How long do you think the new commuters will last...

[sagerat]

Scooters, both the classic small displacement ones and the newer stepthrough motorcycle versions, are showing up all over the place in Bend.  Also the dual sports are coming out onto the tarmac.  One co-worker is going to start riding her boyfriend's TW200 after she takes the MSF course.  In the three blocks where I work in the county compound, it's normally my KLR, my buddy Ray's, KLR, some guy in archive's DR650, and a Honda cruiser are the only bikes.  Couple guys in the building next door claim to be riders, but I've only seen an older ST1100 about four times in two years.  

[SpeedCostsMoney]

I'm giving my 250r to my wife when I upgrade. She wants to take the MSF class and see where it goes. The gas prices are making riders out of everyone it seems.   I hope she takes to it. If not, no big deal. I might just keep the bike around to play with.

It’s a great ride and I have people come up to me all the time at gas stations asking me if it’s the new 600.   They are always shocked to find it’s only a little 250. Kawasaki did well on the styling on the new 08’s
My 250 is getting on average of 45-50mpg right now. That was WAY better then the Toyota Tundra that I just sold and the Harley. On top of that the bike was only 3k new. It's been very economical for sure.