you should be ridin' your own ride...not trying to keep up with others...that's how you get into those oh-$h1t situations...once you've mastered throttle control and bike handling on your 250 then think about moving up...listen to every one else here...

 

Each to their own on knowing the limitations. I think that there has been some good information sent your way to contemplate though. Good luck with your decision since it is not up to anyone else but you to decide.

 

I do ride by myself all the time. everyday. when i said to keep up was when i went riding with my cousins. thats all. but other than that i have been riding bymyself for a while. I know my bikes limits but i will wait a while for it.

 

yes, that was of concern that was mentioned


Right on. So you can tell us the spring rates for your body weight on this ride? And how you prefer the added/removed front fork oil wt to compensate for the lack of adjustability? How the rear ride height may have been increased to aide in turn in? And why the stock tires prefer a different tire pressure than some of the aftermarket tires?

Congrats on wanting to continue to know your ride.

 

you are the only one that can dig deep down and figgure out if you are ready to get on a bike in the 600 class we all have our own opinions about what it takes to move up in class but you should be the one to stand in front of the mirror and ask yourself if you should move up good luck with what ever choise you may make but do remember that if you do make the move treat the new bike as if you have never ridden befor listen to it feel it and it will tell you what it needs and where you need to improve

 

This is key. You need to know your limit too. Enjoy your ride. Don't try to do more than your limitations allow. You'll get there with lots of practice

 

my cousin knows that i already know how to ride and they are questioning me on why i got a 250 instead of a 600. but i told them that im going to change my bike in 2-3 months.

 

when i get enough money for it. and i told them that i just got it to commute to school and back.

 

Good luck.

Just out of curiousity, how long has you cousin been riding?
I'm not sure why you feel we are all wrong on the advise we have given you. Tell your cousin you want to LEARN to ride your bike to the best of your ability before jumping onto something that will hurt you.

 

You're doing the usual schoolboy thing of being persuaded that it's 'big' to get a bigger bike. It isn't.

You say that you have to run up to the red line to keep up. That's good. You're learning how to get the full performance out of your bike. Your cousins don't have a clue how to do that, because if they use the full performance of their 600s they'll probably die.

Keep the 250 for a year and do about 10,000 miles. Then when you get a bigger bike you'll know how to ride it properly. It's your cousins who're all wrong, not you, so don't let them pressure you into being as stupid, and into being as poor a rider, as they probably are.

Rob