A great bike for beginers is the Honda Rebel 250cc.

ty12fd · L Plate Warrior Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Karma :

The Honda Rebel is a great bike for a beginner to learn on because it has just the right amount of power to learn the basics of riding on. Not to much power and not to little. The downside, the Rebel was not built to go hundreds of miles at a time at speeds of over 55mph.

MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

so basically... it's shit?
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Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

ty12fd · L Plate Warrior Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Karma :

The first few things you should learn when riding is leaning, stopping, starting, and shifting. Not going fast. What good is a bike going 70mph if you do not know how to stop it?

Kaph · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Karma :

Hardly.

Bearing in mind the only limits you'll face are a 50cc/125cc/33bhp, a learner 250 doesn't really fit in.

ty12fd · L Plate Warrior Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Karma :

I started riding a 50cc ktm when I was just old enough to walk. This is the ideal way to learn how to ride. But for those who are taking up riding later in life and wanting to have their motorcycle for transportation rather than recreation, this bike will be a great bike to learn on.

ty12fd · L Plate Warrior Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Karma :

Our laws are different than yours. I ride a klx650 and I am 17. As long as you have a motorcycle licence it does not matter what size of bike you ride!

Alexio · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Karma :

The fastest my CG125 has ever hit was 75MPH indicated. If the honda rebel 250 can't even hit that (by the sounds of it) I really wouldn't be interested even if it was a learner legal bike in this country Laughing

Heck, any 2 stroke 125cc bike can be de-restricted and some of them get over 100MPH. They also ought to be perfectly reliable if you know how to maintain and rebuild them.
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ty12fd · L Plate Warrior Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Karma :

I weigh 100 lbs and 75-80mph was all the faster I could get it to go. I would not want to run it this fast for long in fear of blowing the engine.

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Kal · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Karma :

Yep, if you get the M endorsement over there you can ride whatever you want, I used to hang out on a Canadian forum and spent a lot of time explaining to completely inexpereinced riders why they didnt want to get onto 600 and 1000cc superbikes straight away.

You have no idea how bad the average standard of riding over there is. I was over there for Biketoberfest a couple of years ago, I saw lots of general poor bike control. It was a great party though.
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colin1 · Captain Safety Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Karma :

I tried a honda rebel 250 when I passed my test. I wasnt impressed. It was a bit limited.

Most people on here mock scooters, but a yp250 scooter, was much better.
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