Comments on: NZ cycle – poll

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:51:42 +0000

Go for the 250RR, I know a couple guys down here who can do the welding for you. Two strokes pull way harder than fours from a standing start… but like you said it’s not about speed… and fours sound way better.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:53:25 +0000

I think both of them are pretty cool, but I’d lean towards the NSR just for the sheer coolness of having a two-stroke race bike. I’d love to get a 500cc someday. But, like I said, both are pretty damn cool.

By: scott

scott — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:42:30 +0000

@ Ed

I actually like Streetfighters as long as they’re done right and your photoshop version is at the top of the charts, IMHO. Sure, you may not be able to transform it 100%, but you can probably get pretty close…..even without welding anything!

By: ed

ed — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:06:31 +0000

Genius! It’s all you Donnie.
-Ed

By: Donnie

Donnie — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:51:39 +0000

cbr250rr. Or Maybe you can find a good dirt bike to cafe.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:45:01 +0000

Cool. Can’t wait to see some Kiwi Cafe’s, foreign girls, and other rarities.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:41:23 +0000

Adam and I will both be maintaining it, same as it’s always been.
Just expect posts coming from me and potential other people in NZ.
-Ed

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:38:05 +0000

Wow man, congrats. That will be an amazing experience. Keep left, down a few extra pints for Burt Monro, and say hi to Brett and Jemaine for me.

Who will be maintaining the site? Adam?

Good luck.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:34:00 +0000

I’ll be there for 2 years. I leave the first week in january. My girlfriend is doing an international rotation within her company, in the Auckland NZ office, and I’m going with her.
-ed

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:32:28 +0000

How long will you be in NZ? Safe travels and enjoy the hell out of it.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:21:38 +0000

In reply to adam.

Yea… We’ll see what happens if I actually get a 250rr.

You know I won’t be able to weld, so I’d either have to do the seat without welding, or have someone help me with that part of it. I can’t find any pics of what the frame looks like, but there’s gotta be a horizontal bar that goes across I could mount to.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:28:45 +0000

In reply to ed. I'm into both. Your plan looks solid but you'll need to learn how to weld that aluminum (?) frame to get rid of the stinger back end. That will really make the look

By: ed

ed — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:26:48 +0000

@todd
I’m not a fan of sport bikes. But I really like the idea of turning one of these little ones into a streetfighter / cafe hybrid. Hyabusa = gross. I don’t care about goin fast.

@scott
Yea, I’m not sure about a 2 stroke either, but they are pretty sick. I don’t know if it’s 100% do-able to transform one of these into a true cafe hybrid, but I’d like to try and get it as close as possible. I’m not the biggest fan of streetfighters either. Anything I can do to make this resemble an older Honda cafe racer, I’m gonna try and do.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:11:31 +0000

Nice choice! And yeah, it is a shame we don’t get either of these bikes in the US market. With that said…..of the two, I would probably go for the 250rr. As much as I like the notion of 2 stroke, they ARE a little more temperamental. I really like your photoshop vision and feel either of these bikes could be transformed fairly easily in to a really cool streetfighter.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:14:58 +0000

If you’re looking to get something that looks anything like a sports bike man up & get a hayabusa. They’re all ugly, go for speed.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:48:28 +0000

tough call. if you try and squint you eyes and strip away their paint schemes, they both kinda look the same to me. then it sorta comes down to do you want a 2 stroke 250 or a 4 stroke? i dont know too much about 2 stroke bikes but everyone else who does seems to love them.