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I am looking at this for my daughter who turns 18 just now. Yes she can ride and has been since the age of 6 or 7. My first 250 was a dual and I have no experaince of small sport bikes. Only big ones.
I think this is an 1987 model Honda CBR 250
I think this is an 1987 model Honda CBR 250
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Looks like a well kept little bike. Isn't it just a covered standard though? I dont think it has the same 'sportbike' riding position.
For a 1987 it looks phenominal.
For a 1987 it looks phenominal.
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nice bike, can you get the owner to give a bit of a discount seeings how there is only one mirror?
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im guessing they should still have the other one.younggun wrote:nice bike, can you get the owner to give a bit of a discount seeings how there is only one mirror?
like here in CA... you can legally ride w/ only one mirror. the right side, if im not mistaken.
so maybe they just didn't wanna use both mirrors.
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cause nothing is ever to your left eh?VermilionX wrote:im guessing they should still have the other one.younggun wrote:nice bike, can you get the owner to give a bit of a discount seeings how there is only one mirror?
like here in CA... you can legally ride w/ only one mirror. the right side, if im not mistaken.
so maybe they just didn't wanna use both mirrors.
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I dont know about over rated, I use them to see things coming up on me a ways off, I use head checks as well. Can never have to many ways of seeing the people coming up on you. I suppose a sport bike rider may have a different set of problems with the tucking in and what not.VermilionX wrote:bike mirrors are overrated!NorthernPete wrote:
cause nothing is ever to your left eh?
head checks is the way to go.
my mirrors are setup when im sitting normally. but when i tuck in, it becomes useless.
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sapaul, from all I've read up on the CBR250 lineup, the bike you are looking at there in the pic is a nice starter. I was looking at an early 90s CBR250RR but went a different direction.
Anyhow, I'd still love to get on a CBR250(R ir RR). I believe the 87 or 88 might be the first year of production. The bike is very light and sits about 40ish-45HP. It has a fairly low seat height andfairly easy to control. I see it also has dual disc up front and single disc rear = good.
If your daughter has been riding since she was a youngin', she shouldn't have much trouble with that CBR250 other than learning it's characteristics. They like to run with high rpms, think 10k+. The RR had a redline of 19k(maybe 21k?).
That would not be a bad bike at all to get rolling on. The seating position is more of a standard setup than a street position of the R or RR which should make for a good transition if/when we upgrades to a street seating position.
Anyhow, I'd still love to get on a CBR250(R ir RR). I believe the 87 or 88 might be the first year of production. The bike is very light and sits about 40ish-45HP. It has a fairly low seat height andfairly easy to control. I see it also has dual disc up front and single disc rear = good.
If your daughter has been riding since she was a youngin', she shouldn't have much trouble with that CBR250 other than learning it's characteristics. They like to run with high rpms, think 10k+. The RR had a redline of 19k(maybe 21k?).
That would not be a bad bike at all to get rolling on. The seating position is more of a standard setup than a street position of the R or RR which should make for a good transition if/when we upgrades to a street seating position.