125 or 250?

[TorontoBoy]

Insurance will heavily influence your bike choice, unfortunately. Any bike under 500ccs will be a good beginner bike. Keep an open mind and not limit yourself to just the CBR125R and the Ninjette. There are other bikes out there in the 250 and 500cc classes, so try a standard. A KLR 650 would also be a good bike for you. Buy used and then you don't need collision insurance, so insurance is cheaper. Used bikes are also cheaper.

[dahotboy]

dahotboy my experience is similar to calvin_chan's.
My girlfriend recently received quotes on a 125R for $1199, vs another 250cc bike for $1207.
The difference is $8, not $600.

I used a broker as well, and those were the quotes I got with Jevco

and it wasn't even a 250r, it was ex 250 ....insurance sucks

I'll give them a call again and see if its changed now that i have 1 yr of exp

[01RedEx]

If you can afford the insurance for the 250 than go for that one. Especially being such a big guy the 125 will be y on you and you might be on of the slowest vehicle on the road..

You will be bored of the 125 in a week or so after you know how to ride..

The 250 will have a great re-sale value and a lot more value to it and it looks a lot better. Definitely go for that.

[adri]

I used a broker as well, and those were the quotes I got with Jevco

and it wasn't even a 250r, it was ex 250 ....insurance sucks

I'll give them a call again and see if its changed now that i have 1 yr of exp

Call another broker, get both quotes at the same time so you're looking at the same coverage.
125 and 250 are in the same bracket.

[Brian P]

Go with a 250. I rode a 125 during my rider training and I got bored of it so fast. Maybe because the fastest we could go was 60-80km/h

That wasn't the bike limiting you to that speed ...

[mxs]

That wasn't the bike limiting you to that speed ...

Can you imagine somebody being bored of 125 on a closed course parking lot mini track? How comfy would that be on something more powerful, hmm? ... LOL