Congrats.. and let us know if we should be looking out for something specific at the time of taking delivery.

You are paying as much as you would for a car. You can buy a new car for 3.2 lacs.

Yea and the 3.2L car will be smoked out by the bike in 1st gear!!!

Stop stop stop!!! Stop all these comparison guys!!! PLEASE help keep this thread on C250R clean.

@Sudeep - Brilliant pic

hey congrats dude! i know u will not be reading posts for sometime now! but plz do post some nice pics in ownership thread!!!!

Guys!! have been reading about this knocking issue with CBRs. What do you all think could be the problem. Maybe we can just speculate.
Could it be the fuel, did someone really mess it up or is it bad tuning (as the showroom person says)

Buddy I clearly said that "if the news is true" about HONDA accepting the quality issues.

And if we can not believe the words of a fellow "anonymous" Xbhpian (which we should not be until a trusted source is there) then we can not believe your words as well about the 20K issue with the engine probelm because there is no source except an anonymous person

Anyways on a more serious note we should wait and watch as now few of the xbhpians are getting hold of there bikes and we certainly can expect some nice reviews coming in.

@Metal: Congrats Mate!! Finally you got your biscuit

Not directed at you Mahesh, posting this for those who want an idea of the price of ninja spares.

Please see the ninja ownership thread. Detailed list of spares with cost is posted there.

The end can (stock) costs 18k and not 50k. For 50k one can get a full system exhaust from two brothers or yoshi and still save around 10k.

The estimates from PBK in the event of an accidental repair will always be high as the insurance co. will play hard to minimize its liability.

In the above case, the bike would have been declared total loss if the claim exceeded 80% of the value of the bike. This is standard across most insurance co's.

quality issues in Indonesian bike

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What makes you think the liter bike will be any cheaper than the ninja to own and maintain? (Not intending to be rude, please dont take offence).

AFAIK, Yamaha charges 4k for labor alone during regular service. This I heard first hand from an R1 owner who is also a member here.

Its not just buying and riding but maintaining to pristine levels that cost an arm, a leg, a kidney and a lung when it comes to liter bikes.

Also the bigger bikes will get more attention, deliver lesser miles per gallon, cost a gazzillion amount to maintain, service and ride, and if you crash, you might not be able to ride again, let alone spend a bomb on repairing it and riding it again. And of course, you obviously can't tour with it like you would on a CBR or a ninja. After spending a year with my ninja and over 12000 kms later i feel this bike is best for our highways. Anything over this is an overkill and the risk multiplies. You can whack the throttle open, perform mid corner corrections, ride at the seat of your pants etc. which is very forgiving on the 250 but anything above and its a disaster in the making.

That said, please chase your dreams... take my view with a pinch of salt.

LOL. Which car for 3.2 lacs? The Alto K10? Even with a 10 second head start the alto would lose hands down.

Incidentally when i took delivery of my ninja and went to tank up, the petrol bunk attendant said the very same thing to me. 3 lacs for a bike? You could have bought a car for that money. I replied that a car wouldn't go this fast for the same amount of money and of course the fun factor would be, well, non existent.

Congratulations dear ... Waiting for ownership review


On the spare parts front is the CBR economic on pockets ???


-Ankur

Yes. CBR250 parts are localized, hence cost will be significantly lower compared to the ninja spares.

I'd love to see if that hugger fits on the ninja without any modifications.

Now this is scary, it seems that even the bikes manufactured in Thailand are also having oil leakage issue (even if it is a oil seal related one)..

Many of my friends also have asked the same thing - "Why don't to buy a car, than spending 1.7L on a bike?"
And I reply exactly the same thing.

When they can ask like this for a 1.7L bike, I can understand how it's for you when people talk to you about your purchase.

Lol. One of my friends has a comet GT250 and when asked for the price he said 80k to avoid such conversation and comparisons.

The other party was quick to respond and quipped, you'll get a second hand omni for that price.

Forget about cars, when i stopped by at some village during one of my rides, one person told me that i was mad to spend so much on a bike. For this much money i could have bought a site in his village.

A friend rode it for a 1000KMs and hasnt complained on the 'build quality issues' being posted here.

Yes he did complete his 1000KMs in like a day after the delivery, so build issues if any would have shown! Google around for the review....

3.2L, why take a brand new car

BTW, let me clarify, the 1st gear I referred was the 1st gear of N250R & not the car.