Going from the '08 250r to the '08 zx6r
#11
07-28-2008, 04:00 PM
That's what I want to do! but how are you going to afford the insurance? For full coverage I pay @ $500/YRfor my 08 250R and I just got a quote from myinsurancefor a ZZR600 and ZX6R......$980/YR!!!That's with $1000 deductibleand I'm 31 years old, 1 speeding ticket in the past 3 years and I live in WV.Anyoneknow any other than my Foremost/AIG??? Maybe cheaper??
#12
06-07-2010, 03:03 AM
I have a 250r and pay 2500 per year... i want a zx636 but it will be around 8000 per year for insruance so i have no choice to wait.. in ontario its ridiculous.
#14
06-07-2010, 02:14 PM
If you've gone through the stage of being bored with the 250 and passed on to realising how much fun it really is you won't have much trouble with the step up.
If you haven't reached the stage of really enjoying the power of the 250 then you're not ready.
You'll find the bigger bike an uncomfortable and unwieldly lump for a couple of hours, then you'll forget about it. The main problems are that if you want to use the bike every day, you'll find it uncomfortable for long trips, clumsy in heavy traffic, and if you try to do 160 mph in normal 'on road' riding, please assign your life insurance policy to me first.
Practise wheelies, stoppies, full lock figure eights, getting your knee down and extracting the maximum power and speed. Once you've done all that and mastered the full capability of the bike, don't do most of those things again except in an emergency situation or on the track.
Rob
If you haven't reached the stage of really enjoying the power of the 250 then you're not ready.
You'll find the bigger bike an uncomfortable and unwieldly lump for a couple of hours, then you'll forget about it. The main problems are that if you want to use the bike every day, you'll find it uncomfortable for long trips, clumsy in heavy traffic, and if you try to do 160 mph in normal 'on road' riding, please assign your life insurance policy to me first.
Practise wheelies, stoppies, full lock figure eights, getting your knee down and extracting the maximum power and speed. Once you've done all that and mastered the full capability of the bike, don't do most of those things again except in an emergency situation or on the track.
Rob
#16
06-09-2010, 04:53 AM
thx 
lol my first post. No CA dollars lol pesos i wish.. my first monthly payment was 570... i love riding but wow its expensive for 18yr male, i really want a zx636 though but can't afford it yet 
lol hopefully next year it'l go down a bit, i already feel like i've outgrown the 250r but w/e i guess il have to stick with it for a bit, i just got a job at the Kawasaki Dealer today also so im pretty happy about that lol 
lol my first post. No CA dollars lol pesos i wish.. my first monthly payment was 570... i love riding but wow its expensive for 18yr male, i really want a zx636 though but can't afford it yet lol hopefully next year it'l go down a bit, i already feel like i've outgrown the 250r but w/e i guess il have to stick with it for a bit, i just got a job at the Kawasaki Dealer today also so im pretty happy about that lol
#17
06-09-2010, 08:08 PM
Congrats on the job. Not really sure about the outgrowing of the bike comment yet. I enjoy riding my EX500 and have not outgrown that. Sometimes I wish it had some more steam to it and the suspension is not all that tuneable. Think about the middleweights later on when the insurance is more affordable for ya in a couple more yrs.
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