GPX250R and my newbieness!

[Quirks]

Welcome to Quirks post number 2! I'm racking them up! hahaha

Ok so after doing a big of research, I think I've decided that the GPX250 would be a good first bike for me. As hot as the ninja looks, I think I'd cry if I dropped it (which is bound to happen!!) and being a first bike I think second hand is the safest, and cheaper, of the options. I also read that the ZZR can be a pain in the arse and quite expensive to fix if you ding her up.

So being the biking retard that I am (yeah I'm not the most politically correct of people...no offence!), I'd love to get feedback/advice off anyone who is willing to give me some.

I did come across as GPX that I would like to have a squizz at. Here are the details:

2007 GPX250
10, 500km
4 months rego left
$5, 950

From the pics on teh site it looks to be in fairly good nick.

I obviously have no idea if something like that would be a good buy, and someone on here may even know the person selling the bike. Who knows!

So yeah any help would be great

[red_dave]

Got a link?

[Quirks]

If I was smart I would've put that on the initial post....oops!

http://www.bikesales.com.au/as/search/s ... age=1&x=49

[Jennysc]

Welcome to KSRC !!

The GPX250 is a good bike to learn on, that's what I had. It's a nice solid bike and pretty comfortable.

I had no problems doing my test on it, U-turns were easy

Jen

[Blurr]

welcome aboard

[gpxpunk]

Welcome to the crew, I have an 87 gpx250 which are the same as the 07, and they are great to learn on, passed real easy when i did my p's test and fun to get them through the twisties,

The bike looks great aswell, got love the flames, haha adds 10ks more

[Six Addict]

hey quirks, sounds a little high for mine maybe offer a tad over 5k...

hey red_dave, who could we get to go have a squizz at a bike with quirks??

[Gazza]

welcome to the club

[binther]

i have sent a message to nanna to see if i could con the old man into doing it but havn't heard anything back. dunno why but i trust the old barturd to get things right well once inwhile

[Quirks]

Well I'm heading over to check it out Saturday arvo...hopefully by then I'll have convinced someone who possesses more knowledge than me to tag along (not that its a difficult concept ).

Wish me luck!

[Disco]

But for just over $1k more you could get a brand spanking ninja .And as for the one lady owner named Glenn

[Quirks]

yeah i just had a look at the new ninjas and saw the price.....aarrgghh dont confuddle me! I'm soft squishy and vunerable lol

[red_dave]

hey red_dave, who could we get to go have a squizz at a bike with quirks??

Nana...

Who else?

[Shifty]

They are a great bike, but that's big money for one of those.

[Quirks]

Yeah I'm starting to get that impression. Think I might go have a look at it and see what I can do price wise but it may just end up being a case of having a look at the bike and seeing in the flesh, so to speak,the type of bike I'm after. I have a bad habit of finding something I like and just going 'yup I'll have that!' . I hate shopping in every way shape and form. I go to the shop, get what I want and get the hell outta there....shopping for wheels is no different unfortunately

So much for the women love shopping theory