2011 Honda CBR. In all its 26 horsepower glory!!! (price released = $3999)
10-28-10, 07:46 AM
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for less than $4000 you can pick up a nice used GSXR750....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Suzuk...Q5fmotorcycles
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Suzuk...Q5fmotorcycles
12-02-10, 06:09 AM
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You can't get ABS from Acura for $500 and it's still more practical as a DD 
Acura- for the discerning driver when less than ugly and irrelevant just won't do...
HUGE for the CBR250R!!!!
Acura- for the discerning driver when less than ugly and irrelevant just won't do...
HUGE
for the CBR250R!!!!
12-02-10, 08:22 AM
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12-02-10, 09:16 AM
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Nice lookin bike I must say... I seen the 250 ninja in the show room on sale for 3000ish and was tempted to gettin one jus bec it was so cheap lol I paid 10k for my GSXR1000. this is only like 6lbs lighter than my bike lol where is all the weight at? I supposed it needs to be kinda heavy or you will feel like ur in a tornado when a rig passes u lol. I don't kno
12-02-10, 05:00 PM
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12-02-10, 11:19 PM
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That's not just an outstanding starter bike, but a capable and inexpensive commuter as well. I had a '71 SL 175 - a high-revving twin (redline at 11,500 rpm) that was promoted as a combo enduro/offroad bike. With practically no low end grunt, it was problematic in the dirt, but a pretty nice little commuter that was dead reliable.
It was basic; with no more than a kick-starter and point-ignition system, there wasn't a whole lot to go wrong. Oddly enough, that little screamer down between your toes could really pour on the power at freeway speeds, however it ran out of torque at about 90mph. That's OK, it had plenty of passing power - well, so long as you weren't trying to set a land speed record. Best of all it was cheap, selling for something like $550 back in the day.
I developed a serious dirt bike fetish the following year and upgraded to a 250, then a 400cc 'Zuke that made some serious torque, but was no longer street legal. It was however loud enough not to require a horn. Picture someone firing a Thompson next to your head all day - that was the effect of the 400. As it came on the power band it could literally make your eyeballs vibrate in their sockets. Lots of entertainment value in this lightweight rocket, but NO consideration for comfort. The Honda had that market all sewn up. I'd happily go back to something like the CBR - well maybe except for its exhaust note . . . I got a John Deere mower that sounds better.
It was basic; with no more than a kick-starter and point-ignition system, there wasn't a whole lot to go wrong. Oddly enough, that little screamer down between your toes could really pour on the power at freeway speeds, however it ran out of torque at about 90mph. That's OK, it had plenty of passing power - well, so long as you weren't trying to set a land speed record. Best of all it was cheap, selling for something like $550 back in the day.
I developed a serious dirt bike fetish the following year and upgraded to a 250, then a 400cc 'Zuke that made some serious torque, but was no longer street legal. It was however loud enough not to require a horn. Picture someone firing a Thompson next to your head all day - that was the effect of the 400. As it came on the power band it could literally make your eyeballs vibrate in their sockets. Lots of entertainment value in this lightweight rocket, but NO consideration for comfort. The Honda had that market all sewn up. I'd happily go back to something like the CBR - well maybe except for its exhaust note . . . I got a John Deere mower that sounds better.
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