My other ride-literally

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Nice Sandaro.....Ducatis have such a wonderful tone

That Busa is an evil machine.....lightning quick

I'm not to far from going for my bike licence...always wanted to...never got around to it. Been eyeing off a kawasaki ninja 250 for starters.....i know diddly sh!t about bikes, but i hear theyre a good starter bike. Anyone care to throw some suggestions my way for a begining rider??

Not the Ninja. They're pretty basic and agricultural. Honda VTR250 is a much nicer bike to ride. If you have a bit of extra budget then a CB400 is a good bike to learn on and good enough to continue on for a few years afterwards.
The new baby ninjas look good and they're cheap but they just don't have the quality of nice proper Japanese Built bikes (pretty sure the Ninja is built elsewhere).

[Alien DNA]

Not the Ninja. They're pretty basic and agricultural. Honda VTR250 is a much nicer bike to ride. If you have a bit of extra budget then a CB400 is a good bike to learn on and good enough to continue on for a few years afterwards.
The new baby ninjas look good and they're cheap but they just don't have the quality of nice proper Japanese Built bikes (pretty sure the Ninja is built elsewhere).

Thanks for that mate. The VTR250 looks pretty and might be the go. My bro in law had a CBR250 and said it was a great bike to start on....so thats an option as well. But being a beginner bike, it will only be around for a few years until its upgrade time. I'll keep my options open though

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Thanks Alien, do you have LAMS rules in VIC? We have it in NSW, but I'm not sure all states have adopted it yet. You can get bikes up to 650cc provided they're under a certain power to weigh ratio. There is a LAMS list of applicable bikes on the net. Plenty of choices, it really comes down to personal taste/budget. There's a few Ducs on there (600 Monsters/Supersports) Harley recently released a scrambler I think they called it that also qualifies.

Yes, we have the LAMS rules down here. Bikesales is helpful in the way you can just choose from LAMS approved rides. And you're right, personal taste/budget will dictate which way i'll go. I'm pretty impressed with the Harley Nightrod.....although out of my reach at the moment, but that bike really floats my boat.