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In a few days I will be leaving on my first long haul trip with my bike. I plan to ride from Seatle, WA to Cheney, WA which if any of you know the area is basically 250 miles of I-90. I plan on taking it pretty slow since I have yet to really experience any sort of winds at freeway speeds and I'm fa...

I had to share this, not for the weak stomached though:

Thanks, I think I have a pretty good idea of what I want to look for. I guess I'll ideally look for a ninja 250, suzuki gs500f, or maybe a suzuki sv650. Now I just need someone to buy my car! Been up for sale for near a month and not even a call on it yet.

Thanks for the input. I'm not really going to have time to pick up a new hobby, so the dirt bike crossover isn't really my style. However the only 250cc bike I've seen so far that I've liked is the ninja, do you believe it's a decent bike for the highway? Really, I don't plan on being a speed demon,...

Well, as the title says I'm really interested in knowing how drastic the difference is from a 500cc bike to a 250cc bike in terms of acceleration power, handling, and ability to take on freeway speeds. I'm 18 years old and am really interested in taking up riding because it will offer cheap transpor...