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| Newbie Joined: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand
Posts: 5
| Hey im jono and and i recently got interested in bikes. In NZ we have to stay under 250cc till we get our full license. I have been looking at a couple of bikes and the GSXR250 appealed to me (looks etc). Do you think this has to much power for a complete newbie? It has a top speed between 180kph which is about 100-110 mph i think. open road speed limit is 100kph and i dont plan to go 180 at all. Its a '87 and its from a dealer who wants about NZD$5000 which is about probly $3-4000 american. i have never ridden a bike but im going to do a motorcycle course before i get my license and get a bike. Is this to much bike for me??? |
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| Clunked into first gear ![]() Joined: Oct 2003
Bike: '96 GSX 600F
Location: Oxford, England
Posts: 211
| The bike will be more than fine for your riding ability, should have a lot of fun on it! The reason they have the law where you can't rise anything bigger than a 250 is so that you can't start out on a bike that will be too much for newbs. |
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| Et cetera ad nauseum ![]() Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 18,305
| Holy crap that's expensive! Unless bikes cost more across the board over there, you're getting screwed on that one. Nothing from the 80's should cost more than $2000. Welcome!
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| Throttle Jockey ![]() Joined: May 2005
Bike: 05 M50, 06 CBR600F4i
Location: Sitting on the can... duh!
Posts: 3,160
| Whoa, too expensive! I wouldn't pay over $800 USD for a small displacement 80's bike, and that's being generous! Call me a cheapskate if you must...
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| Can Ride And Chew Gum ![]() Joined: Aug 2004
Bike: yellow and black
Location: Wide awake in dreamland...
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| Throttle Jockey ![]() Joined: May 2005
Bike: 05 M50, 06 CBR600F4i
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| Newbie Joined: Aug 2005 Location: New Zealand
Posts: 5
| yea i could probly talk the dealer down quite a bit though. maybe its cos the market isnt so big over here that its more expensive i dunno. some other bikes that are for sale round here are: '87 Yamaha FZR 250 '90 Suzuki RGV 250 Kawasaki ZXR 250 and a ZXR250C version are any of these much better than the other? |
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| Sprocket Pilot ![]() Joined: Sep 2004
Bike: Which one of the 9?
Location: USA
Posts: 887
| You will have a load of fun on the RGV 250 in my opinion. In good nick it will make 55 HP and be extremely quick and handles like a dream. That is my recomendation. As long as you keep after it maintenance wise you will have loads of fun. Parts are readily available so no problem there.
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