Re: Good learner bike (Teelas Suprise) The OzSTOC Team Effort!

[Brian]

If you have a chat with Marissa Lane, as I think she has her Honda cb400 for sale plus her lams approved 600 deauville .
I'm sure being relatively new to motorcycling she would give Teala some great tips from a fresh female perspective.
Cheers ORSM

[Shiney]

The Across is a good bike, a guy I used to ride with owned one and he liked it heaps, comfy and easy to ride (helmet storage where the fuel tank should be was strange though )
The ZZR is another good bike, a bloke that was my flatmate had one and I rode that a few times I found it to be a very comfortable and easy bike to ride

On a side note, both these guys crashed the bikes within the first year of owning them (they were new to motorcycling) and damaged the side fairings

The guy with the Across had the faring repaired and Oggy Knobbs added,
The guy with the ZZR had fibreglass fairings made so if they were damaged he could fix it with a fibreglass repair kit.

Anyway both these bikes are very good and reliable
And as far as the Deauville, it’s like a mini ST

Cheers
Shiney

[hobs]

I've got a Virago 250 which I learnt on and still ride. It is an excellent learners bike. Light enough to hold up, and pick up. It does not 'tear' away from you when learning to take off and is easly managed and controlled. I put a smaller rear sprocket on (6 teeth less) as I do some freeway riding and find it will cruse easly at 110+. Not too much plastic to damage and the blinkers are on rubber mounts and stay virtually undamaged should you lay down. I too had riden bikes many years ago and found it the ideal bike to renew my riding.

Just a side note, mine is up for saie for $3500.

[Streak]

Just found this on bike sales, what does everyone think of this as a learner bike for Teela?

Mechanically sound, very low km's, nearly brand new and learner approved.

"Test rides can be arranged (private property). The bike is in near perfect condition, every detail I can think of is perfect, tires, brakes, linkages, exhaust, foot levers.... Everything is 100% The bike is practically brand new. I go out and start it and ride it around privately time-to-time to keep the bike in good condition (change out the fuel monthly) a great buy!

The Catch (why it's so cheap):

This bike requires a VIV.
I bought this bike about 6 months ago as a repairable write-off. There was no damage to it, it had been submerged about half-way up in fresh water (No rust and according to Vic Roads 100% re-registerable). There is no structural damage to the bike. I keep meaning to put it on the road for myself, but I wont have the time to enjoy it so there is no point putting the money into it.

It has been dropped once in my shed and once when someone was trying to move it from my front lawn (they dropped it on the opposite side) so I had to put both front indicators back on (see photos), it will also need a new clutch lever as the tip of the lever was bent during the lawn incident.

The bike is flawless other than the minor cosmetic damage and the need for a VIV (which is basically because the previous owner wanted a bigger bike so he left it out in heavy rains in kielor last winter to get himself a a repairable write-off)."

http://www.bikesales.com.au/private/details/suzuki-gs500f-2008-14971423?__N=1432%20604%201430%201626%201429%201626%201428%204294967268%204294967124&__Ns=p_PriceSort_Decimal%7c0%7c%7cp_Make_String%7c0%7c%7cp_Model_String%7c0&__Qpb=1&__sid=13E361DE24BF&__Nne=15

[Skip]

I've not met Teela but if she is at all vertically challenged, she may struggle with the seat height. I'm told that the seat height is higher than the 650 that my son has. Other than that I would still be wary. A bike shop should give them more than that if it's as good as he says it is.

[Streak]

I've not met Teela but if she is at all vertically challenged, she may struggle with the seat height. I'm told that the seat height is higher than the 650 that my son has. Other than that I would still be wary. A bike shop should give them more than that if it's as good as he says it is.

Agreed about the wary part, i was just curious, teela is keen on a ZZR 250, as that is what she has had before and it fits her...

[Skip]

I've had one of those. Fantastic little bike but they do work hard at highway speed.

[STeveo]

At that price I would take a punt on it.    Wonder why it has been listed for so long without sale. I have not heard anything bad about the GS500. How would you get it to QLD?

 

[STeveo]

If Teela likes the ZZR250 (got to keep her happy  ) have a browse at www.2fiftycc.com for some info.

 

[gaz]

http://www.teammoto.com.au/used_bikes.php?action=view_stock&order=price&orderdir=DESC&pNum=1&pLimit=10&make_id=7&model_id=68&stock_id=908891

[Sabie]

Hey Streak

I think first you need to find out what style of riding position Teela is comfortable with, Cruiser, Tourer, sports???

Slip down to the local bike shops and sit on the different types and styles. When Teela finds one she's comfy with then you know what style to go in search of.  A lot of Women go for the cruiser style.

If you buy a 250 she will quickly grow out of it. Maybe a 400??? Ish

[bluehonda]

Hi  Streak
I think Teela would grow out of the ZZR250 in the not too distant future.  Even if the funds stretched to the new 300cc Kawasaki (with ABS) she'd outgrow that also.  When most new riders are used to their 250's they want a bigger engine and a bike that's physically bigger.
The GS500 is a great bike for new riders.  Looks like and is a similar size to many other bikes, comfy, not too heavy and cheap to operate and service.  It's got a fairly basic engine (less potential expense) and I imagine a fairly even spread of power.  Most other bikes of similar capacity could be described as race replicas.

[saaz]

GS500 is a nice bike. Looks like a 'real' bike. Approach anyhting repairable writeoff with care.Perhaps just treat the ZZR as a year or so stepping stone until Teela works out what she likes.  Marissa has now gone for a VFR800 after having a few interim learner/probationary bikes

[Streak]

Hey Streak

I think first you need to find out what style of riding position Teela is comfortable with, Cruiser, Tourer, sports???

Slip down to the local bike shops and sit on the different types and styles. When Teela finds one she's comfy with then you know what style to go in search of.  A lot of Women go for the cruiser style.

If you buy a 250 she will quickly grow out of it. Maybe a 400??? Ish

We have been  doing this mate 

She does not like cruisers at all, she used to have the ZZR 250 when she used to ride herself a few years ago (in the time before children), We have been around about with this one and we keep coming back to the ZZR, i think it has alot to do with confidence to, she is comfortable with it as she knows it, the Suzuki i saw was just a opportunity thing that i was curious about....

Teela is also very short, and she can touch the ground on the ZZR, me thinks that we will have a 250 for a bit, and she will want to upgrade....it is all about confidence...

[Bluey]

One of my daughters has shown an keen interest in learning to ride and the bike that ticked all of the boxes was the Honda VTR250. There are a few around at good prices.

[Streak]

I may have found a Winner.......but i am buggered if i know how to get it from Orange to Toowoomba lol

Pondering, pondering

Here are the Details:

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bathurst-orange-region/motorcycles/kawasaki-zzr-250-1992/1020457068
Date Listed:27/05/2013
Last Edited:18/06/2013
Make: Kawasaki
Year: 1992
Kilometres: 23638

Below are some photos he sent me this morning:









plan here is to get it, do any work to it, and surprise teela with it....she is dead keen, but I am being sneaky here...

hmm does not seem that Givi makes a top box (small one) for it, she does not like the Ventura rack stuff either

[Sabie]

How are you going to keep it a secret when Teela reads the forum????

[Neale]

Hey Tony, I reckon we could ride this to Toowoomba. Watcha reckon?

[Streak]

How are you going to keep it a secret when Teela reads the forum????

She only reads the forum when I tell her there is something she would like to read or comment on, so I am pretty safe....

So next school of thought, I think it is going to cost me a packet to get it to Toowoomba, anyone else seen a 250 ZZR in Purple about for around the 2 to 2 and half range?

[Brian]

Give B.Lane a call.... He's a wealth of information when it comes to buying bikes and in particular LAMs

[Hendo]

Why purple?????, the kawasaki red is great.

Great Bike though, my last 250 was a ZZR.

The only thing i noticed in the pics was clutch cable  is almost at max stretch.

Dont worry about the exhaust scratches.

Hendo

[Streak]

Why purple?????, the kawasaki red is great.

Why Purple? Well put it like this, our car seat covers are purple, her mobile phone case is purple, her wedding dress is purple, her business clothes are purple, her slippers are purple, her hair is purple, need I go on...

[Brian]

So what's her favourite colour?

[Alfred]

An older Yammy XJ6 is pretty decent and reliable.

[Sabie]

Hey Streak

When I bought Mrs Sabie's Boulevard from Toowoomba we used a bike transport to ship it to Townsville.

From memory it was around $400 or $500. I was pleased with their service.

Sabie