Gday!! very much a newbie here.
Just after some advice on getting my first bike. I am about 6'1" tall and 90kg and want a sports / Sports tourer style bike available on restrictions. I have sat on a mates CBR250 and felt really cramped and I thought a ZX2R would be a similar size. I was thinking of a ZZR250, are they much bigger? Or something else in this style...I prefer Kwakas of course.
thanks for the help!!!
Learner bike for tall bloke
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Re: Learner bike for tall bloke
The ZXR250 (there's no such thing as a ZX2R, regardless of what the stickers on a custom-sprayed fairing claim) is a fair bit roomier than a BabyBlade.Quick_Stix wrote:Just after some advice on getting my first bike. I am about 6'1" tall and 90kg and want a sports / Sports tourer style bike available on restrictions. I have sat on a mates CBR250 and felt really cramped and I thought a ZX2R would be a similar size.
At 6'1", which works out to, what, 185 or 186cm, you've got a bit of growing left to do to catch me at 194cm, and I started out on a ZXR250 without it ever being a real problem. Sure, you're all bent over with your knees clashing with your elbows and vice versa, but they all do that, Sir. That's just how a sports riding position is and it's pretty much how it needs to be for it to work. When you sit on a bigger sportsbike, you'll find that you're pretty much just as bent over and just as bunched up; there'll just be more tank between your knees and you'll be higher up off the ground.
Try sitting on a sportsbike again and take note of whether you're actually cramped, with bloodflow to places being cut off, or whether you're just thinking, "Hmmm, I haven't tried this position before."
Considered a naked?
The CB250F (Honda Hornet) is a big bike for a 250!
Look at the VTR250 as well.
The CB250F (Honda Hornet) is a big bike for a 250!
Look at the VTR250 as well.
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Nah not too keen on a naked...I would go a chook chaser tho maybe a klx250 or 400 but the 400 is hard to find and apparently the 250 is underpowered. Just saw a KDX250 enduro apparently the early 90s varients werent too bad. I am going to be doing a bit of freeway riding on it, and was looking for a sports tourer for this reason, plus aesthetics.
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Ok no worries. I'll try to find one and have a sit. Theres not many available in my town unfortunately. I still may go a zzr as they are a bit cheaper and the hand brake is pulling on the purse strings. (Only cos she just bought a horse!!!Saki wrote:i am almost 6'3 and i weigh about 92kg and i could fit on a ZX2R A model no problem!
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Hey Mate, I'm 6'1 and about the same weight as you... I went though this only 4 months ago and I found one thing: There are very few LAMs approved bikes that don't end up making guys like us look like a gorilla on a tricycle in a circus... 
I found two bikes in the end; the GS500 and the ER-5. Obviously I ended up going the ER... I'd suggest taking a close look at both, def the GS if you want a fairing. Tho RedDave is right, it does look like a bit of an after-thought.
Anyway, good luck with it. It's a bastard of a job trying to find something you like in that LAMs class when you're not built like your average Japanese citizen
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I found two bikes in the end; the GS500 and the ER-5. Obviously I ended up going the ER... I'd suggest taking a close look at both, def the GS if you want a fairing. Tho RedDave is right, it does look like a bit of an after-thought.
Anyway, good luck with it. It's a bastard of a job trying to find something you like in that LAMs class when you're not built like your average Japanese citizen
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Ok no worries. I'll try to find one and have a sit. Theres not many available in my town unfortunately. I still may go a zzr as they are a bit cheaper and the hand brake is pulling on the purse strings. (Only cos she just bought a horse!!!Saki wrote:i am almost 6'3 and i weigh about 92kg and i could fit on a ZX2R A model no problem!
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