Quote Originally Posted by Nax View Post
fair call on that one. the other reason im leaning towards a dealer is because working for honda, i will probably be able to get a good deal, and because its packaged with work i will need to do finance (and after the whole car finance b.s. ide rather just make it simple and quick, spent two months trying to find soemone who would help me, and in the end no one would) is a CBR250 out of the question here? i know its a bit odler but if i can find one with low k's are they half decent or am i best off just getting a vtr, and is there a sport front for the vtr like on the zeal? thanks for all the help guys, god i love OH

oh and its gonna be mostly for the commute, but i do do a fair bit of crusiing and driving (specially if im gettnig my confidence on the bike up ill be doing lots of around driving)
Have a search on www.netrider.com.au and see what they think as well.

If you are sticking to a Honda, as I have said before, I would be looking at a VTR - will be newer, wont have the hassle of if it is an import etc, will more than likely be cheaper, dont have the issue of fairings, if you do drop one finding parts shouldnt be a problem, lots of good ones on the market etc etc.

Cant you just get finance through Honda HQ and then find the bike you are after or does finance have to come through a dealership?

Not sure if there is any other front ends around, but you could always strip it back further and make it a street fighter . Personally I wouldnt worry about the looks - I still have a GPX (which is ugly as sin) that I get around on to commute and as I like to say the rider makes the bike .