LOL, its like the ceeber gifted the guts to accent that time.

By the way in may case, it was the accent who gave me enough scope to better my cornering speed from 127km/hr to 137km/hr. I wish someone was there to capture the scene.

Will show the video of the same, then you can laugh as much as you want.

I wish it delivered that much, kidding man, ride safe.

Aargee, I told you. Now you see for yourself.

Guys, why so much fuss? What would someone get from qouting wrong or false figures here? There isnt any competition. Everyone is trying to share their experience so that we can understand a particular characteristic of the bike. Top speed may not interest someone but may be to someone else. You cant say he isnt a real biker if fascinated by Top speed. Reaching a speed puts a smile on my face and if i can improve it with more understanding of the bike,, why not? Ofcourse, everyone here has safety and road limits in mind. And we arent being rash.
@aargee: when we shift from 5th to 6th on high rpms(10k and above) after going in 6th, i felt the bike cruises between 140 and 150 very easily. Try it and post your opinion please.

Nick, don't take the pains & most importantly, ride safe; you don't need to prove us with a video risking your life, its not worth it; all of us know what our bike's limits On a serious tone, if there's some issue with the RPM, this is likely to happen; see the end of this post as what I mean.

ROFL!!! Let's move on

No we aren't, we're only enjoying a joke as much as you do

I spoke with HMSI engineer this evening & he said if there're any issues with RPM, then its felt on all the gears (so which means, there're some bikes with faulty RPM) & he quoted that it wouldn't cross beyond 8-8.5K RPM in ANY gear. But, this is not my case, I'm able to do upto 10K RPM on all gears; so this possibility is eliminated. Like all of you said, he too asked to max out in 5th & then quick shift to 6th. So I guess that's the only option left for me.

So, I'll wait for a chance to do it rather than taking a chance to do it For now, I'm happy to cruise in 125-130 all through the day. I'll keep posted on the outcome when I do it.

Tyre and Top speed

Thanks for the response Sanketh. Last weekend i got my bike serviced and i told the guy about this wobbling. So he said he will loosen the steeling and i guess he did do something but the problem still remains. I dont trust Haiku honda so will get it checked by some other service centre. (would really appreciate if someone can share their experience with ASCs in Bangalore)
As far as being confident on turns is concerned i dont think twice to dive if its a dry and clean tarmac but the way my bike handles in wet and gravelly surface is just in contrast to her handling character.

Now for top speed discussion, i have done 146 till date and have done 140 -144 many times when i did bangalore - mysore trip last to last weekend. As my bike was less than 1K kms so did not try to run her out of breath but she could have done a few more kmph on oddo.

Now post 1st service whenever i take her for a long ride i will test and share my data as well.
Surprisingly my bike feels rough just two days after the first service dont know whats wrong. But one thing is for sure that the amount of engine breaking (speed reduction on closing the throttle) has increased a lot. May be my ring and piston have settled properly.

Regards
Piyush

Oil filter Problem again

Again there is a shortage of oil filter...no spares are available in Kolkata

the new member in c250 club...

got my cbr250r abs version today....candy ruby clour....(simply red...) did 106kms today itself....its a beast....mine is 2nd cbr in my city and first abs.......hope to have happy munching miles with this beast....

Just a quick question to all CBR owners..

Is this a viable upgrade from R15 V1? I've tested one myself for few kilometers and was not satisfied with the performance.

I need some honest suggestions guys and request you all not to take anything in the incorrect directions...

Thank you.

if you are satisfied with your R15 then there is no issue against cbr 250 r . Because it's really far ahead than old R15.

Could you please be more specific. I mean in what sense you find it so different from the R15. Such as, I have the following observations after a test ride of CBR:

- Engine is too smooth and not rev happy unlike R15.
- I doubt leaning on higher speeds (don't know about CBR) due to its ergonomics.
- Good thing was that it has a linear torque curve and that's make it a right bike for smooth touring and city riding as well.

Those were my observations. What my point is - I'm more than satisfied with my R15. 3 years old and still going upto 143 km/hr. No issues with the engine or any major problems.

I also came to know about few quality issues and some mechanical ones with the CBR ..

May be it is characteristic feature of the Yamaha engine that is lacking in the Honda while it is fulfilling it with its smoother engine and driveability...

I am particularly drawn towards the true track based character in a bike and would like to know whether CBR checks all the right boxes?

Please don't suggest Ninja as that is illogically expensive.

P.S - If some one gets offended, please PM me and I'll delete the relevant posts.

It depends on what you need; an international model (that is sold in the world wide) versus a model that is sold in developing countries & may be one or two developed countries.

Then don't go for it; would you buy anything if you're not happy?

Obviously it wouldn't because C250R is torqy engine; had you gone through several posts here in the ownership thread, you wouldn't even be asking this question in the first place.

Once again...go through the ownership thread, these are discussed already

Then you must be having too much of money If something is good, then be happy with it & don't change it!!! What're you trying to say? Your R15 can also keep doing 140+ & you don't see a point to switch over to C250R? Then the reality is, the time taken for C250R to reach 140 is much ahead compared to R15 (unless you're talking about the non stock cylinder)

Ok and...

MJ, which location are you from?

Pls open a new thread for such questions, this is ownership thread & pls allow to discuss on our ownership experience If possible report your own post & request the mods to move your questions to that thread.

@aargee: My apologies for asking wrong questions at the wrong place..

and thank you for your explanations

Nothing to apologize my friend; just a redirection to open a new thread or use an existing thread (IIRC, there's one) & we'll continue the discussion over there. Otherwise, this thread will turn ugly into all sort of comparison ranging from Discover to Ducati!!!