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Originally Posted by Malicious Logic
Before I say this, let me first say that I've got no problem with the 250. I think it's a great bike and I'm considering either getting it or an SV650 next spring. I also believe you should ride whatever you want to ride and let the haters hate. I'm also not posting this expecting that everyone drags off the line at every stop light.Just posting since everyone always describes it as quick off the line and plenty faster than most cars on the road. To me, this just sounds like people trying to make up for their shortcomings by talking big so I did a little looking for myself and I just looked up random cars that I remembered seeing on my lunch break.
2008 Ninja 250:
0-60: 7.72 sec
1/4 mile: 15.58 s
2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid:
0-60: 7.6
1/4 mile: 16.1 s
2008 Chevy Suburban LT 4x4 (lots of people drive SUVs here):
0-60: 7.5 sec
1/4 mile: 15.6 s
1997 Chevy C/K 1500:
0-60: 6.3 sec
1/4 mile: 16.8 s
2011 Hyundai Sonata SE:
0-60: 7.7 sec
1/4 mile: 15.9 s
Is it a 600? No, not even close. Is it slow? Compared to normal traffic, no. Does it have more than enough power for most user's everyday commute? Yes. Does it have enough power to still have fun and even shake a few people in the twisties? Sure. It's a 250, plain and simple. Nothing more, nothing less.
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I get what you're saying and we basically have the same mindset about the bike. And i'm not trying to overcompensate or anything. The bike is what it is. It's not a race bike or anything. But i just want to add that your comparison isn't as simple as it looks there. With a 250 the riders weight plays a fairly significant factor in acceleration. A 145 lbs dudes gonna out accelerate a 250 lbs dude fairly significantly on these bikes.
Also our bikes are made for high reving; cars are not. So at a dragstrip against a guy who knows what he's doing, yeah an average car would slightly outaccerlerate us. But on the average day, without really trying to my bike naturally accelerates faster than most cars from a redlight. It's just the nature of the machine.
And other than that, none of those cars are gonna hang with me through a twisty mountain road. The fact is my 250 is the perfect bike for the north georgia mountains. i can actually give it hell and really push the bike vs. a 600 which you can use about 1/2 of its potential.
This is all coming from a guy who bought it purely based on price. Do i want a 600? Hell yeah, why not? But thats my honest assesment of it.