** LAMS / Learners Bike Discussion **

[lo0se3r]

no point in spending 6K for a 19yo bike, then realise your gonna up grade to a bigger bike in less then you know it. Get a bike you can learn to ride on, somthing that wont hurt as much when you drop it, cause... as a learner... U ARE GONNA DROP IT!! weeeeeeeeeee

[nvmee]

meh ...im not gona bother saying stuff now. the more i say things the more i get frustrated.

[krogoth]

man,it shits me up the wall when im browsing through bike point or something

and i see 1989 cbrs and older with alot of KMz selling for anything between 5-7k

i mean wtf

and ppl buy them, fkn hell

jap sports cars of that age hardly reach that price

[rokkuchan]

man,it shits me up the wall when im browsing through bike point or something

and i see 1989 cbrs and older with alot of KMz selling for anything between 5-7k

i mean wtf

and ppl buy them, fkn hell

jap sports cars of that age hardly reach that price

There's a big demand in learners bike and those cbr250s are highly reliable. You buy at that price, you learn, you move on, you sell at that same price more or less.

[krogoth]

............but mate, they are almost 20 years old

u can get similar and better performance bikes for around the same price, NEW

http://www.hondampe.com.au/wps/wcm/c...pecifications/

thats just one option

PLENTY more

ppl get the cbr coz they want a good looking sporty bike, they dont like the nakeds, they want fancy ass farings and bloody body kits

yes the cbrs are excellent learner bikes, but theyr prices are way over inflated

if u can find a good one for 3-4k MAX, then go for it...but id rather save a little longer and go with a brand new bike and sell a year or 2 later for the same price

[rokkuchan]

well it's really personal choice. If u like to spend a little more and buy a brand spanking new or second hand naked bike for around 9k+, then i assume you would want to stay on that bike for a long while... and there's probably a bigger depreciation in value for those bikes.

For the cbr250, like i said, if u buy at that price, i'm sure u can sell at that similar price with little drop in value. It's for people to learn and there's currently huge demand for learners who can't afford brand new naked bikes even though a few K extra.

For others, they may only want to learn, sell, and buy a bigger bike later.

It's your first bike, not your last...

............but mate, they are almost 20 years old

u can get similar and better performance bikes for around the same price, NEW

http://www.hondampe.com.au/wps/wcm/c...pecifications/

thats just one option

PLENTY more

ppl get the cbr coz they want a good looking sporty bike, they dont like the nakeds, they want fancy ass farings and bloody body kits

yes the cbrs are excellent learner bikes, but theyr prices are way over inflated

if u can find a good one for 3-4k MAX, then go for it...but id rather save a little longer and go with a brand new bike and sell a year or 2 later for the same price

[krogoth]

well it's really personal choice. If u like to spend a little more and buy a brand spanking new or second hand naked bike for around 9k+, then i assume you would want to stay on that bike for a long while... and there's probably a bigger depreciation in value for those bikes.

For the cbr250, like i said, if u buy at that price, i'm sure u can sell at that similar price with little drop in value. It's for people to learn and there's currently huge demand for learners who can't afford brand new naked bikes even though a few K extra.

For others, they may only want to learn, sell, and buy a bigger bike later.

It's your first bike, not your last...

all of what u are saying is correct

and i agree with wat ur saying

but did u read my post properly?

i never said 9k.................of course not, 9k for a learner is too much, unless its a one or two bikes i can think of

did u see my link???

some ppl charge more than that brand new cbf250 for their 20 year old cbrs.........

and ppl buy it...that makes no sense to me....

[Zdster]

well it's really personal choice. If u like to spend a little more and buy a brand spanking new or second hand naked bike for around 9k+, then i assume you would want to stay on that bike for a long while... and there's probably a bigger depreciation in value for those bikes.

For the cbr250, like i said, if u buy at that price, i'm sure u can sell at that similar price with little drop in value. It's for people to learn and there's currently huge demand for learners who can't afford brand new naked bikes even though a few K extra.

For others, they may only want to learn, sell, and buy a bigger bike later.

It's your first bike, not your last...

There are plenty of other bikes that you can buy that hold there value, cost you alot less in the first place and wont have the maintenance issues of a 20 year old bike.

[laijer]

CBR250RR ceased production in 1996, they were so overstocked that they were still selling brand new ones till 2000 or even a bit later.

Just jumped on bikepoint and did a serach for CBR250RR in VIC and guess what, there's a 2008 Honda CBR250RR for sale... wow its an RCV22 model... must be so new that I've never even heard of it before, I'm so out of touch these days

[preludacris]

i think those are imports that have been complianced in 2008?

those ones have aftermarket bodykits on them which look great, but im pretty sure they are still really old bikes, which are being sold for 8k which is pretty far out.


in regards to cbr250's, u guys know if an import would be worth it over a aus model? on bikesales the grey imports are for sale from as little as $3,000

[laijer]

i think those are imports that have been complianced in 2008?

Yeah dude, I was being facetious - hence my opening comment about ceasing production in 1996.

Those nice body kits are from TYGA. I still wouldn't pay $8K for the bike though.

[preludacris]

haha. oopz. u shoulda put a lol or tongue out or something.... lol :P :P lol.

sometimes sarcasm doesnt translate well online