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Touring on a GPX250R
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:38 am
by rocco
hI Guys and Gals,
I have reading up on stories with pics on touring and boy oh boy it sure looks like a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I know the gpx250r isnt an ultra powerfull bike for performance riding but would it be ok to say that the 250 will be ok for touring lets say a 1,000km rountrip give or take a few hundred k's? I am not a speed hungry rider so 110-120km/h is ok for me to ride at on my trip....any faster would only be to overtake ( or maybe to outrun an old lady in her corolla)
The wifey has put a barr on me upgrading till next year......other committments to see through. I wanna take the bike out further as riding around town makes me feel like a dog in the back yard.
Anyone taken a smaller bike out for a loooooooong ride?
Cheers
The Roc
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:56 am
by Pabs
Rocco
The twofiddy will take you touring anywhere really ,as long as its in good nic
1000k-5000k and as long as your up for it.
I did long day trips on mine various times,it was great and mine was an old bike too,about touring I dont think youll have any probs
Get out of the cage man & have fun
Heaps of others here have done huge trips on their 250's
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:57 am
by stevew_zzr
As long as you fit well on the bike then, yeah, it shouldn't be a big problem. Unless your bike is a lemon and has 1,001 little problems
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:08 am
by rocco
its a 2005 model with 4300k's on it
i got it with 2750 k's
thanks guys
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:52 am
by Pabs
rocco wrote:its a 2005 model with 4300k's on it
i got it with 2750 k's
thanks guys
Should have no prob's them,touring mmmmmmmm,I cant wait till my trip to the MGP
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:26 am
by kellz
lol
no issues at all
i have done it on my old gpx, was comfy was fun and best of all it has 2 wheels.
dont worry about loading it up, i had mine and my exs gear on my bike while he rode his gsxr with no gear on it all the way.
just enjoy it.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:30 pm
by MadKaw
My misses took her's to P.I. with no probs.
All we did was put a smaller sprocket on the rear to reduce the revs at higher speeds...
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 3:49 pm
by FrogZ
There is a guy still lives in Rton used to own the Kawasaki shop back when if you had long hair you got served last (I kid you not) name of Garth McBryde, raced classics for years, imported Ducatis, rode around Oz I dont know how many times, racing as he went. The 1st guy I had ever seen with his knee out (I was a kid
)
Anyway when they first came out he bought a wrecked one from the shop and rode around Oz on it. (I imagine LOTS have since they are F*N great).
When he came back he said to me "Young Malone buy one of these things, it is the nicest bike I have ever ridden, a bloomin turbine no less"
I dont think he said bloomin, but he never swore and it was a word like that.
I had a KLR600 (kick start) at the time which I used to have to balance, jump up off the peg to kick (not compression, my height
) and Knew EVERYTHING (much like now actually
) and called it gutless.
My ex bought one and I changed my mind, what a bloody turbine.....
Anyone remember those GPz250's before the GPX's, little boy racer they were... Geez I'd love one.... anyone got one?
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:16 pm
by mick_dundee
Bloke I used to know took a pushbike around Australia, whilst he was in cape York or thereabouts he ran into a bloke doing the same thing on a 50cc Vespa (not that I would like to try it personally) so if ya can do it on a 50cc, no drama with a 250cc.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:54 pm
by seraph
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:00 pm
by RG
The furthest I've taken my ZZR250 to is Sydney, slightly over 2000km round trip, 3 days.
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 6:28 pm
by Johnnie5
i did mel - syd 1000k in 1 day on a CB250 up the Fume hwy
Know a guy that went round aus on his GPX
will do it no probs whatsover
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:06 pm
by the kid
Maaaate , just get a rack and take off . I would happily troll along on a ZZR 250 on the open road so the GPX would be just the same .
You could happily put in 500+ kays in a day .
Enjoy .
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:47 pm
by mick_dundee
the kid wrote:I would happily troll along on a ZZR 250 on the open road so the GPX would be just the same . Enjoy .
Might even get to keep your license on a 250 Billy
Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:58 pm
by kellz
mick_dundee wrote:the kid wrote:I would happily troll along on a ZZR 250 on the open road so the GPX would be just the same . Enjoy .
Might even get to keep your license on a 250 Billy
nah you can still loose it on a gpx..
i got a rack for mine, got it from the wreckers.
easy to install took about 10 mins, was reall easy, drink cuppa tea and watch mechanic put it on, lol