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Originally Posted by Jiggles
Alright you're looking at a honda 250 and a ninja 300. For $800 more you can get a 300cc twin with about 40% more hp, a slipper clutch, some other FCC bullshit, and it looks just like a zx6r so no one will make fun of your small weiner! Who wouldn't do that?
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Because for $800 more then that you can have a much more powerful bike, especially if we are talking 6-7+ grand OTD. FZ6R, Ninja 650, or even Versys, NC700X adventure bikes. Another coupe hundred puts you in 600 SS class. Another couple hundred liter bikes, another couple hundred S1KRR, etc.
Dangerous to play the "another few hundred" dollar game with motorcycles, because you can easily end up on some outrageous machines. 250s work because the resale value is so strong, it's easy to pass them along when people outgrow them, even though in many cases people end up keeping them. A 250 starting about 5000 will be interesting to watch.