Seat comfort, riding position, and wind protection are the main ingredients for a comfortable ride. You can always get a larger windscreen and a different seat (or reshape the original seat), but the riding position does not change. If a sportbike is what she wants, who is to argue with that? Just make sure your wife is very informed about these possible issues.

 

Corbin makes a super sweet seat for the pre-'08 250, check it out on their website. I don't have one but have heard rave reviews about it.

You will have to stop about every 200 miles and get gas anyway, so that will give the rider a chance to "shake out" and refresh. I found that the OEM tires really wore on me after about 1-1/2 hours and my butt got a little tired. After switching to the Bridgestones, it's no problem at all going the full 200 miles. The new tires also seemed to take some of the vibration out of the handlebar, which helps with the pressure on the wrists. Hope this helped - check out that Corbin, it'll be on my Christmas list.

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