Small Bike for low speeds?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

My dad has mentioned once or twice a small bike for riding around in for me. This wouldn't be anything for highway driving or high speed driving at all.

For a small bike, such as the ninja 250r or whatever it's called, how much should I expect insurance to be for a 17 year old in Indiana?

I think it might be nice to have a bike for some summer days or something. Again, I realize the risks, and would much rather see them for myself. I think that once I take a course for motorcycles, I'll have a good feeling whether I should continue or not.

Anyway, I was interested in what you think I should expect in terms of insurance. I would probably go with a used bike just for the lower insurance costs.

 

[The Stigenator]

well Ninja 250R is one option. You got the honda rebel 250, the Suzuki GZ250, Yamaha Vmax 250 or whatever its called.

Kawasaki has a 125cc eliminnator (about 1600 dollars).. its not freeway legal in CA. They also have the ninja 250 and vulcan 500 LTD.. not sure if they make a 250cc cruiser.

Insurance for a 17 yr old is like this. Not sure about your state, but in CA you need to take MSF course www.msf-usa.org if your under 21. The cost of liablity will be about 500/yr at max..

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
well Ninja 250R is one option. You got the honda rebel 250, the Suzuki GZ250, Yamaha Vmax 250 or whatever its called.

Kawasaki has a 125cc eliminnator (about 1600 dollars).. its not freeway legal in CA. They also have the ninja 250 and vulcan 500 LTD.. not sure if they make a 250cc cruiser.

Insurance for a 17 yr old is like this. Not sure about your state, but in CA you need to take MSF course www.msf-usa.org if your under 21. The cost of liablity will be about 500/yr at max..

$500/year isn't too bad I suppose

I'll take whatever courses needed if I pursue this

Thanks for the advice!

For a bike, which brands are the honda/toyota of bikes? I'm looking for something reliable and easy to handle

 

[The Stigenator]

any aircooled bike will be reliable.. but here is the thign you cant measure bikes like cars..

Everything is reliable if you buy new.. I personally like Honda's and Suzuki's. I ride a Suzuki GS500. However in terms of quality, they all are reliable.. i have over 10K on my bike. If i ride more i would have more. But i know ppl with 70K on a GS500 with regular maintanance.

Maintainance is key - doing oil changes, valve adjustments (easy to do depending on the bike), checkign air pressure, lubing chain, are some of the basic things you got to do regularly.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Alright, thanks man

I'll bring this up with the parents sometime again, hopefully they're still interested

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
For a bike, which brands are the honda/toyota of bikes? I'm looking for something reliable and easy to handle

Uh, Honda

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
For a bike, which brands are the honda/toyota of bikes? I'm looking for something reliable and easy to handle

Uh, Honda

haha, I had a feeling someone would do that

I just wasn't sure if Honda has the same quality level in bikes too, dad is a honda guy so he might like that

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

The bike you are looking at is a good one, however always figure that you are going to have to move fast, especially when that old Impala with the little old man in a had staring through the steering wheel is coming at you