New Honda CBR250R!

[mrlmd1]

Getting back to insurance - In Florida, with Geico, my Ninja 250 cost 2 - 2 1/2 times what my Suzuki S50 cost to insure, because it's listed as a sport bike, even tho it's 250cc vs. 805cc and 18 HP vs. 50.

[dentheman]

Originally Posted by mrlmd1

Getting back to insurance - In Florida, with Geico, my Ninja 250 cost 2 - 2 1/2 times what my Suzuki S50 cost to insure, because it's listed as a sport bike, even tho it's 250cc vs. 805cc and 18 HP vs. 50.

That does seem strange. Maybe it is FL having different requirements than TX, and also different zip codes may affect the premiums (city vs country). And my low quote was for basic Texas required, no frills insurance. Once I started adding extra insurance the premium rose quite a bit. Just for kicks you might want to go to Progressive's online motorcycle insurance and fill in the blanks for each motorcycle's basic insurance to see if there is still a big difference. I did it for the ninja250, TU250, GZ250, S40, and the premiums were the same!

[dentheman]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

Hopefully it can produce similar power to a Ninja 250. Gotta feeling it won't be a cheap bike though.

Honda has just posted the MSRP on their site of $3,999; the ABS version is $500 more. Both prices seem reasonable to me.

[Water Warrior 2]

Canadian price is 4,995 for a non ABS model. Not into sport bikes so I don't know if that is good or not.

[dentheman]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

Canadian price is 4,995 for a non ABS model. Not into sport bikes so I don't know if that is good or not.

The only 'non-sport' styled 250cc bikes that Have MSRP's close to this price are the TU250 and Honda Rebel at $3,999, and the V-Star 250 at $4090 U.S. dollars. Maybe there are some cheaper Chinese or Korean bikes, but I am not considering them.