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When I took the MSF course, they had all the 250's except the ninja 250. The Honda rebel was the next best thing to the ninja, but could not match the power of it. Both the Suzuki, and Yamaha 250's seemed like junk with no power to spare! The worst bike there by far was the Honda nighthawk 250.
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The 250's definitely a nice bike to start on. Has enough get up and go to get you out of hairy situations no doubt but training not to get into those hairy situations in the first place, that's key. Take the MSF course as soon as you can or if you have a Harley Davidson near you take the Rider's Edge course which is exactly like MSF 'cept they add on some Harley stuff like visit the store, lookie lookie Harley gear, etc etc.
I like the red on black flames. I have an '06 blue and was looking at the black on black flames on the 06's and thought...man if only they were red flames, heh.
One thing I'll tell you right now, the bike is veeeeery forgiving. Once my hand slipped off throttle for a second, going 60 MPH. Thought I was gonna eat dirt there for a sec but aside from a little nose going down the thing still kept on going. Brakes on a dime and gives you change back too. And wait until you start hittin' those curves... oooh man! Feel's like you're on rails, glued to the bike.
I like the red on black flames. I have an '06 blue and was looking at the black on black flames on the 06's and thought...man if only they were red flames, heh.
One thing I'll tell you right now, the bike is veeeeery forgiving. Once my hand slipped off throttle for a second, going 60 MPH. Thought I was gonna eat dirt there for a sec but aside from a little nose going down the thing still kept on going. Brakes on a dime and gives you change back too. And wait until you start hittin' those curves... oooh man! Feel's like you're on rails, glued to the bike.
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When I took the MSF course, they had all the 250's except the ninja 250. The Honda rebel was the next best thing to the ninja, but could not match the power of it. Both the Suzuki, and Yamaha 250's seemed like junk with no power to spare! The worst bike there by far was the Honda nighthawk 250.
When I took the MSF course, they had all the 250's except the ninja 250. The Honda rebel was the next best thing to the ninja, but could not match the power of it. Both the Suzuki, and Yamaha 250's seemed like junk with no power to spare! The worst bike there by far was the Honda nighthawk 250.
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The 250's definitely a nice bike to start on. Has enough get up and go to get you out of hairy situations no doubt but training not to get into those hairy situations in the first place, that's key. Take the MSF course as soon as you can or if you have a Harley Davidson near you take the Rider's Edge course which is exactly like MSF 'cept they add on some Harley stuff like visit the store, lookie lookie Harley gear, etc etc.
I like the red on black flames. I have an '06 blue and was looking at the black on black flames on the 06's and thought...man if only they were red flames, heh.
One thing I'll tell you right now, the bike is veeeeery forgiving. Once my hand slipped off throttle for a second, going 60 MPH. Thought I was gonna eat dirt there for a sec but aside from a little nose going down the thing still kept on going. Brakes on a dime and gives you change back too. And wait until you start hittin' those curves... oooh man! Feel's like you're on rails, glued to the bike.
The 250's definitely a nice bike to start on. Has enough get up and go to get you out of hairy situations no doubt but training not to get into those hairy situations in the first place, that's key. Take the MSF course as soon as you can or if you have a Harley Davidson near you take the Rider's Edge course which is exactly like MSF 'cept they add on some Harley stuff like visit the store, lookie lookie Harley gear, etc etc.
I like the red on black flames. I have an '06 blue and was looking at the black on black flames on the 06's and thought...man if only they were red flames, heh.
One thing I'll tell you right now, the bike is veeeeery forgiving. Once my hand slipped off throttle for a second, going 60 MPH. Thought I was gonna eat dirt there for a sec but aside from a little nose going down the thing still kept on going. Brakes on a dime and gives you change back too. And wait until you start hittin' those curves... oooh man! Feel's like you're on rails, glued to the bike.
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