Honda VTR250 riding arround australia would it make it ?

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 02:55:20 +1000
We Live For The One We Die For The One <> wrote:
 >
 >
 > Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
 > ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
 > good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?

Depends on your priorities.

Having done long miles on a 250 with much less power than a VTR, I can't
see any problem with go, but lots will.

Luggage might be a bit of a worry, they aren't the best setup for that.

Depends a lot on your price range and licence class.

If you have not much money, then buy something old and cheap and bodge
luggage up. You get the best ttories for later that way

If you have money for a newish bike like that, then buy it, work out the
luggage, and you will manage fine.

If you have the money, and leisurely rides just going places and
relaxing aren't your thing, then get a middleweight that's a few years
old.

Zebee
- whose years of 250 touring mean that she knows it's perfectly
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Sayeth We Live For The One We Die For The One <>:
 >
 > Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
 > ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
 > good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?

You can do pretty much anything on anything ... oh, well, GoldWings
in the mud I'm not so sure of, but CB250RSes, GPX250s and CT110s
have been ridden around Australia.

And if you're trying to live off fruit picking, a small bike with
frugal fuel consumption is going to be a good thing.

You won't have a lot of luggage capacity, though ... yes, yes
Hammo, I've seen how much crap you can tie to a 250 ...
and you might find the nakedbike thing tiring for long days.

But if you're happy to travel light and stop a little more
often, you shouldn't have any problems.

-----sharks
--
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Mr fred wrote:
 > Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
 > ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
 > good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?

You know, you could have combined this thread with your Virago and
NRMA ones and made the question a one-stop shop?

Anyhoo, to travel around Australia I'd recommend you have either:

(a) A new (but run-in, so ~5,000km) bike, NRMA Super Ultra Deluxe
membership, and a credit card capable of buying you a flight home;

(b) Any old bike, the ability to fix it with duct tape and cable ties
(or fencing wire, if you're a hillbilly like myself), ...and a credit
card capable of buying you a flight home.

Here's my round-Australia trip, aboard a 14-year-old GPX250 that had
70,000km on the clock when I started:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://members.optusnet.com.au/za2bb/odyssey/index.html" target="_blank">http://members.optusnet.com.au/za2bb/odyssey/index.html</a>

You can probably tell which option I chose from the above list.


BTH<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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We Live For The One We Die For The One wrote:

 >
 > Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
 > ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
 > good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?
 >
 > Thanks.
 >


I had one of those bikes (my first) and it was a lot of fun on short
rides and off the main roads but you'll want something bigger if you
want to travel distances like that (or else take it very slow and easy
and just do short trips each day, exploring back roads rather than
highways). High revs at cruising speed and the leaning forward riding
position are not conducive to staying on for hours at a time.

If you want to stay small there are lots of nice 250cc and even some
550cc cruisers.

--
Stephen
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In aus.motorcycles on 4 Apr 2004 15:36:19 -0700
BT Humble <za2bb.TakeThisOut@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
 >
 > (a) A new (but run-in, so ~5,000km) bike, NRMA Super Ultra Deluxe
 > membership, and a credit card capable of buying you a flight home;
 >
 > (b) Any old bike, the ability to fix it with duct tape and cable ties
 > (or fencing wire, if you're a hillbilly like myself), ...and a credit
 > card capable of buying you a flight home.
 >
 > Here's my round-Australia trip, aboard a 14-year-old GPX250 that had
 > 70,000km on the clock when I started:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://members.optusnet.com.au/za2bb/odyssey/index.html</font" target="_blank">http://members.optusnet.com.au/za2bb/odyssey/index.html</font</a>>
 >
 > You can probably tell which option I chose from the above list.
 >

And you can bet that the bod who has the new bike and no personal input,
just buys it all and pays his way out of trouble will have no where near
as many good stories and good memories.

Fixing bikes isn't that hard if you think abut what you are doing and
have enough duct tape.

Zebee<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 02:55:20 +1000, We Live For The One We Die For The One <Mr
fred DeleteThis @yahoo.com.au> wrote:

 >
 >
 >Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
 >ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
 >good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?

bigger...unless you reckon doing 800kms on a 250 just to get between cities is
gonna be fun...

paulh<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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paulh wrote:
  > >Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
  > >ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
  > >good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?
 >
 > bigger...unless you reckon doing 800kms on a 250 just to get between cities is
 > gonna be fun...

But...but... it *is* fun!


BTH<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In aus.motorcycles on 4 Apr 2004 15:25:59 -0700
BT Humble <za2bb DeleteThis @optusnet.com.au> wrote:
 > paulh wrote:
   >> >Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
   >> >ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
   >> >good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?
  >>
  >> bigger...unless you reckon doing 800kms on a 250 just to get between cities is
  >> gonna be fun...
 >
 > But...but... it *is* fun!
 >

Yes! It is fun! Either the sense of achievement, or the slower pace
and the stopping and seeing things. Indeed, just the fact it's riding
a bike.

Sure, passing trucks can take a little planning, but on the whole doing
the speedlimit ain't going to kill you.

If wandering about the Great Divide two up on an MZ150 didn't kill the
bloke I met in Lismore, doing the distances between fruit jobs on
a VTR won't kill anyone.

Zebee<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"BT Humble" <za2bb.RemoveThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote <snip>
 >
 > Here's my round-Australia trip, aboard a 14-year-old GPX250 that had
 > 70,000km on the clock when I started:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://members.optusnet.com.au/za2bb/odyssey/index.html</font" target="_blank">http://members.optusnet.com.au/za2bb/odyssey/index.html</font</a>>
 >

 > BTH

That's not round Australia. That's round one of the islands.

Conehead<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 5/4/04 4:47 AM, in article mvl070hnpccs1dlcjhujqb52o6ghqrmm59.DeleteThis@4ax.com,
"paulh" <paulh.DeleteThis@fahncahn.com> decided to come out from under the bed and
slurred:

 > On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 02:55:20 +1000, We Live For The One We Die For The One <Mr
 > fred.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
 >
  >>
  >>
  >> Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
  >> ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
  >> good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?
 >
 > bigger...unless you reckon doing 800kms on a 250 just to get between cities is
 > gonna be fun...
 >
 > paulh

Yeah, who'd do that?

Hammo<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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"Hamish Alker-Jones" <hammo.DeleteThis@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
news:BC96C6AE.5BF01%hammo@ihug.com.au...
 > On 5/4/04 4:47 AM, in article mvl070hnpccs1dlcjhujqb52o6ghqrmm59.DeleteThis@4ax.com,
 > "paulh" <paulh.DeleteThis@fahncahn.com> decided to come out from under the bed and
 > slurred:
 >
  > > On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 02:55:20 +1000, We Live For The One We Die For The
One <Mr
  > > fred.DeleteThis@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
  > >
   > >>
   > >>
   > >> Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
   > >> ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
   > >> good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?
  > >
  > > bigger...unless you reckon doing 800kms on a 250 just to get between
cities is
  > > gonna be fun...
  > >
  > > paulh
 >
 > Yeah, who'd do that?
 >
 > Hammo
 >

I used to, just to go to rallies, back when I wasn't just a Hammo troll

Conehead<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 08:17:50 +1000, Hamish Alker-Jones <hammo.TakeThisOut@ihug.com.au>
wrote:
   >>> Just thinking of doing alittle wokring holiday, do some fruit picking
   >>> ect and see Australia at the same time, would the Honda VTR250 be a
   >>> good option or do you recommend somthing bigger better ect ?
  >>
  >> bigger...unless you reckon doing 800kms on a 250 just to get between cities is
  >> gonna be fun...
  >>
  >> paulh
 >
 >Yeah, who'd do that?

only MAD PEOPLE....

paulh<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:22:33 +1000
paulh <paulh DeleteThis @fahncahn.com> wrote:
 > On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 08:17:50 +1000, Hamish Alker-Jones <hammo DeleteThis @ihug.com.au>
 > wrote:
   >>>
   >>> bigger...unless you reckon doing 800kms on a 250 just to get between cities is
   >>> gonna be fun...
   >>>
   >>> paulh
  >>
  >>Yeah, who'd do that?
 >
 > only MAD PEOPLE....

yeah, but I'm a Guzzi owner, so that goes without saying.

No idea what BTH's excuse is though.

Zebee
- on the ragged fringe. The bit near the end which got caught in the
door.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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