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fair point bucko, you mind me askin what you weigh in at? and how do you find the suspension on the GS500? My housemate decided on a 250 despite my haranguing (did I spell that right?) him to go a bigger bike, and I'm frankly sick of arguing with him over it This has been an epic learning curve thus far and I'm a long way from expert on the topic - he's even less informed. Any advice appreciated, and I'll always listen to a good argument... just not random guff

Strika the Hyosung, Suzuki and Kawasaki LAMS approved bikes are illegal to de-restrict, even after you have a full licence... Lot of money to spend on a throw-away bike that has less power-to-weight ratio than a cheap and nasty 250. and even if you could find someone to do it on the low-low, a new ECU to bring it up to non-LAMS factory spec costs 1500 quid plus manhours... There's also very few available for sale unless buying new, and a very restricted market to sell into when he gets his real bike licence.

I'm cracking my LAST BEER for the evening, rollin another fag then calling it a night. Will tune in again tomorrow night, thanks for all input

seraph wrote:fair point bucko, you mind me askin what you weigh in at? and how do you find the suspension on the GS500? My housemate decided on a 250 despite my haranguing (did I spell that right?) him to go a bigger bike, and I'm frankly sick of arguing with him over it This has been an epic learning curve thus far and I'm a long way from expert on the topic - he's even less informed.

MY WEIGHT????!!!!! Hmmmm

68kg.

Suspension is great for me. There's preload on the back to set the rear ride height once you're sitting on the bike, that's it as far as adjustment goes.

Here's a forum for it.

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/

HA! scrawny bastard, you barely weigh more than me!!!! Hrmm... I'll consider the GS with that in mind Imagine 2 of you and a carton of beer, and that's where we'll start considering whether the suspension is workable... Ugh, I *have* to get to sleep! J.

Qld LAMS list is different to other states- lotsa bikes from other states such as pre-2010 Hyosung 650s are out in QLD. SV650 is too.

Just a couple of stats I have looked up...not sure of accuracy but gives you an idea...

2008 Ninja 250 - No HP found but 22Nm @ 10,000RPM
2005 Yamaha XVS650 - 29Kw @ 6,500RPM / 51Nm @ 3,000RPM

Maybe worth riding some options at dealers for second hand bikes just to get a feel for something like these...should be able to get a test ride of S/H bikes...

I've got the Hyosung GT250R and can honeslty say that it will haul my fat ass around no problem.

Ohh its for sale BTW

wullieb1 wrote:I've got the Hyosung GT250R and can honeslty say that it will haul my fat ass around no problem.
Ohh its for sale BTW

Nice sales pitch

robracer wrote:

wullieb1 wrote:I've got the Hyosung GT250R and can honeslty say that it will haul my fat ass around no problem.
Ohh its for sale BTW

Nice sales pitch

Gets the point across

250 hyosung is a 650 frame with a 250 engine........so should suit a big bloke better than most others
i'm on a zxr250c and am 6 foot and over a $ in kg ........although with lams theres a load of bigger bikes you can jump on........probably already been said

PM me details of the GT250R please? Thanks. J.

seraph wrote:PM me details of the GT250R please? Thanks. J.

PM sent.

Thanks matey.

gotta say, go for one of these...

Yep, the KLR is a great bike - are they on the Qld LAMS list?

They are also VERY capable on long distances, comfy and can carry the weight no problem.

Not a 2fidy though. The one question I have is what is going on in the m,inds of the dimwits that thought"gee this LAMS scheme work well in every other state - we should bring it in here......and then delete half the bikes off it"

Yeah gotta say I was thinking a chook chaser/motard would be far more suited to "a big bastard" than something like the GPX/ZZR 250 kinda thing.. and if ya can get it in 650cc LAMS approved even more betterer.