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My dealer, Haydon Honda in Kendalville, Indiana, called today and said, "I'm looking at a pretty, red, Honda CB250R right now. Do you want to come get it?" About 90 minutes later we were there and bought the bike. Two bikes came in and both were sold, one to me and one to someone else. The black non-ABS bike they had is also sold. That's 10 CBR250R bikes they have sold this spring. Honda is going to sell a million of these, around the world, if they can make them fast enough. Anyway, I rode it home. There's nothing like riding on a new bike. It was 77 miles to home and I only used a little over one gallon of gas.
What to say--Well, I just sold my 2008 Harley Street Glide, which I rode for over 25,000 miles. The Honda is quite a different bike! First of all, I fell in love with the size of the thing! It's so small. I didn't know it (I just sit on the black one they had for a second) but what a shock when the forks turned and the fairing didn't! I thought something was wrong for a second then I thought, "this is just like a Harley Road Glide". It only took about five minutes to get use to it. The other strange thing was finding the foot pegs (I'm use to floorboards.) They are back farther than I realized and small. I had a 2006 Suzuki SV650 and it was something like the Honda--except faster and heavier!
I started off with a half helmet but the wind noise was too much so I stopped (my wife was following me in our car (a red 2011 Honda Accord Coupe--I know, it matches the bike exactly!) and changed into my full face helmet and that was much better.
I can honestly say, I had more fun in the first 15 minutes on the Honda than I've had in the last year on the Harley. This bike is really connected--to you and the rode. It handles so well, just think it and it goes there. It really stops nicely, also. So little weight, so little momentum (the Harley weighted nearly 900 pounds, loaded). You can hardly tell the brakes are linked--just a little squat in the front when you use only the rear brake. I tried it just to see--I always use both brakes together.
I was surprised how much torque it has in fifth and sixth gear. You can pass cars in sixth gears with out trouble. Just roll on the throttle. A little vibration at 6000rpm, not much. The throttle is easy to hold at speed. You can just use the ends of your fingers to hold at one speed. Very nice.
Since I've been home I've removed the gas tank decals, mounted my sheepskin seat pad (boy, that seat is hard), mounted my Nelson-Riggs tail bag, mounted my Garmin 220 GPS and wired it to the headlight socket with an adapter. Tomorrow I'll mount the garage door opener and button.
That will be all the mods for awhile--(sure it will!
Love the bike!
What to say--Well, I just sold my 2008 Harley Street Glide, which I rode for over 25,000 miles. The Honda is quite a different bike! First of all, I fell in love with the size of the thing! It's so small. I didn't know it (I just sit on the black one they had for a second) but what a shock when the forks turned and the fairing didn't! I thought something was wrong for a second then I thought, "this is just like a Harley Road Glide". It only took about five minutes to get use to it. The other strange thing was finding the foot pegs (I'm use to floorboards.) They are back farther than I realized and small. I had a 2006 Suzuki SV650 and it was something like the Honda--except faster and heavier!
I started off with a half helmet but the wind noise was too much so I stopped (my wife was following me in our car (a red 2011 Honda Accord Coupe--I know, it matches the bike exactly!) and changed into my full face helmet and that was much better.
I can honestly say, I had more fun in the first 15 minutes on the Honda than I've had in the last year on the Harley. This bike is really connected--to you and the rode. It handles so well, just think it and it goes there. It really stops nicely, also. So little weight, so little momentum (the Harley weighted nearly 900 pounds, loaded). You can hardly tell the brakes are linked--just a little squat in the front when you use only the rear brake. I tried it just to see--I always use both brakes together.
I was surprised how much torque it has in fifth and sixth gear. You can pass cars in sixth gears with out trouble. Just roll on the throttle. A little vibration at 6000rpm, not much. The throttle is easy to hold at speed. You can just use the ends of your fingers to hold at one speed. Very nice.
Since I've been home I've removed the gas tank decals, mounted my sheepskin seat pad (boy, that seat is hard), mounted my Nelson-Riggs tail bag, mounted my Garmin 220 GPS and wired it to the headlight socket with an adapter. Tomorrow I'll mount the garage door opener and button.
That will be all the mods for awhile--(sure it will!
Love the bike!
