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Hey all, I'm still debating whether my first bikes going to be a 250 or 500. The main factor will be when I pass my msf class. I did want to ask all the 250 riders, is it hard to keep up in traffice? I read that it was somewhere. I live here in the panhandle of florida and the traffice isn't bad like atlanta or new york but I would like to keep up with traffice. let me know...thanx

Yeah true....to be more accurate a Kawa 250R...

Ask -Holiday if I had any trouble keeping up with traffic on our ride together.

Let's put it this way. It has a power/weight ratio of around 10:1. That is, nine pounds per horsepower. That's better than practically every car on the road. It may only be ~30 HP, but that 30 HP only has to push around 300lbs, plus you.

black mariah wrote:Let's put it this way. It has a power/weight ratio of around 10:1. That is, nine pounds per horsepower. That's better than practically every car on the road. It may only be ~30 HP, but that 30 HP only has to push around 300lbs, plus you.

My girlfriend's civic is about 30 pounds her horsepower, but it has no trouble going over 100 mph..

So is the 250R = honda civic?

cobaltbluechaser wrote:So is the 250R = honda civic?

No.. I hear the Ninja has a top speed of 100 with the engine screaming and straining its brains out... and my 4-banger Civic with its massively inferior hp-to-weight ratio doesn't have much trouble breaking 100 mph at around a comfortable 3500 rpm.

HP/weight isn't everything.

dieziege wrote:Ask -Holiday if I had any trouble keeping up with traffic on our ride together.

you bastards!

Rebel has no problem keeping up in traffic and can take most regular cars..

on streets.

Take it on the freeway and you won't get 100 ft without getting roadkilled.