume. Keep learning. The easiest way to bin is to be cocky. Doing some figure 8s with a bike which is twice the weight you are used to, deliberately front braking on loose grit at walking pace - wots wrong with that?? I recently had the experience of seeing a rider drop a bike at low speed because they weren't used to the lack of leverage with short bars.

[Badjelly]

Skills. Never assume. Keep learning. The easiest way to bin is to be cocky. Doing some figure 8s with a bike which is twice the weight you are used to, deliberately front braking on loose grit at walking pace - wots wrong with that??

You don't think you're going to get away with your new age hippy crap here just by making it sound like common sense, do you?

[Sparky Bills]

Hornet 900's are very easy bikes to ride.
EXTREMELY smooth with everything. I dont think you would have any problems stepping up onto one. In the end, its you who will will be riding it, so only you will be able to tell if your ready for it or not.
Id suggest you ride one before you buy one. It might not even be what your looking for.
Good luck.

[mrchips]

I'm probably gonna get my butt cheeks flammed big time for this but i've just gone from a GN250 to a CBR1000F.

fwiw i wanted a bigger bike for touring & 2 up, smooth gearing & some low down grunt cos i'm a lazy shit & don't wanna change gears every 5 seconds.

tbh I'm finding the bigger bike easier, more stable & safer to ride than my old trusty GN. Shure there's the obvious weight & power difference but if you're a RESPONSIBLE rider & have your wits about you will be fine, notice i said responsible.

If you are prone to having spaz attacks at other drivers misfortunes & generally do stupid maneouvers, i don't recommend it.

otherwise

be at one with your machnine & ride like the wind ..... hell i say go for it.

btw GN250 is for sale, will post details soon.

[F5 Dave]

The problem with these posts is you get advice from people who have done the same thing or people who have been riding for years & think it’s all a piece of piss. One of the former was a regular here & was always on about how it was no problem but now types one handed.

You will do what your ego tells you you want to do, but I will guarantee that it will stunt your riding growth. Smaller & lighter than a litre-bike is better for the next step up.

[Drew]

Gawd I've been outed Come over here and I'll give you a warm and fuzzy hug.



Skills. Never assume. Keep learning. The easiest way to bin is to be cocky. Doing some figure 8s with a bike which is twice the weight you are used to, deliberately front braking on loose grit at walking pace - wots wrong with that?? I recently had the experience of seeing a rider drop a bike at low speed because they weren't used to the lack of leverage with short bars.

Was just tryin to get some controversy going, I get bored easily.

The problem with these posts is you get advice from people who have done the same thing or people who have been riding for years & think it’s all a piece of piss. One of the former was a regular here & was always on about how it was no problem but now types one handed.

You will do what your ego tells you you want to do, but I will guarantee that it will stunt your riding growth. Smaller & lighter than a litre-bike is better for the next step up.

And I know people with just as nasty afflictions from small bikes.

There is no right or wrong way to go through the process of stepping onto a bigger bike, I dont think. I know people who have done it in steps, and come to grief, and others that jumped in boots an' all without incident.

I would attribute the boots in all success to a healthy fear for what they are getting onto.

The baby steps approach going haywire, to a lack of thought, it's only a little bit quicker than my last bike mindset.

Get the bike you like I say, but ride more than just the one you are currently looking at, you may find something better suited.

[bryce]

once you can ride in a straight line and turn a corner and keep your line .it

doesn,t matter if u go from a 50 to a 1650 or to a 100 if u don,t have the

sense to learn the bike ,work up your speed with you ability,that u asked

shows a good start .to start small does make senes but one of the best

rider i know started on a bud bug 3 month,gsx 750 12 month ,cbr 1000 15

month ,tlr 1000 ,i had been riding bikes for 25 years and i,d say he was as

good or better than me before he sold the cbr.he was also only 17yr old .i

have also followed people in there 20 that have scared me .

[Bend-it]

I went from a 250 bandit to and RF900, and now, I'm back onto a 650 twin.

So there. While it's not necessarily too big a jump, you probably don't know what you want, coming straight off a 250. Go for the 900 if that's what rocks your boat, and don't be afraid to drop to a 600 or whatever after that...

[Salival]

I, like ZigZag, have just bought my first big bike - VTR1000 as an upgrade from a GSX250 and six months off riding.

I don't think the jump was too big *for me*, though I know some other 250 riders who I don't think would survive very long on my bike.

Everyone in "the industry" who I dealt with during the sale of my bike (insurance, sales people, etc etc) have all said "you know it's a big bike and you need to be careful." I will be heeding their advice.

I don't keep up with my friends on 250s around the twisties because I just don't know the bike that well yet.

My advice is to recognise your limits as a motorcyclist. Whatever the next bike is that you get, the chances are it will have higher limits than you. You can kill yourself on any machine, and it's down to how you ride it.

Know your limits and ride within them.