Honda NC700X - is this the type of "Dual Purpose" you folks have been suggesting? The ability to slip into the woods if needed? Here's the link to the Honda page.
The above is a 2013 Honda CBR RR in 600cc.
Below is a 2013 Honda CBR RR in 250cc.
I've got little street experience ridding sportbikes. My experience is from my teens - a long time ago - riding a 250 dirtbike around my Uncle's swampy/beach/farm on the river in Maryland, near the bay. I briefly flirted with racing sportbikes at Summit Point in my 20's and managed to live through it.
I am pretty convinced I will be purchasing one of the two bikes above by spring. Mrs. Kerodin is not so certain. I'll handle that later.What I need is anyone who has experience with late model CBR's (600 & 250).
I know I am looking at apples and oranges.
Purposes:
1) To learn another skill that I suspect will soon become very valuable.
2) To use the bike operationally, when required.
3) Occasional open highway trips to AO's - ranges could be substantial.
Everything I have read says the 250 will max out on a trip from, say, DC to Chicago - it won't like so much highway at 70+ MPH.
The 600 is a LOT of sportbike and when I go down the first time, it may be my last. But I have a philosophy that it's hard to have too much. Is 250 enough?
Both can be operationally useful in my AO. I know my AO better than 99.5% of everyone who lives in it - and it is a BIG AO, from the entire 355/270 corridor/Montgomery County, Virginia just over the river, and all of DC. On either bike, E&E is a given.
I know Harley guys: But they're not for me.
Thoughts? What haven't I thought about? I'm on pretty new ground here, folks.
Cost isn't the biggest issue - yes, I could buy 3-250's for the price of one 600 - but I need to trust my equipment more than I need to worry about price.
Anyone who can weigh-in will be appreciated.
Kerodin
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