Getting a newer 250

[Timmay]

I'm selling my 1983 Honda CBX250rs and I need some help with choosing a replacement... Budget is about $5000

I'm selling it because:
I no longer need a commuting bike, just a weekend bike and good weather commuter
I have learnt to ride and want a nicer bike now that I am less likely to bin
I have enough money for a nicer bike

The wish list:
More than one cylinder - thumpers sound great but are a bit rough and they shake the mirrors around so you can't see anything
A windscreen - commuting is fine without one but open road weekender will need a screen.
Naked sports or faired sports but must look good with a screen so probably faired

What I liked about the CBX:
The sound - I assume most bikes will sound alright with a decent pipe though
Having 6 gears
Having a fuel gauge

What I didn't like about the CBX:
The shakes of a single cylinder
The lack of a screen
The upright riding position
the narrow-ish seat

Other 250's I have ridden and what I have thought:
My mates CBR250 - I thought it was very small, nice handling, very quiet - needs a better pipe
My brothers GT250R - Felt a bit too big, felt like it had a high center of gravity, again very quiet, never found neutral, seems to have similar power to my CBX. I often got a sore back and wrists riding this bike too.

What are ZXR's like? are they a bigger bike than the CBR? Thanks to everyone in advance for all suggestions.

[mrchips]

How about a Suzuki GSX250 ?, good value.

http://bikepoint.co.nz/View/Used/SUZ...1+4294966128+0

[racefactory]

I'm selling my 1983 Honda CBX250rs and I need
The sound - I assume most bikes will sound alright with a decent pipe though

My mates CBR250 - I thought it was very small, nice handling, very quiet - needs a better pipe
My brothers GT250R - again very quiet.

Why the fuck would anyone care about how loud the bike is? To get people to turn heads at ones small cock? Don't worry dude come on this is a bloody 250 were talking about. Get it for the ride dude!

[jrandom]

A windscreen - commuting is fine without one but open road weekender will need a screen.

I dunno, I did quite a few thousand kilometres on my Zeal up and down the countryside, no drama.

You don't need a screen, you just need enough power to punch through the wind without having to lie down over the tank and wring the bike's neck. You don't notice the wind pressure straining any muscles until about 180kph.

Try the new Kawasaki GPX250-that-looks-like-a-Ninja or whatever the model name is now. Mt Eden MC and Spectrum should have demos for you to ride.

We had this discussion already, though... you know what I think you should be looking at!

[jrandom]

Why the fuck would anyone care about how loud the bike is?

If ya gotta ask, you'll never understand.

[CookMySock]

My brothers GT250R - Felt a bit too big, felt like it had a high center of gravity, again very quiet, never found neutral, seems to have similar power to my CBX. I often got a sore back and wrists riding this bike too.

These bikes are big. Thats one of the reasons they are well liked.

They do force you to sort your wrists and your posture out, and that is just the way of sport biking. Try a trip on the open road for an hour or six, and hoof it along at 120-130 and get off the seat a bit, and you will see the wrist problem is lot less.

Why the fuck would anyone care about how loud the bike is? To get people to turn heads at ones small cock? Don't worry dude come on this is a bloody 250 were talking about. Get it for the ride dude!

Nar the GT250R sounds just great with a loud pipe on it - more like a modern high performance dirtbike. Mean.

Steve

[road king]

how long until you go for your full licence?? i would just hold out however long it is and then get a bigger bike

[jrandom]

These bikes are big. Thats one of the reasons they are well liked.

His brother's had a hobag, so he already knows they're overweight underpowered shit.

One suspects that, in this case, you might have to retreat sadly back under your wet rock without convincing anyone to purchase a rattly Korean pile of cheesemetal and ABS.

hoof it along at 120-130...

You mean, as fast as the machine can possibly go?

[CB ARGH]

All I know is the CBR250RR, they are excellent bikes. Plenty of power for when you may possibly need it, only problem that I have is the power is at 8000+ revs, which means to get up a hill at 59km/h you have to be screaming it in 3rd, well, with my weight anyway (77kg).

I'm 6 foot and don't have a problem with the height of the bike, it's quite small, but you get used to it.

Sounds awesome.

I don't have the balls yet to lean it all the way over though

[jrandom]

All I know is the CBR250RR, they are excellent bikes.

I think you mean "They were excellent bikes when they were made, 15 years ago, but now, purchasing one and expecting it to run for a year or two without significant intervention is a complete lottery."

[CB ARGH]

I think you mean "They were excellent bikes when they were made, 15 years ago, but now, purchasing one and expecting it to run for a year or two without significant intervention is a complete lottery."

That's when you sell it to some poor bugger down the country and say it got damaged in transit

Quite honestly there is no other bike that I can think of that I would rather own in the 250 class.

[Gubb]

Quite honestly there is no other bike that I can think of that I would rather own in the 250 class.

How is that Brain Tumor working out for you?

RS250?
NSR
RGV

[jrandom]

I don't have the balls yet to lean it all the way over though

www.motott.co.nz

Friday 31 October is sold out, but I draw to your attention the trackday on Saturday 22 November.

Do yourself a favour and be there, eh?

[jrandom]

RS250

Amen, brother!

[Highlander]

I dunno, I did quite a few thousand kilometres on my Zeal up and down the countryside, no drama.

You don't need a screen, you just need enough power to punch through the wind without having to lie down over the tank and wring the bike's neck. You don't notice the wind pressure straining any muscles until about 180kph.

I agree with Mr Random.
Having done 45,000 mostly open road km on my naked CB 750 clearly enough power to have no problem punching through the wind. I sometimes think a screen would be nice but consider it a luxury rather than necessity.
Certainly I feel it at the end of a 1000Km day but figure that is fatigue in general not just the lack of a screen.